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nullagent

The Seattle Police Officers Guild is suing the Seattle Police for being slow as fuck with records requests. 🥴

This all stems from an SPD policy where if you make more than one records request they will group and process your orders one at a time, each taking possibly months or years.

Which I for one am extremely happy to see the SPOG helping us cop watchers have more tools to expose the bad behavior of SPOG members 😅

publicola.com/2025/05/06/seatt

PubliCola · Seattle Police Guild Sues Police Department Over Public Records Delays - PubliColaBy Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Officers Guild has filed a lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department over its…
#SPOG#SPD#Seattle
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DoomsdaysCW

#UCLA #Gaza #Protesters Sue #Cops for Shooting Them in the Head With #RubberBullets

Protesters were being attacked by a #ProIsrael mob when cops showed up and fired at them with rubber bullets — whose use is restricted by law.

Akela Lacy
May 5 2025

Police conspired to violently attacks anti-genocide protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles last year, according to a suit filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court.
At the height of the school’s encampment against Israel’s war on Gaza last spring, one of hundreds across the country, a mob of pro-Israel protesters attacked pro-Palestine protesters for more than four hours. On the night of April 30, 2024, police stood by and watched as counter-protesters aimed and shot fireworks, sprayed chemical agents, harassed, and sexually assaulted pro-Palestine protesters, students and faculty alleged last month in a separate, ongoing lawsuit.
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The day after the melee, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, UCLA administrators, and seven different law enforcement agencies laid plans to dismantle the school’s encampment for good.
UCLA invited multiple outside police forces to campus to clear the encampments on May 1. More than 700 police officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol, the University of California Police Department, and private security were on campus the night of the raid.

Protesters are now suing the state of California, which oversees California Highway Patrol, and the city of Los Angeles, which oversees the LAPD, for violence against the demonstrations. The police fired more than 50 rounds of rubber bullets at protesters, striking several people in the head; some of the injuries sent demonstrators to the hospital.

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theintercept.com/2025/05/05/uc

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The Intercept · UCLA Gaza Protesters Sue Cops for Shooting Them in the Head With Rubber BulletsBy Akela Lacy
#ACAB#SilencingDissent#Fascism
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I just had a weird experience at Target—my girlfriend and I were bra shopping and this fucking sketchy crew-cut white guy in jeans and a kinda well-worn—not quite clean—white undershirt is keeping an eye on us and another woman. Then he speaks into a hidden collar mic. I couldn't quite hear him, but it sounded like he was talking about a woman.

Then, as we were checking out, he was over by the restrooms—still looking sketchy as fuck—and watching people (including us). Then I caught him following us out, but he turned around and went back in after a few feet.

We got back to the car and I told my partner my observations. I thought he might be private security...or some conservative transvestigator fucker—it really could have been either (or both) with the way he was acting.

We decided to go back in to make sure he wasn't hassling anyone. Sure enough, he was still looking sketchy AF and following people around the women's section and towards the exit. So we reported him. The lady who worked there told us he's their security, and that she'd let him know we said he should be less fucking sketchy.

#Target#Cops#Security
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DivestSPD

We plan to do our first print run of SPD cards in the next few months, but first, we need to gauge interest.

Fill out this form for updates:

tinyurl.com/COPPS2025

Google DocsCOPPS 2025 DivestSPD Baseball Cards By popular demand, DivestSPD is producing some merch! You may have already seen our Seattle Police Department baseball cards that detail each officer's misconduct and salary. We're planning on making 30 more cards over the next month or two. In addition to the digital cards, we plan to create printed packs to our supporters to raise funds for upcoming projects. The packs would likely contain 8-10 cards each so you can trade with your friends and collect them all. If you're interested in buying a pack, please add your name to our sign-up list below so we can send updates about our progress. Fill out this form with your contact information, answer our brief survey, and we'll reach out to you.
#Seattle#cops#acab
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MissConstrue

Well, we know why he was strong arming all those white shoe law firms into donating half a trillion in legal work...they’ll be defending cops who kill citizens the administration doesn’t like. You remember all the cops who have been trained by the IDF on how to treat “enemy civilians”? Yeah, we now have as much right to oppose police actions as the Palestinians.

Oh, and in direct opposition to the constitution, military will now be used for civilian disorder. Welcome to the SS. I did try to warn everyone.

#uspol #fascism #ss #gestapo #47 #authoritarianism #cops

whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac

The White House · Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent CitizensBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1.  Purpose and
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ >> Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist. I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon

This is a #MoralMoment — #CoryBooker

We need a broad coalition with civic solidarity, not just solidarity within racial or other groups targeted by haters.

If #Trump and #Musk have riled up SO MANY AMERICANS in just the first 100 days, they've #AwakenedASleepingGiant ✊

@Babcia54 @tianacutright @ienvision @RealJournalism

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ >>>> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.

>> Might that be because #POC are more likely to be arrested than #white people during protests?

Yes! There's always that danger in a society so openly #racist.

I am a PoC myself. That's why I linked to #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe! #BlackMastodon

@Babcia54 @tianacutright @ienvision @RealJournalism

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Rolling Stone · Massive Protests Against Trump Are Just the BeginningBy Tim Dickinson
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ >> The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very #white—not exactly representative of the #Democratic coalition.

#Chicago has a significant population of #BlackPeople and other #POC. I took hundreds of pictures, some of which are in this thread ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1. It was obvious that #BlackAmerican community was underrepresented.

Also see #CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe!

#BlackMastodon

@tianacutright @ienvision @RealJournalism

MastodonRamesh #NotGoingBack (@rameshgupta@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image #Chicago #HandsOff #Protests If there is a single poster that sums up today's protests, it has to be this, which says "It's YOU. You're the Problem. Everybody Agrees!" With so many "Hands Off This, Hands Off That," "This Right and That Right," and one that even tells the American President to "Stop the Attack on the American People," it is clear that there are many voices, but they are not discordant. If #Trump has riled up SO MANY Americans even before his 100 days are up, HE IS THE PROBLEM
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ >> Contrary to dark right-wing fantasy, the protesters were there of their own volition — to defend American #democracy out of sense of #patriotism — not in fact because they were being paid by liberal billionaire George #Soros. Ironically, this false claim… been promoted by #Musk, the mega #billionaire who literally pays people to show up at his political rallies, where he sorta-randomly doles out million-dollar checks.

#CivicSolidarity — #Cops kept #protesters safe!

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Rolling Stone · Massive Protests Against Trump Are Just the BeginningBy Tim Dickinson
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Cops Tracked An Alleged Tesla Arsonist Using The Suspect’s #Car #WiFi
Cops used tower dumps to track not only suspect’s phone but also #vehicle. Detectives asked Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T to send information on all connecting devices to six relevant towers. They saw a Verizon BlueLink onboard Wi-Fi system had pinged two of the towers. According to a complaint against the eventual suspect investigators believe the BlueLink was inside his Hyundai.
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewste
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ForbesThe Wiretap: Cops Tracked A Tesla Arsonist Using His Own Car’s Wi-FiFeds trace movements of alleged Tesla arsonist and accused domestic terrorist via Verizon's onboard Wi-Fi, court documents show.
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