DivestSPD
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In August, two cop cars crashed in Beacon Hill.
We got the video. It's glorious.
We got the video. It's glorious.
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In August, two cop cars crashed in Beacon Hill.
We got the video. It's glorious.
We got the video. It's glorious.
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Hell yeah, shout out to women
In 2021, the Seattle Police Department signed the 30x30 pledge, aiming to increase the recruitment of women to 30% by 2030.
Despite a targeted campaign, SPD's recruitment of women this year didn't top 10%. www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont...
Despite a targeted campaign, SPD's recruitment of women this year didn't top 10%. www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont...
Women Don't Want to Become Seattle Cops
The police department's quest to hire more women is failing.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Hell yeah, shout out to women
Totally agree that women shouldn’t be cops.
Neither should men. Only grubby little husks of men.
Neither should men. Only grubby little husks of men.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Totally agree that women shouldn’t be cops.
Neither should men. Only grubby little husks of men.
Neither should men. Only grubby little husks of men.
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I am quite confident that to the sadistic sadists who are our current senior federal officials, this is a hoped-for feature, the exact opposite of a bug.
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I am quite confident that to the sadistic sadists who are our current senior federal officials, this is a hoped-for feature, the exact opposite of a bug.
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
ADX is inhuman and inhumane. As the article notes, even former wardens call it “worse than death.”
In 2021, the Seattle Police Department signed the 30x30 pledge, aiming to increase the recruitment of women to 30% by 2030.
Despite a targeted campaign, SPD's recruitment of women this year didn't top 10%. www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont...
Despite a targeted campaign, SPD's recruitment of women this year didn't top 10%. www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont...
Women Don't Want to Become Seattle Cops
The police department's quest to hire more women is failing.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In 2021, the Seattle Police Department signed the 30x30 pledge, aiming to increase the recruitment of women to 30% by 2030.
Despite a targeted campaign, SPD's recruitment of women this year didn't top 10%. www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont...
Despite a targeted campaign, SPD's recruitment of women this year didn't top 10%. www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont...
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Advocates for trans people with criminal records say Illinois law creates barriers to living authentically for trans people and that Black and brown trans women, who have historically been overcriminalized, still bear the brunt of this disparity.
In Illinois, Trans People With Criminal Records Still Face Hurdles to Changing Their Names
Even after years of reforms to state law governing name changes, prosecutors can still object when trans people have charges or prior convictions.
boltsmag.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Advocates for trans people with criminal records say Illinois law creates barriers to living authentically for trans people and that Black and brown trans women, who have historically been overcriminalized, still bear the brunt of this disparity.
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#OnThisDay in 1900, Seattle waitresses unionized. www.historylink.org/File/1066
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OnThisDay in 1900, Seattle waitresses unionized. www.historylink.org/File/1066
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fuuuuuck these people.
We Heart Seattle is a rightwing ideological project.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
fuuuuuck these people.
We Heart Seattle is a rightwing ideological project.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We Heart Seattle is a rightwing ideological project.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
It's kinda wild how many former minor league baseball players have become Seattle cops.
This guy was undrafted, then he worked at Lids, then he became a mailman, then he became a Blue Jays prospect. Now, he's a cop.
What a long, strange trip.
This guy was undrafted, then he worked at Lids, then he became a mailman, then he became a Blue Jays prospect. Now, he's a cop.
What a long, strange trip.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's kinda wild how many former minor league baseball players have become Seattle cops.
This guy was undrafted, then he worked at Lids, then he became a mailman, then he became a Blue Jays prospect. Now, he's a cop.
What a long, strange trip.
This guy was undrafted, then he worked at Lids, then he became a mailman, then he became a Blue Jays prospect. Now, he's a cop.
What a long, strange trip.
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Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The Office of Police Accountability is investigating fewer and fewer complaints under Director Bonnie Glenn.
In 2022, OPA conducted a full investigation into 37% of complaints. In 2025, the OPA only fully investigated 23%.
This is bad.
In 2022, OPA conducted a full investigation into 37% of complaints. In 2025, the OPA only fully investigated 23%.
This is bad.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Office of Police Accountability is investigating fewer and fewer complaints under Director Bonnie Glenn.
In 2022, OPA conducted a full investigation into 37% of complaints. In 2025, the OPA only fully investigated 23%.
This is bad.
In 2022, OPA conducted a full investigation into 37% of complaints. In 2025, the OPA only fully investigated 23%.
This is bad.
🚨ALERT🚨
A 9 year old US citizen and his immigrant mother are being detained at the immigration office in Tukwila right now.
Supporters are being requested at 12500 tukwila international blvd
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A 9 year old US citizen and his immigrant mother are being detained at the immigration office in Tukwila right now.
