Ashley Nerbovig
@ashleynerbovig.bsky.social
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@laurengill.bsky.social also wrote this tragic article last week exposing the various things that look wrong with the case, and how Boyd was convicted.
The execution is later today. boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
The execution is later today. boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@laurengill.bsky.social also wrote this tragic article last week exposing the various things that look wrong with the case, and how Boyd was convicted.
The execution is later today. boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
The execution is later today. boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
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SCOTUS just allowed Alabama's execution of Anthony Boyd:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
SCOTUS just allowed Alabama's execution of Anthony Boyd:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Sotomayor wrote this vivid dissent blasting AL for using the method of nitrogen gas.
@laurengill.bsky.social's reporting from an AL execution shows you why: boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
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NEW: Mayor Bruce Harrell is taking a BIIIIIG victory lap over SPOG contract, but @DivestSPD writes that the City got fucking fleeced. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...
City Celebrates New Contract For Cops — It’s Not That Great
Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his negotiation team and the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) came to a tentative agreement over a collective bargaining contract covering salaries and working condit...
www.theburnerseattle.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW: Mayor Bruce Harrell is taking a BIIIIIG victory lap over SPOG contract, but @DivestSPD writes that the City got fucking fleeced. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...
"It’s pretty bold of Harrell to call this a completed contract when in reality, huge chunks of this agreement remain up in the air." @hannahkrieg.bsky.social @divestspd.bsky.social
www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...
www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...
City Celebrates New Contract For Cops — It’s Not That Great
Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his negotiation team and the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) came to a tentative agreement over a collective bargaining contract covering salaries and working condit...
www.theburnerseattle.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"It’s pretty bold of Harrell to call this a completed contract when in reality, huge chunks of this agreement remain up in the air." @hannahkrieg.bsky.social @divestspd.bsky.social
www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...
www.theburnerseattle.com/post/city-ce...
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SPOG's main concession: Allowing CARE to expand and (supposedly) handle more calls on its own.
However, SPOG has done nothing but undermine CARE so far. Despite past concessions on civilianization (flaggers, traffic cam review), cops mostly remain in those roles
However, SPOG has done nothing but undermine CARE so far. Despite past concessions on civilianization (flaggers, traffic cam review), cops mostly remain in those roles
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
SPOG's main concession: Allowing CARE to expand and (supposedly) handle more calls on its own.
However, SPOG has done nothing but undermine CARE so far. Despite past concessions on civilianization (flaggers, traffic cam review), cops mostly remain in those roles
However, SPOG has done nothing but undermine CARE so far. Despite past concessions on civilianization (flaggers, traffic cam review), cops mostly remain in those roles
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BREAKING: Mayor Bruce Harrell will announce a tentative agreement with the Seattle policing cartel tomorrow. Officers will start at $118k, and pay will rise to $126k after just six months.
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BREAKING: Mayor Bruce Harrell will announce a tentative agreement with the Seattle policing cartel tomorrow. Officers will start at $118k, and pay will rise to $126k after just six months.
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There are countless cases where officers have been accused credibly of committing actual crimes (theft, DV, etc.) but findings have not been sustained because the OPA can’t meet the elevated standard.
October 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There are countless cases where officers have been accused credibly of committing actual crimes (theft, DV, etc.) but findings have not been sustained because the OPA can’t meet the elevated standard.
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It would be surprising (almost outside of the realm of plausibility) for SPOG to give this up.
It’s the main tool by which SPOG protects officers who have been accused of criminal behavior or dishonesty.
It’s the main tool by which SPOG protects officers who have been accused of criminal behavior or dishonesty.
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It would be surprising (almost outside of the realm of plausibility) for SPOG to give this up.
It’s the main tool by which SPOG protects officers who have been accused of criminal behavior or dishonesty.
It’s the main tool by which SPOG protects officers who have been accused of criminal behavior or dishonesty.
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Erica Barnett reports that the agreement will lower the standard of review for arbitration from “beyond a reasonable doubt” (not the standard) to a simple preponderance of evidence.
