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Using “John Doe” pseudonyms, they sued over whether the investigation into their activities should be made public. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in February that they can be identified and that they haven’t shown that public release of their names violates their right to privacy. The state supreme court denied reconsideration earlier this month and lawyers for the four officers submitted a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the names remain protected during their legal challenge.

Four officers who attended events in the nation’s capital on the day of an insurrection claimed they are protected under the state’s public records law. They say they did nothing wrong and that revealing their names would violate their privacy.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

Jan. 6 "rally"? Uhhhh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Smells like BITCH to me.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Just so folks know. Republicans are considering anyone a terrorist because we charged them as terrorists for Jan6th. Until I’m out of country. I won’t be saying anything to give them grounds to charge me. But I would careful about getting caught up by their spider webs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck that be loud and proud. Hit em with the finger all along the way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

That's how one gung-ho TSA droid will ruin his escape.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck these traitors. Their identities should be public knowledge. And they should lose their jobs and go to prison

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Someone needs to leak those names. Seattle PD already should be stripped to the joists and rebuilt, this time with strong protections against the PD interfering in politics, and full accountability enforced by third parties unconnected to the department.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And maybe do not allow the new police force to join one of the protection racket unions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Yes! 100%

Get them in one of those unions instead that will ensure equal pay, good healthcare and trauma monitoring and better de-escalation training. Give them the confidence and protection to fix the internal shit they see so it's no longer swept under the rug to rot.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

Fuck theae assholes, they should be jailed for life and their names should be published and plastered everywhere

[–] [email protected] 23 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, because innocent people always love to hide their innocence. Right.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Well the question is did they merely “attend the rally”, or did they “participate in the violent storming of the Capitol building”?

Because honestly, there’s a big difference. Not everyone that attended the rally stormed the capitol. So it could be reasonable to not want your name made public just for being there.

Then again they are cops so they probably did storm the Capitol.

Then again, again, the mere fact that I assume that is probably why they don’t want their identities made public - especially if they were never charged for a crime.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, there's nothing inherently bad about wanting to keep your identity private. That should be a human right, if anything.

That said, J6ers need to be named and shamed, especially those in positions of power and authority. The latter part should be the single exception for the "privacy is a right" idea.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's not just that, cops use the bullshit "if you have nothing to hide..." line all the time

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago

Yep. I fell for that exactly once, and looking back on it I was incredibly lucky it worked in my favor (I'm also white, which absolutely helped).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

If they have nothing to hide…why do they want to hide?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

That was NOT a rally.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

WAT? First, I thought this was a false flag from BLM and "antifa". Then they were "political prisoners" and it was just a "day of love" and these assholes all got pardoned.

Why the shame?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Nah, you messed around so, we get to find out.

Y'all ashamed or something, cowards?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they didn't do anything wrong, why are they trying to hide?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

They don't want any consequences for their actions.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why aren't they proud of what they did? They should put their name behind their actions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They are proud but they work in one of those most liberal cities in america. They know they are incredibly outnumbered.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

No they're not, the city has a large number of Republicans running things. People don't realize how conservative even a liberal place can be. They're just quietly fucking things up behind the scenes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

They are proud of what they did, but only among fwends.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Sure seems like they they know they did something wrong if they dont want anybody to know about it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. They didn't think they did anything wrong. It's insane, but I'm serious. They are absolutely convinced they are the good guys.

Which is why they believe they don't deserve to have any consequences. But the evil left will "cancel" them if they're doxxed, and that's just not fair since they were doing the "good" things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Your average MAGA supporter thinks that. These guys are literal psychopaths.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They can never get their stories right about anything. First, it was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI working with BLM and "antifa" and no magats were there. Then, you had Marjorie Trailer Queen crying over a fake installation of them in prison and they were declaring they were "political prisoners" because it was just a "day of love", etc...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

That's the thing, they don't have to get their stories "right" about anything. The blatant hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug. It's a complete waste of time to focus on it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Marjorie Trailer Queen!!!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

The only thing they regret is being caught

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

That certainly is the logic they use when they cruise around with Stingray devices in their cruisers that honeypot/MiTM every single 4g/5g/Wifi drevice in a 100m+ radius.

iF yOu hAvE nOThInG to HiDE yOU HavE nOtHInG toO WoRRy abOUt

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Seems like a real easy thing to leak

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

They have been leaked. It happened pretty much instantly after people found out.

Officer #1: Alexander Everett

Officer #2: Caitlin Rochelle

Officer #3: Jason Marchione

Officer #4: Sgt. Scotty Bach

Officer #5: Vice detective Michael Settle

Officer #6: Jacob Briskey

This is just some complex legal maneuvering for lawsuits from the traitor cops.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago

I love it when the Streisand Effect hammers evil people. I didn't know about these four traitors before, but I do now, and now I want them fired.

If they can't be fired, I want them to be surrounded by a giant, vicious crowd, as they beat the everloving shit out of these traitors for hours.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Well of course it did.

But I don't understand how clearing the names can protect them from lawsuits - doesn't being a cop pretty much protect them from consequences anyway?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

It doesnt protect them. They want to sue other people for releasing their names and for associated "pain and suffering."

This is a legal maneuver so the traitor cops can sue other people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

Sounds like you need to be more creative with “consequences.”

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

Or even easier to solve with a few airline travel queries ha city employment records.