http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/26/lawsuit-accuses-spd-chief-of-withholding-dash-cam-video-of-brutal-police-beating Comments On: Lawsuit Accuses SPD Chief of Withholding Dash-Cam Video of Brutal Police Beating by Cienna Madrid en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
A single $1 million settlement might hurt for a while, but I guarantee peer pressure will breed a new attitude amongst the wild-wild-west crowd working there now. And empty out some slots for civilized replacements.
Posted by tunanator]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:48:39 -0800 The Stranger
A single $1 million settlement might hurt for a while, but I guarantee peer pressure will breed a new attitude amongst the wild-wild-west crowd working there now.
Posted by tunanator]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:45:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by lauramae]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:31:29 -0800 The Stranger
I propose a new enlistment requirement: an IQ score above 50, so at least it's only mild retardation.

Maybe next time, morons, prop the perp up on the trunk before you commence with beating the shit out of him.
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:39:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by hmmmmm]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:58:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Hug-a-thug]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:20:29 -0800 The Stranger
Good point. Speaking for myself, I'd probably worry a lot less about the rights of people with rap sheets if I hadn't had the experience of getting arrested & charged as a result of false statements by certain SPD officers.

I'm glad you're here, I'm glad you're taking part in the conversation. But the next time you see one of your colleagues playing loose with the facts, that'd be a good time to think about what a rap sheet really means nowadays.
Posted by Eric Arrr]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:30:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rob!]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:18:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by erly]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:55:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by geoff teardrop]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:49:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:49:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Moody blues]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:32:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pfffter]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:27:02 -0800 The Stranger
I'm sorry that your dicks are so small, but beating people isn't a cool way to release that anger. AND I AM FUCKING TIRED OF PAYING FOR THIS SHIT.

Here is my new plan. We take the total dollars spent on SPD payroll, and remove any legal judgements away from that fund. All SPD officers get a base salary of 50k a year, and whatever else they get through time or promotion will be a bonus.

So if the bonus pool is 100 million, and there are 25million in judgements, then everyone gets a 25% cut to the year end bonus. Hell we could tie in all kinds of performance related incentives.

So all that detective overtime, you know, to cover those illegal terrorists playing poker in speakeasy's, won't be 60k extra this year, it will be 45K. It is the only thing we have that can truly punish someone who is licensed by the state with the power to illegally kick someones ass and get away with not being punished. So when those officers that were pulling down 225k a year are suddenly getting paid 175 for the same work, the union will clean up it's own house.


Posted by wisepunk]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:09:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by soggydan]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:56:46 -0800 The Stranger
I'm sure Egan would love to leak the video, but then he would face sanctions from the state bar association. Surprisingly, the law profession is a model of self-regulation -- exactly the opposite of your typical police guild.

On the one hand, I'm sort of surprised to see SPD screwing the pooch this way. They've already admitted that Esterly has an absolute right to receive a copy of the video, and for all the effort they've spent articulating reasons why they can't release it yet, they could have released it five times already.

On the other hand, it's now obvious what SPD's real issue is: they really, really don't want to release videos of controversial incidents until after the corresponding OPA investigation has concluded. They can live with the public outrage as long as it comes later, after the officer has been officially exonerated.

Posted by Eric Arrr]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:40:22 -0800 The Stranger
Obviously the point isn't just this particular incident (or else they would leak the video anonymously), it is to attack the administrative means by which the police prevent the public from holding them accountable. That is an excellent, necessary step to prevent abuse like this from happening in the future. Seattle's cops have no intrinsic desire to change, and other elected officials have no will to challenge them. It is up to the courts, the bureaucrats, and the media to strip away their defenses.
Posted by sahara29]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:31:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DOUG.]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:31:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pate]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:24:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by watchout5]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:14:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rotten666]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:11:34 -0800 The Stranger
And thanks for posting the complaint Lobsenz filed, Cienna. It tells quite a tale of SPD intransigence and stonewallery, and shows Egan was really staying on top of it for Etherly.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:08:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by bgk]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:55:00 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Juris]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:51:16 -0800 The Stranger
And the City Council will say lots of nice words and do nothing.

This is Seattle, after all.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:20:55 -0800 The Stranger