Not sure if this is accurate, but it would actually be significant, not “minimal”
Not sure if this is accurate, but it would actually be significant, not “minimal”
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Erica Barnett reports that the agreement will lower the standard of review for arbitration from “beyond a reasonable doubt” (not the standard) to a simple preponderance of evidence.
Not sure if this is accurate, but it would actually be significant, not “minimal”
Not sure if this is accurate, but it would actually be significant, not “minimal”
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Also, not too sure about these “sources,” but they can’t be too “familiar with the contract”
The existing contract only imposes an “elevated standard of review” on termination cases that are “stigmatizing.”
In practice, the standard is “clear and convincing” not “beyond a reasonable doubt”
The existing contract only imposes an “elevated standard of review” on termination cases that are “stigmatizing.”
In practice, the standard is “clear and convincing” not “beyond a reasonable doubt”
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Also, not too sure about these “sources,” but they can’t be too “familiar with the contract”
The existing contract only imposes an “elevated standard of review” on termination cases that are “stigmatizing.”
In practice, the standard is “clear and convincing” not “beyond a reasonable doubt”
The existing contract only imposes an “elevated standard of review” on termination cases that are “stigmatizing.”
In practice, the standard is “clear and convincing” not “beyond a reasonable doubt”
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NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.
The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:
The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:
In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.
boltsmag.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.
The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:
The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:
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It's a basic requirement that the captain of the East Precinct must be...a captain. Raguso was an acting captain (with the permanent rank of lieutenant) until the results of the captain's exam were released in August. He failed. Badly.
www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
www.seattle.gov
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It's a basic requirement that the captain of the East Precinct must be...a captain. Raguso was an acting captain (with the permanent rank of lieutenant) until the results of the captain's exam were released in August. He failed. Badly.
www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
www.seattle.gov/documents/De...
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They don’t even consider disciplinary history. It’s purely based on officers’ rankings on the exam.
If there are more vacancies than officers on the register, they just promote everyone automatically.
If there are more vacancies than officers on the register, they just promote everyone automatically.
Quite the embarrassment for SPD, as this suggests they haven't previously been reviewing officers' history before promoting them, which should be a fundamental part of the promotion process.
Not much of a pledge but ok
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
They don’t even consider disciplinary history. It’s purely based on officers’ rankings on the exam.
If there are more vacancies than officers on the register, they just promote everyone automatically.
If there are more vacancies than officers on the register, they just promote everyone automatically.
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Well, now that Erica Barnett has blocked us, we might as well point out that Publicola completely cannibalized a story we broke without crediting us—something she’s always loudly chastising other outlets for.
Note the dates below:
Note the dates below:
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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This is also inaccurate. Erica should've read through our posts more thoroughly when she was raiding them.
Tietjen was supposedly transferred for this incident, but he had been at the North Precinct since Nov 2020 and remained after the case closed. He was promoted a few months later.
Tietjen was supposedly transferred for this incident, but he had been at the North Precinct since Nov 2020 and remained after the case closed. He was promoted a few months later.
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is also inaccurate. Erica should've read through our posts more thoroughly when she was raiding them.
Tietjen was supposedly transferred for this incident, but he had been at the North Precinct since Nov 2020 and remained after the case closed. He was promoted a few months later.
Tietjen was supposedly transferred for this incident, but he had been at the North Precinct since Nov 2020 and remained after the case closed. He was promoted a few months later.
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She also used this incident ripped straight off our Twitter feed and then linked to the OPA report that she also lazily obtained from our Twitter feed.
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
She also used this incident ripped straight off our Twitter feed and then linked to the OPA report that she also lazily obtained from our Twitter feed.
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Erica Barnett is always complaining that other outlets use her reporting without credit.
Here she is again using our reporting without credit.
She links to KUOW and every other outlet in this story, but here she links to OPA
We were the only ones to cover this
Here she is again using our reporting without credit.
She links to KUOW and every other outlet in this story, but here she links to OPA
We were the only ones to cover this
October 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Erica Barnett is always complaining that other outlets use her reporting without credit.
Here she is again using our reporting without credit.
She links to KUOW and every other outlet in this story, but here she links to OPA
We were the only ones to cover this
Here she is again using our reporting without credit.
