News Apr 16, 2018 at 1:42 pm

King County Detective Who Pulled Gun on Motorcyclist Suspended for Five Days

Steven Hsieh
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1
Fuck you, Mitzi.
DOUG. on April 16, 2018 at 1:47 PM Report this
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Great. I voted for Mitzi and the first thing she does is piss me off. This dickhead should have been fired and had more public ridicule added on top.
See You Next Tuesday on April 16, 2018 at 1:47 PM Report this
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This deputy has been on PAID administrative leave for almost eight months. So a recommended ten-day unpaid suspension is reduced to five days, and we're supposed to excitedly think "there's a new sheriff in town?"

I agree with @1: Fuck you, Mitzi.
Man in the Street on April 16, 2018 at 2:00 PM Report this
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You need to update the last part of the article. You wrote RANDALL received complaints but it is it is detective Rowe that received the complaints. You should also include that Rowe has been on PAID leave for 8 months...
Shrumson on April 16, 2018 at 2:14 PM Report this
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What a fucking joke. He wasn't on duty. He should be charged like any other civilian would have been. He's *ON TAPE*. There's zero argument in his defense!
Sportlandia on April 16, 2018 at 2:26 PM Report this
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I bet he ( the policeman who didn't identify himself with his weapon out) wouldn't roll up like that in the Central District. Flags would've been at half-mast.
Da Ruckus on April 16, 2018 at 2:27 PM Report this
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@1, @2, @3: per Dan Savage, you should have known this was coming when you voted for Johanknecht, no voters remorse for you!
Sportlandia on April 16, 2018 at 2:27 PM Report this
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The guy got media attention because his conduct was outrageous and well-documented. This is not a legitimate reason for mitigation.
Hoover on April 16, 2018 at 2:30 PM Report this
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@7: I didn't vote for her.
DOUG. on April 16, 2018 at 2:31 PM Report this
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@4 Thanks, fixed.
stevenhsieh on April 16, 2018 at 2:34 PM Report this
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she cut down Rowe's suspension to five days from the recommended 10 because of mitigating circumstances, including stress that Rowe and his family went through due to media attention
I wonder how that stress compares to the stress of some angry stranger pointing a gun at you?
Urgutha Forka on April 16, 2018 at 2:53 PM Report this
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+1@1
Mtn. Beaver on April 16, 2018 at 2:53 PM Report this
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The stress that Rowe & his family experienced was his own fucking fault. This asshole is a loose cannon who should not be a police officer, period. Shame on cowardly Sheriff Mitzi for caving to the police union. It's time for some real change in the King County Sheriff's Office.
blackhook on April 16, 2018 at 3:11 PM Report this
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I agree with @1 and NWA on this topic.
GPS on April 16, 2018 at 3:47 PM Report this
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If a civilian points a gun at another civilian, he goes to jail (if he isnt white anyway). Yet this guy threatens someone with a gun and gets a 5 day suspension? Thats less than a teacher would get for smacking a student.

Goes to show how the regime of 'Mitsy' is going (thanks for voting her in folks!). Accountability and free passes for badges as usual.
araucania on April 16, 2018 at 3:56 PM Report this
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@13 no amount of changing the Sherriff will fix this. How many CoP's has Seattle run through. They always cave to the POG/FOP because those bastards will threaten anything to get their way and will use public safety as their bargain. If there's a public sector union that needs to be chopped down to size, we could start with that one.
Sportlandia on April 16, 2018 at 4:01 PM Report this
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@7 I didn’t vote for her either.
Man in the Street on April 16, 2018 at 4:04 PM Report this
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What if his gun had went off accidentally by his fat gut bumping the trigger finger....all for pulling over a motorcycle driving too fast. Would have been Another senseless death.
Chees Bergerman on April 16, 2018 at 4:06 PM Report this
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@12

Great question.

This shit gets me, "I believe that how soon you are able to identify yourself formally depends upon the situation and can't be judged based upon a set or predetermined time" are you effing kidding me? A man comes to me with a gun drawn he better identify himself.

And maybe if he wasn't such an asshat he and his family would not have experienced so much stress.
65thguy on April 16, 2018 at 4:08 PM Report this
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This, to state the obvious, is fucking absurd.
Jude Fawley on April 16, 2018 at 4:52 PM Report this
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I believe unmarked police cars and undercover or cops in civvies have to identified themselves first before stopping someone. The Undercover cop car had some sort of police lights, and it should have had a klaxon/siren to pull the motorcyclist over to the side. How the sheriff identified himself could had easily escalated to a shooting. It is kind of scary on how Rowe approach the motorcyclist..

Rowe should had been fired.
ferret on April 16, 2018 at 5:19 PM Report this
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This cop, Hank Schrader, The non fiction version..
brokenbutcher on April 16, 2018 at 5:47 PM Report this
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I voted for her because the previous Sheriff was a sexually-harassing asshole. Now she's a asshole-deputy-protecting asshole. What an improvement.
sarah91 on April 16, 2018 at 10:22 PM Report this
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@24

Same here.
seatackled on April 17, 2018 at 1:18 AM Report this
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SUING http://q13fox.com/2018/04/16/motorcyclis…
Otterness on April 17, 2018 at 11:46 AM Report this
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We knew going in that Mitzi is a knee jerk Police Guild shill, but this is beyond the pale. Henceforth I’ll vote for #NoNewYouthJail for KC Exec and KC Sheriff.
Mud Baby on April 17, 2018 at 9:35 PM Report this

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