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Seattle Cop Who Threatened to 'Make Stuff Up' After Arrest Was Just 'Bantering,' Police Claim

By Rick Anderson Mon., Feb. 20 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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Chris Stearns
​The Seattle cop who threatened to "make stuff up" - fabricate felony robbery charges - after arresting two Seattle men for a misdemeanor, was only "bantering" with them, police now say. His comment was deemed by SPD as merely "inappropriate" since he never actually made up any charges.

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Brad Richardson, Chris Stearns, Christopher Franklin, John Diaz, Josh Lawson, Kathryn Olson, Nick Licata, SPD
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Latest SPD Video Shows Officer Who Will 'Make Stuff Up' if He Wrongly Arrests You for a Crime

By Rick Anderson Tue., Feb. 14 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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​Among the Seattle Police dash cam vids that went viral the past few years, SPD officers have been shown brutally taking down an unresisting suspect, repeatedly kicking another for no apparent reason, and telling one he'd better comply or the officer would beat the "fucking Mexican piss" out of him. In another, John T. Williams dies. Now we have the officer who says he will "make stuff up" to excuse a wrongful arrest.

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Brad Richardson, Christopher Franklin, John T. Williams, Josh Lawson, SPD video
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Rep. Mike Hope Proposed a Bill to Stop Seattle Police From Implementing DOJ 'Use of Force' Recommendations

By Ellis E. Conklin Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 12:15 PM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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​Rep. Mike Hope, a Seattle police officer when he's not in Olympia crafting new laws, had a bill in the hopper -- until it was pulled earlier this week -- intended to prevent the Seattle Police Department from implementing the recommendations from the U.S. Justice Department. In a blistering report last month, DOJ found that Seattle cops were using excessive force and needed to adopt new practices.

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Aaron Reardon, excessive use of force, Rep. Mike Hope, Seattle Police, U.S. Department of Justice
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Eric Rachner, Who Won $60,000 in SPD Video Battle, Wins $10,000 More in False Arrest Case

By Rick Anderson Wed., Jan. 18 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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​Put another mark in the win column for Eric Rachner, the man Seattle police arrested in 2008 during a game of "urban golf." He's already won a $60,000 court decision from SPD for denying it had dashboard-camera recordings of his arrest. Now he has pocketed another $10,000 - plus attorney fees - from the city in a settlement of his civil case alleging false arrest.

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Eric Rachner, Lawsuit, Police Videos, Seattle Police, Urban Golf
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Richard Nelson, Cop: Could the SPD Have Done More to Prevent His Suicide? (Memorial Video)

By Rick Anderson Mon., Jan. 16 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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​To the grave with him, Richard (Rick) Nelson took the answers to, and the ultimate responsibility for, his death. For reasons we'll never precisely know, the 50-year-old Seattle police officer drove to a forest trail in the morning last week and, walking through the woods, took a last look at life and shot himself in the head. Nonetheless, some of his fellow officers and close friends ask if there wasn't more his department could have done to prevent it.

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Will Chief Diaz Show Up For Officer Richard F. Nelson's Funeral Today?

By Ellis E. Conklin Thu., Jan. 12 2012 at 10:17 AM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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​Earlier this week, 97.3 KIRO-FM reported that Seattle Police Chief John Diaz has been told he was not welcome at Officer Richard F. Nelson's funeral. According to KIRO, Nelson's wife asked that Diaz and any other member of the department's command staff who knew of the investigation stay away from the memorial service.

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Seattle Cop Who Was Snitched On Killed Himself

By Ellis E. Conklin Fri., Jan. 6 2012 at 8:40 AM
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​Seattle police officer Richard F. Nelson, a patrolman with more than 21 years of experience, put a gun to his head and killed himself just hours after learning that he'd been successfully fingered for pilfering drugs by an undercover cop working surveillance.

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James Egan Requests Police Dash-Cam Videos, City Attorney Hauls Him Into Court for Asking

By Rick Anderson Thu., Jan. 5 2012 at 8:40 AM
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​The dashcam video - once sparse, now widespread - is the new vulnerability for police officers who go too far. Once entered into a court record and made public (or leaked to the media), videos become the measure by which the average TV and online viewer judges, rightly or wrongly, the Seattle Police Department. Their release is something SPD would prefer to avoid. That seems the more likely reason why City Hall is suing James Egan for asking to see cops on film.

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Brutality, Dash-Cam Vids, James Egan, John Diaz, Mike McGinn, Pete Holmes, Seattle Police
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Policing the Police: Will Seattle Residents Finally Get a Say in How SPD Operates?

By Curtis Cartier Thu., Dec. 22 2011 at 1:55 PM
Categories: Seattle Police Department

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​Despite KOMO News reporting the contrary, a "Citizen Oversight Committee" is not part of Mayor Mike McGinn's official plan for changing the unconstitutional tendencies of the Seattle Police Department. Still, some amount of "citizen oversight" will be involved in the changes. But exactly how much remains to be seen.

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Citizen Oversight Committee, civil rights, DOJ SPD, Ian Birk, John T WIlliams, Seattle police use of force, Shandy Cobane
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Seattle Attorney Explains Why He Went Public With the 'Skull Fuck' Video

By Ellis E. Conklin Thu., Dec. 22 2011 at 1:15 PM
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​The attorney who earlier this month released the profanity-laced video of three Seattle police officers acting like animals says he did it to make the public realize that the Seattle Police Department is out of control and needs to be reined in.

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