She links to KUOW and every other outlet in this story, but here she links to OPA
We were the only ones to cover this
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Hey Divesters, we need your support.
We're fundraising to build a statewide police misconduct database and hope to add 300 members to our Ko-Fi at the $5 level by the year's end.
Join today and help us expose cops across Washington State.
ko-fi.com/divestspd
We're fundraising to build a statewide police misconduct database and hope to add 300 members to our Ko-Fi at the $5 level by the year's end.
Join today and help us expose cops across Washington State.
ko-fi.com/divestspd
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hey Divesters, we need your support.
We're fundraising to build a statewide police misconduct database and hope to add 300 members to our Ko-Fi at the $5 level by the year's end.
Join today and help us expose cops across Washington State.
ko-fi.com/divestspd
We're fundraising to build a statewide police misconduct database and hope to add 300 members to our Ko-Fi at the $5 level by the year's end.
Join today and help us expose cops across Washington State.
ko-fi.com/divestspd
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The Republicans have won votes using a kind of radical authenticity, where they are perceived as saying what they mean (even if it isn’t true). And yet some Dems are still trying to figure out how to say what some imagined swing voters want… rather than finding their own authentic message.
My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Republicans have won votes using a kind of radical authenticity, where they are perceived as saying what they mean (even if it isn’t true). And yet some Dems are still trying to figure out how to say what some imagined swing voters want… rather than finding their own authentic message.
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Fare enforcement isn’t about revenue. It’s about keeping the homeless off transit
This is a WILD example of poor governance not mathing
1. Sound Transit fares are $42M, 1.4% of the annual ST budget
2. Lost fares are ~$5-14M
3. Fare gates cost >$104M or 7-20 years of unpaid Fares
4. Fare enforcement is $33.6M per year, 2-6 times higher than lost fares
Free Link: archive.is/MYHOx
1. Sound Transit fares are $42M, 1.4% of the annual ST budget
2. Lost fares are ~$5-14M
3. Fare gates cost >$104M or 7-20 years of unpaid Fares
4. Fare enforcement is $33.6M per year, 2-6 times higher than lost fares
Free Link: archive.is/MYHOx
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Fare enforcement isn’t about revenue. It’s about keeping the homeless off transit
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Harrell proposes regressive tax for non-police repsonse neutered by police protection racket
FTFY
FTFY
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Harrell proposes regressive tax for non-police repsonse neutered by police protection racket
FTFY
FTFY
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He was shot in the back while throwing road flares (called “incendiary devices” by authorities and the press) at a concrete building.
This is of course the parent post to the blocked op in question's blocked op replies about "antifa" "terrorism" and ofc it includes William van Spronsen who did absolutely nothing wrong except die when all those fed bullets went into his body, and ya can't hardly blame him for that
September 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
He was shot in the back while throwing road flares (called “incendiary devices” by authorities and the press) at a concrete building.
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We will lose critical safety advantages like drunk driving and making sure our neighbors are strangers.
After Alexis Mercedes Rinck offered an amendment expanding the types of allowed corner store uses to include eating and drinking establishments, Bob Kettle railed against the idea as a "recipe for a public safety disaster."
"We cannot have our neighborhoods and our neighbors be impacted this way."
"We cannot have our neighborhoods and our neighbors be impacted this way."
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
We will lose critical safety advantages like drunk driving and making sure our neighbors are strangers.
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Seattle police policy bars cops from using Tasers on fleeing suspects because there's a high risk of injury. A cop did and injured someone.
The OPA said this was okay.
www.divestspd.com/p/no-discipl...
The OPA said this was okay.
www.divestspd.com/p/no-discipl...
No discipline for cop who Tasered, injured fleeing man
Seattle police policy explicitly forbids cops from using Tasers on fleeing people, but the OPA was convinced by Officer Gabriel Ladd's speculative rationale
www.divestspd.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Seattle police policy bars cops from using Tasers on fleeing suspects because there's a high risk of injury. A cop did and injured someone.
The OPA said this was okay.
www.divestspd.com/p/no-discipl...
The OPA said this was okay.
www.divestspd.com/p/no-discipl...
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