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In reply to the discussion: Seattle man needed state official’s help to avoid charges for ‘walking while black’ [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)21. Now the Seattle Police Officers' Guild President was on our news tonight...
claiming that their racist cop is "feeling threatened". Since the dashcam video is spreading like wildfire, people are seeing exactly what she did. Emails are pouring in and she "feels under attack".
And he's claiming that her dashcam doesn't tell the whole story.
Typical.
She's on the list of cops who filed a lawsuit against the government, claiming that they couldn't do their jobs properly since the Department of Justice investigated them after the murder of John T. Williams and came to the decision that the SPD had problems with racial profiling and the use of excessive force...the Feds ordered reform of the SPD and both the police union and that police officers' guild have been fighting it ever since.
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Seattle man needed state official’s help to avoid charges for ‘walking while black’ [View all]
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2015
OP
I'm sick and tried of entitled,paranoid, racist ignoramus' who give that "White America" a bad name
Cha
Jan 2015
#19
Watching the video of Mr Wingate being "transported" to jail made me so angry...
countryjake
Jan 2015
#12
Now the Seattle Police Officers' Guild President was on our news tonight...
countryjake
Jan 2015
#21
2:39 "you just swing that golf club at me"? W.T.F? no, he didn't.I'd've been so scared if I were him
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#5
ugh, and the worst part is she is part of a minority group that should know about
dilby
Jan 2015
#13
how can someone be so fucking hateful, you can easily tell he is older and needs help
JI7
Jan 2015
#16
They pick on kids and old because they are sadistic racists imo. She was hoping if he did
lunasun
Jan 2015
#35
After the plea agreement from Rep. Dawn Mason assistance got the charges dismissed
csziggy
Jan 2015
#24
Imagine this happening to an elderly white lady and tell me race has nothing to do with it.
RedCappedBandit
Jan 2015
#28