SPD chief addresses mock tombstone for fatal shooting victim seen on video at East Precinct
Chief Diaz was forced to answer questions about a tombstone mocking a man — who was shot and killed by police — that was put on display inside a precinct.
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Chief Diaz was forced to answer questions about a tombstone mocking a man — who was shot and killed by police — that was put on display inside a precinct.
The inappropriate items were located in the East Precinct break room. An attorney discovered them in 2021 body camera footage while working on a separate lawsuit.
Well, well, well. The inside of the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct has been exposed for its disgraceful interior. I don’t mean that as in unclean (which it certainly could be). According to The Seattle Times, we’re talking “Trump 2020” flags and a mock tombstone of a Black man who was killed by the police.
Body cam video captured the inside of Seattle’s police department precinct featuring a mock tombstone of a Black man who was killed in a police shooting.