We’re still about $60 away from this monthly goal.

It’s kinda wild that the lady who lied and destroyed records was even on an “ethics board” to begin with. But it was at the company that makes the taser, a safe, “non-lethal” weapon that constantly kills people, so it tracks

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If you haven’t read this article yet, it features a recurring character from The DivestSPD Cinematic Universe™️ Sleeping Sergeant Paige Maks ($500k in 2024) admitted that officers are essentially on the honor system vis-a-vis their overtime. Sergeants aren’t checking.

"I tried to prioritize the wellness aspect of it and just come in at – you know, when my body, like, allows me to. " If you told this to your boss, you would get fired. This is normal at SPD.

Police corruption has a long, long, deeply rooted history in Seattle. And we should know better, but so many people have latched on to this Dick Wolf-ian idea that there is a Magic Number of cops that will make ALL the problems go away FOREVER, if only we care enough about their feelings.

While the Mayor is asking departments to trim the fat, cops are leaving hours early and claiming overtime for full shifts. One officer's defense: Everybody does it. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

The main source of all police departments’/unions’ leverage over all mayors is the hegemonic belief that policing is synonymous with public safety.

Washington state trooper Sarah Clasen, who hit and killed a Venezuelan immigrant while drunk last year, has resigned from WSP. She had a .17 BAC when tested hours later (estimated .24 at the time of collision). She was drinking for four hours before. mynorthwest.com/crime-blotte...

All this cop had to do was 1) admit he harmed his wife and 2) take a class. That was too much for him.

Officer Benjamin Stanford has been working without a gun since 2021, when his wife got a protective order against him. SPD finally fired him. www.divestspd.com/p/stripped-o...

Sgt Nathan Patterson seriously injured a street vendor in an incident last year. SPD is charging us $63 for the bodycam footage. Chip in at venmo.com/divestspd

Sgt Nathan Patterson seriously injured a street vendor in an incident last year. SPD is charging us $63 for the bodycam footage. Chip in at venmo.com/divestspd

Businesses are opening everywhere. Commerce is happening. “Seattle is Dying” BTFO

ICE was considerably more active in King County under Biden than it is under Trump. Interesting. From the Seattle Times:

The girls are fighting

The OPA found that Sgt. Tommy Caldwell violated the state's mandatory reporting law when he did not report that his son had been sexually abusing his daughter for seven years. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

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It’s definitely just lip service. Chief Barnes has been particularly lenient, giving discipline at the lowest end of the spectrum in most cases.

This huge backlog is literally what we warned would happen when Ann Davison sidelined a whole municipal court judge for years.

Regardless of what you think of ICE, can we agree that the city has a legitimate interest in verifying the identities of armed, masked groups?

A West Precinct lieutenant allowed his officers a "wellness hour" where they could dick around on the clock for an hour each shift. What could possibly go wrong? open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

I did ask the SPD POET officers some questions I had about their former Guild leader, Mike Solan, and his war against the community As nice as they were to me, I think they lied right to my face, because EVERYBODY knows what that hack Solan is about @divestspd.bsky.social youtu.be/91cZDWkC7yc

Seattle police have always been corrupt, dishonest, and bad at their jobs. Case in point: In 1968, they tried to frame Black Panther Captain Aaron Dixon for stealing a typewriter — and failed.

It's more lucrative to collect OT and play Candy Crush.

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Peter Donovan was just minding his business when two Seattle cops stopped him, ordered him to the ground, and knelt on his back, driving his chest into the sidewalk. A few days later, the doctor told him he likely had a fractured rib. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

Gray goo producers write to the governor warning that taxes will hurt the state’s gray goo industry

The Seattle Black Panthers caused a moral panic when they tried to protect Black kids from white violence in Rainier Beach. The city passed new gun control laws, and the state legislature followed. The Panthers went to Olympia to protest. They brought their guns with them.

- spent two weeks reporting on that SPL story. -interviewed 3 library staff and one security guard. -Tried to interview SPL leadership. -They declined and issued a calculated PR statement with at least one demonstrable falsehood, tried to kill the story

Polaris apartment management sent out a notice clarifying that this was SPD not ICE

Would you look at that... our "progressive," "socialist" mayor is planning to implement austerity: 5-10% cuts to most departments. Some will be spared. Who wants to bet that SPD's budget will continue to grow? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Martin Luther King was assassinated in April 1968. Black Panther Bobby Hutton was killed two days later. Shortly thereafter, the first Black Panthers chapter outside of California was founded in Seattle. This is their story.

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oh yeah give the frontline training to managers, who dont deal w patrons. makes sense, only if you want to take decision making control on dealing w pateons away from librarians by withholding information and keeping them confused about policies and thus pressured to defer to managers

The Seattle Public Library hired a cop to run security. It's going about how you would expect. New article from DivestSPD editor Justin Ward: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/23/s...

When Seattle Police Officer Olivier Rigon was accused of defrauding real estate investors, internal investigators knew they had to act quickly to protect the department's integrity. He was fired three years later. www.divestspd.com/p/seattle-co...

I donno man, I think the cops reacting to the "don't cause crashes by engaging in ill advised chases" law by buying a "crash causing machine" is not great!

Incredible. A "successful" use of the "Grappler" in Thurston County only latches to one wheel, causing the vehicle to swing across the road It somehow doesn't cause a massive pileup by sheer luck, and these KOMO News bozos are oohing and ahhing over it.

Katie Wilson quoting Mariame Kaba more than once while being so wishy washy about surveillance is giving me cognitive dissonance.

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY: Derek Hayden was shot by Seattle police at the Port of Seattle during a mental health crisis. Officers Cassidy Butler and Willard Jared created a situation where they “feared for their lives” and shot him in 9 seconds.

Another Seattle police recruit was caught using AI to cheat — this time with a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

iCE has its own version of the Hippocratic oath, and it’s “Only do harm.”

Hey, Valentine. What if we kissed on the ashes of the police state?

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