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Seattle PD gives false statements to city council before surveillance tech vote, again

Seattle PD gives false statements to city council before surveillance tech vote, again

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) commanders continue to disseminate false information to the public and elected lawmakers. That conduct may be criminal under Washington State Law. However, the arbiter of whether or not their conduct should be referred for criminal charges is SPD themselves. A top SPD executive now says
08 Oct 2024 3 min read
City of Seattle to pay $51,250 to settle SPD public records lawsuit
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City of Seattle to pay $51,250 to settle SPD public records lawsuit

Today, I, Glen Stellmacher, agreed to settle a public records lawsuit with the City of Seattle (City) over the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) handling of text messages from key employees who were involved in covert infiltration, public relations and intelligence operations during the 2020 protests. The PDRs at issue
23 Sep 2024 5 min read
Surprise! Seattle PD was not truthful in surveillance disclosures
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Surprise! Seattle PD was not truthful in surveillance disclosures

Link to full story here: https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2024/08/07/inside-spd-s-use-aerial-surveillance-during-2020-protests This week, Real Change publishes a feature I have been working on for a long time. It shows that Seattle’s Surveillance Ordinance is failing. Seattle PD are using surveillance systems without disclosing them to the
10 Aug 2024 3 min read
A Corridor of Violence
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A Corridor of Violence

SPD's May 31, 2020 Kettle
17 Mar 2024
Derailing the defund: How SPD manipulated the media narrative around the 2020 protests
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Derailing the defund: How SPD manipulated the media narrative around the 2020 protests

Illustration by Robin Hunt. https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/07/19/derailing-defund-how-spd-manipulated-media-narrative-around-2020-protests Additional reporting done by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue.
23 Jul 2023
Chaos and Banned Weapons: SPD’s Use of ‘Mutual Aid’ Police Departments in 2020
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Chaos and Banned Weapons: SPD’s Use of ‘Mutual Aid’ Police Departments in 2020

https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/05/30/chaos-and-banned-weapons-spds-use-of-mutual-aid-police-departments-in-2020/
30 May 2023
“Please Stop on the Teams Chat”: New Records Expose Mayor Durkan’s Role and Others in Abandonment of East Precinct
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“Please Stop on the Teams Chat”: New Records Expose Mayor Durkan’s Role and Others in Abandonment of East Precinct

https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/04/27/please-stop-on-the-teams-chat-new-records-expose-mayor-durkans-role-and-others-in-abandonment-of-east-precinct/
28 Apr 2023
The Next ‘Big One’ Could Mean Big Displacement for Seattle’s Black Population
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The Next ‘Big One’ Could Mean Big Displacement for Seattle’s Black Population

https://southseattleemerald.com/2023/02/22/opinion-the-next-big-one-could-mean-big-displacement-for-seattles-black-population/
22 Apr 2023
Durkan’s Office Ordered Potable Water Shut Off to Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, in an apparent “covert and insidious way to get protestors to disperse”
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Durkan’s Office Ordered Potable Water Shut Off to Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, in an apparent “covert and insidious way to get protestors to disperse”

https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/02/09/texts-reveal-durkans-office-used-covert-efforts-to-disperse-protesters/
07 Nov 2022
Jeff's Got Balls
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Jeff's Got Balls

You could argue that Amazon may live in the future, interacting with technologies well before us mortals see them in the mainstream. However, as the media savant Marshall McLuhan noted, “the future of the future is the present.” And thus, we don’t have to speculate on the future to
25 Oct 2022 4 min read
Wood-Washing
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Wood-Washing

We all know palm oil makes things taste good. It’s the foundation of Nutella. We also know that rainforest clearing to start palm plantations has caused environmental and social catastrophe.1 (I don’t eat Nutella anymore.) As a result, we have lost a significant percentage of our world&
25 Oct 2022 4 min read
Commentary: Land Acknowledgements at the University of Washington
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Commentary: Land Acknowledgements at the University of Washington

In 1851 twelve adults and twelve children of the Denny Party arrived at Alki and were quickly surrounded by encampments of “over a thousand” Indians.1 Ten years later, a gift of land from Charles Terry, of the original Denny Party, and others allowed a new Territorial University to be
19 Oct 2022 3 min read
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