MetaFilter posts tagged with Police and Seattle

This actually happened.

empath — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:47:45 -0800

Brief disturbance earlier at 5th and Jackson between superheroes and clowns. Everything's under control.

Craig's Lift

gman — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:42:42 -0800

A dude found his stolen bicycle on Craigslist days after it had been lifted and then drives 160 miles to find the thief and confront him.

Phoenix Jones No More!

Halloween Jack — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:59:43 -0800

Phoenix Jones, the real life superhero who's been in the news (and previously on the blue) for his vigilante work in Seattle, was arrested for pepper-spraying four people outside a nightclub... and his secret identity revealed. Benjamin "Fear the Flattop" Fodor, a MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter, has already posted bail, and both Fodor and his spokesman are claiming that he was breaking up a fight.

15 year old girl in holding cell beaten by Seattle Cop

ginky — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:16:29 -0800

15 year old girl in holding cell beaten by Seattle Cop Caught on Camera. 15 year old girl in holding cell beaten by Seattle Cop. Not surprisingly the cop's lawyer didn't want this video published.

Keystone Kops

DiplomaticImmunity — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:52:04 -0800

Keystone Kops ...if they were around today anyway. Via Cruelition...

When police go bad: Boycott Starbucks

Nothing — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:30:44 -0800

When police go bad: Boycott Starbucks A Seattle community’s response to what was seen as racially motivated use of excessive force by police was to boycott the company that is funding their own schools and projects. A strange story all around.

A police shooting after an officer is allegedly dragged by car in Seattle has everything to do with skin color.

crasspastor — Sat, 02 Jun 2001 13:15:26 -0800

A police shooting after an officer is allegedly dragged by car in Seattle has everything to do with skin color. While the black on white violence and subsequent murder of the recent Mardi Gras "riots", wasn't race related, but merely youthful angst. Now I'm as liberal as they come and believe the police here have sometimes blown it, which is another discussion. But, I have a feeling these protestors, know exactly as much as I do about the unfortunate shooting in ostensible self defense. Nothing.

sudama — Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:56:34 -0800

K through 5th graders in LA are being taught to lock themselves inside their school in case the police start rioting next week like they did in Seattle.