Hopefully, some of these get added along dangerous intersections in south and west Seattle. UW could also use some.

I submitted a video request for any body worn video and in-car footage for the incident where SPD officer Anthony Belgarde pulled over a bus in West Seattle. But I was told by Edward Ocampo that no video existed for this incident. Is this a normal practice, to not record any video during a traffic stop?

Edit: I filed a complaint as I believe this violates 16.090-POL-2, where cops in uniform performing traffic stops are required to have their cameras on.

Edit 2: I did not get a confirmation email though.

Edit 3: had to email them again to get a complaint number

Source

We call on cities across the U.S. to participate in a collective blockade and occupation of cargo ports and railyards.

To be clear, the one and only goal of this action is to economically affect the US for as long as possible.

These actions will be autonomous and horizontally organized, with a respect for a diversity of tactics.

Plans are already in the works for Seattle, with more info to be announced in June.

We hope the radical orgs, crews, and rebels in their respective cities start planning NOW for a nationwide action on July 1st.

For the people of Palestine, shut this shit DOWN.

https://unravel.noblogs.org/fuck-the-4th-siege-the-ports/

https://southseattleemerald.com/2024/05/12/doom-loop-words/

It might be back tomorrow if you missed it tonight!

A Guest column in The Needling by District 5 Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore

We live in extremely politically divisive times, and that’s why it’s more important than ever to ask for more civility by repeatedly publicly threatening to open a can of whoop-ass on anyone who disagrees with you, doesn’t immediately follow your orders like when you were a court judge, or—God forbid—holds a mirror up to your face. Here are my favorite ways to ask for more civility and why.

Rank-and-file Seattle police officers voted in favor of a new, partial three-year contract that, if approved by the Seattle City Council, will give them immediate retroactive raises totaling 23%.

The agreement, announced by Mayor Bruce Harrell on Monday, will make Seattle officers the highest paid in the state, leapfrogging them from 29th. A starting officer will make $103,000 a year, up from $83,000.

Negotiations are not finished, however. The agreement covers 2021, when the previous contract expired, through 2023. City negotiators and the Seattle Police Officers Guild left 2024 unresolved and called in a mediator with the Public Employment Relations Commission to help.

But I thought the police were defunded!! /s