Supporters are being requested at 12500 tukwila international blvd
Follow superfamilia_kc on Instagram.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨ALERT🚨
A 9 year old US citizen and his immigrant mother are being detained at the immigration office in Tukwila right now.
Supporters are being requested at 12500 tukwila international blvd
Follow superfamilia_kc on Instagram.
A 9 year old US citizen and his immigrant mother are being detained at the immigration office in Tukwila right now.
Supporters are being requested at 12500 tukwila international blvd
Follow superfamilia_kc on Instagram.
This is The Discovery Institute’s plan in action.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
'In limiting spending on long-term housing to just 30 percent of the $3.5 billion in aid — from about 90 percent this year — the Trump plan would deal a crippling blow to a movement called Housing First."
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is The Discovery Institute’s plan in action.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
DI’s Robert Marbut was Trump’s homelessness Czar and this is his vision verbatim.
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“Didier and Lt. Larry Longley, who leads the Police Outreach Engagement Team, justified the response by saying that officers were forced to watch crimes happen in the 2020 protests, and it was bad for morale.”
cry me a fucking river
cry me a fucking river
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
'Go in heavy'—SPD's violent May sortie into Cal Anderson started with a balloon
Leaked details from last week's Sentinel Event Review reveal that the Seattle police response to the May 24 counterdemo was even more senseless and over-the-top than previously believed.
www.divestspd.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Didier and Lt. Larry Longley, who leads the Police Outreach Engagement Team, justified the response by saying that officers were forced to watch crimes happen in the 2020 protests, and it was bad for morale.”
cry me a fucking river
cry me a fucking river
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Turns out the over-the-top police response against leftist demonstrators of Jenny Donnelly's anti-LGBTQ Christian Nationalist rally at Cal Anderson park last spring was over a balloon & a bubble machine.
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
'Go in heavy'—SPD's violent May sortie into Cal Anderson started with a balloon
Leaked details from last week's Sentinel Event Review reveal that the Seattle police response to the May 24 counterdemo was even more senseless and over-the-top than previously believed.
www.divestspd.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Turns out the over-the-top police response against leftist demonstrators of Jenny Donnelly's anti-LGBTQ Christian Nationalist rally at Cal Anderson park last spring was over a balloon & a bubble machine.
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
'Go in heavy'—SPD's violent May sortie into Cal Anderson started with a balloon
Leaked details from last week's Sentinel Event Review reveal that the Seattle police response to the May 24 counterdemo was even more senseless and over-the-top than previously believed.
www.divestspd.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heav...
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🧵. Note that Divest believes 2 of the 3 officers involved in the shooting were rookies. There will be many rookies flooding into SPD from the hiring spree this year.
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🧵. Note that Divest believes 2 of the 3 officers involved in the shooting were rookies. There will be many rookies flooding into SPD from the hiring spree this year.
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
CN:SA, Self-harm
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
Rape investigation ends in 40-hour suspension for King County deputy
A woman alleged that King County deputy James Taylor sexually assaulted her while she was mentally vulnerable and too intoxicated to consent.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
CN:SA, Self-harm
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
A Ballard woman was trying to drink herself to death when she met King County Deputy James Taylor at a Starbucks
She needed a friend. Taylor seemed warm and caring. But after five months of platonic meetups, she says he sexually assaulted her.
open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
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I love that for them
Fire KOMO Seattle reporter Jonathan Choe is banned from DESC housing facilities.
They even got a warning poster on him posted around their facilities.
They even got a warning poster on him posted around their facilities.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I love that for them
Technically, it is wrong. the pay is significantly higher.
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
As in @divestspd.bsky.social 's reporting is wrong? Or as in "that's bullshit and should not be true"?
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Technically, it is wrong. the pay is significantly higher.
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
HR gave us January-August numbers and spreadsheets for the rest of the year divided up by pay period.
We believed the gross pay for Jan-Aug to be the full year, but we need to add the other totals.
We’re recalculating
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My latest about contingency plans (or lack of them) for increased ICE enforcement and/or National Guard deployment in Seattle.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
NEW // Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...
Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth » The Urbanist
# Mayor Bruce Harrell recently released two executive orders seeking to respond to President Donald Trump’s aggressive moves to increase local immigration enforcement and illegally send in the Nationa...
www.theurbanist.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My latest about contingency plans (or lack of them) for increased ICE enforcement and/or National Guard deployment in Seattle.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
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Not going to link the @divestspd.bsky.social video (cw shooting death on their page) but it sure looks like SPD shot and killed someone who was complying earlier this week.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Not going to link the @divestspd.bsky.social video (cw shooting death on their page) but it sure looks like SPD shot and killed someone who was complying earlier this week.