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Appeals court upholds firing of SPD officer who punched handcuffed suspect
Adley Shepherd talks with Jason Rantz on KTTH. (Jason Rantz)
An appeals court ruled Monday to uphold a 2019 King County Superior Court decision to fire Seattle Police Officer Adley Shepherd.
The saga with Shepherd dates back to 2014, when dash camera footage showed him punching a drunk, handcuffed woman in the back of his patrol car, after she had kicked him while she was being forced into the vehicle. He was then terminated by then-Chief Kathleen O’Toole for violating SPD’s use of force policy, before a three-member disciplinary review board (DRB) overturned his firing, instead giving him a 15-day suspension.
Recall campaign, Kshama Sawant dig in for lengthy battle over District 3
Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant at a weekend rally. (Sawant Solidarity, Facebook)
With a recall petition against Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant set to move forward into the signature-gathering phase, the two sides are preparing for what’s sure to be a months-long battle over the District 3 council seat.
Within 180 days, the recall campaign must collect just over 10,700 certified paper signatures from registered voters in District 3, a number that would constitute 25% of total votes cast in the last election for the district’s council seat.
The group, led by District 3 resident Ernie Lou, says it’s targeting August’s primary to get the recall on the ballot, given that the vote is required to take place during a regularly scheduled election. On Saturday, Sawant held a rally in Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson Park, where she accused the group of purposefully avoiding the larger turnout afforded b
The Office of Police Accountability is investigating whether those officers breached the Capitol.
Mike Solan, the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, blamed Back Lives Matter and the far left for the riot.
Days after an unprecedented domestic assault on democracy unfolded at the US Capitol, a tender wound reopened in Seattle, Washington.
As hundreds of rioters who breached the Capitol have started to be identified, with many facing federal charges, the Associated Press reported that over 30 police officers are under investigation for their presence at then-President Donald Trump s Stop the Steal rally in DC on January 6.
Six Seattle Police Officers are under investigation after being in DC on the day of the Capitol riots making it the largest identified group of officers from any police department in the nation to be present in DC on January 6.
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