As she walked toward a group of people, the officer threw the blast ball and it hit her in the chest. Before the device was thrown, the woman had knelt on the ground several times and put her head in her hands. One of the officers threw four blast balls at the crowd and one hit a woman who had been standing in an intersection. Some threw projectiles at officers and others breached the line, forcing officers to move back. On the night of June 7, about 1,000 protestors gathered near the East Precinct and clashed with police. Investigators said the man did not pose a threat and the officer should not have thrown the device "overhand." The device struck near the man's face and chest. Some protesters had opened umbrellas in front of a line of officers, and the officers responded aggressively.Īnother officer was found to have violated policy by throwing a blast ball at a man who was lying on the ground in the park with his face covered. Investigators also sustained findings against an incident commander who ordered officers to disperse a crowd, which led to the use of pepper spray and blast balls.
By throwing the canister overhand, the officer "did not exercise due care" and his "deployment appeared to be indiscriminate," the report said.īased on those findings, investigators sustained the complaint saying the officer's actions violated policy. The officer told investigators that he did not see the group's press credentials and defended his actions, saying the use of the canister was appropriate "given ongoing assaults on officers," the report said.īut a review of videos and body cameras found that no one within the range of the officer was posing a threat or engaging in violent crimes. The reporter said her crew was clearly marked as media at the time. The canister damaged a reporter's jacket. One officer threw a tear gas canister toward the park that landed near a news crew that was in the process of leaving the area. On June 1, officers were ordered to clear protestors from the area around the East Precinct and Cal Anderson Park after some in the group damaged property and threw things at police, the report said. In the latest reports, investigators found that officers and one commander violated department policies while responding to demonstrations in Seattle. Investigators are also looking into an officer who refused to wear a mask in the emergency room at a hospital. Officers later booked him into the King County Jail for unlawful possession of a firearm.Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz has fired an officer who made racist remarks about a Black man last year and has threatened to fire two officers who reportedly attended the riots in Washington, D.C., on Jan.
The 26-year-old suspect was transported to Harborview Medical Center for evaluation following the collision. Officers confirmed the man is a convicted felon and prohibited from lawfully possessing a gun. Units could see a handgun in the rear area of the overturned vehicle, as well as two loaded pistol magazines in the glove box which partially opened from the collision. The man refused to listen to them, and a struggle ensued. Once the man was detained, officers learned the trooper and deputy tried to stop him from going into the backseat of his overturned vehicle. Arriving officers saw a vehicle on its roof in the roadway, and a man struggling with a Washington State Patrol trooper and King County Sheriff’s deputy who were also on scene. Just after 8:30 p.m., police responded to a rollover collision on the 1 st Avenue Bridge near the S Michigan exit. Police took a man into custody for firearms violation during a collision investigation Wednesday night.
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