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They're lamenting how bad this makes them look, and how this will make policing harder.
There are some who are even agreeing with the officer, about how these "remarks" shouldn't get him fired.
Just got immediately banned there. Those mods are keeping a close eye on that thread, lol.
There's a disgusting amount of bootlicking in that thread. "I believe officer 'whatshisname' deserves a second chance" 🥺
99% of cops make the rest look bad.
It looks bad because it is bad. Unfortunately it's just par for the course and nothing will change, because we live in hell.
Seattle PD is fucking garbage.
They threw a bitch fit when the citizens got pissed they were tear gassing random people (including children) who were walking on the sidewalk and had nothing to do with the George Floyd protests or CHOP.
They were under federal observation for over a decade because they were responsible for multiple questionable deaths.
A ton of the force quit because they didn't want to get vaccinated during COVID.
Recently they had a Trump flag with a Nazi symbol on it in one of their breakrooms that nobody took down.
The list goes on and on. They need to dissolve the police union in Seattle entirely, and set a precedent. I'm not anti-police, but I am over their whiney bullshit and completely unethical behavior. Seriously, fuck Seattle PD.
Seattle PD is and has always been terrible. For a city with as little violent crime as we are, you would think that we would have a semi-competant police force. We aren't Baltimore or Chicago or Memphis. We don't need a violent, antagonistic, adversarial police force. Yet decade after decade, Seattle PD shows themselves to be the worst of the worst of violent white nationalists.
SPD's training standards are embarrassingly low. SPD's staffing numbers are embarrassing low. Rookie cops make over $100k and the right-wing pundits say it's not enough, while first-year teachers make $55k and the right-wing pundits say it's too much. They blame the BLM riots and say that the city betrayed them, but the average person here had absolutely zero faith in them well before the riots. Most SPD officers don't actually live in Seattle.
Sorry if the second paragraph got a bit into unhinged-rant territory, but shit like this is infuriating. SPD is so clearly shit and needs to be purged.