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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 9h
Lt. Christopher Couet was picked to replace Matthew "It's time to fuck people up" Didier as head of SPD's anti-protest unit. Couet's bad at giving and taking orders, but he's great at covering for his superiors. www.divestspd.com/p/baseball-card-crg-commander-christopher
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Baseball Card: CRG Commander Christopher Couet
The new head of the Community Response Group, Christopher Couet, is bad at both taking and giving orders but, boy, is he great at covering for more senior officers.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 7h
The Seattle Police Department's legitimacy rating has fallen every year since 2020. We did that. Support our work ko-fi.com/divestspd
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 9h
Lt. Christopher Couet was picked to replace Matthew "It's time to fuck people up" Didier as head of SPD's anti-protest unit. Couet's bad at giving and taking orders, but he's great at covering for his superiors. www.divestspd.com/p/baseball-card-crg-commander-christopher
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Baseball Card: CRG Commander Christopher Couet
The new head of the Community Response Group, Christopher Couet, is bad at both taking and giving orders but, boy, is he great at covering for more senior officers.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re out here every week doing the work that other outlets can’t/won’t do. Support us: Ko-fi.com/divestspd
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sad commentary but it’s really no use to call for his termination. SPD almost never fires officers, even for crimes. It took a whole international incident to get Daniel Auderer fired.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That’s a good point. We do know that the 1st watch Lieutenant arrived at 9 am. According to our most recent roster, that was Seth Dietrich, author of several self-published murder mysteries, available on Amazon. There were also two sergeants. One was in the apartments
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SPD stopped naming cops who shoot people when the consent decree ended, so we do that now. The cop who shot the woman in Beacon Hill is Jose Jimenez, and we did a deep dive on him. Read all about him:
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Cop who shot Beacon Hill woman identified
Officer Jose Jimenez, 34, had only been assigned to the SWAT team for less than a year. He was previously a member of the Community Response Group, SPD’s “problem-oriented policing” unit.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guess we're a baseball watchdog now????
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TODAY: DIY-VestSPD Public Records Workshop Vera Project 3:30-5 pm price: Free! Learn esoteric public records secrets from your beloved community police watchdog
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Come see us at the Seattle Anarchist Book Fair Tomorrow & Sunday VERA Project, Seattle Center, 11 am - 5 pm We've got so much stuff! Most of it's free (see thread for details)
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Divest Digest * SPD narrative fail * KCSO keeps crashing * Cops take another bite out of Seattle * Strauss’ RV bill rolls through committee * Hollingsworth says some surveillance is good, actually. www.divestspd.com/p/the-divest...
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The Divest Digest: Sept 25, 2026
In this issue: SPD narrative fail, KCSO keeps crashing, cops take another bite out of Seattle, Strauss’ RV bill rolls through committee, Hollingsworth says some surveillance is good actually.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Divest Digest * SPD narrative fail * KCSO keeps crashing * Cops take another bite out of Seattle * Strauss’ RV bill rolls through committee * Hollingsworth says some surveillance is good, actually. www.divestspd.com/p/the-divest...
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The Divest Digest: Sept 25, 2026
In this issue: SPD narrative fail, KCSO keeps crashing, cops take another bite out of Seattle, Strauss’ RV bill rolls through committee, Hollingsworth says some surveillance is good actually.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seattle treats vacant positions differently when it's cops. Ghost cops (vacancies at SPD unfillable under any scenario) are treated like actually existing cops. Cutting them is "defunding." But it's fine to cut 100+ other vacant positions to fund 66 (also vacant) police FTEs.
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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
sign the below letter to redirect $8 million from the $68 million increase of SPD’s budget to go to arts placemaking (aka effective public safety investment) instead: bsky.app/profile/alex...
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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
we should not give more money to cops who continue to kill people in our streets.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Need help paying redaction costs for these videos. Venmo: divestspd *Kirkland cop unnecessarily Tasered a man $50 * Des Moines cops broke an immigrant’s arm during arrest $30 + new vinyl banner for our table $60
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We need help paying for a couple of large records requests and a cutom banner for our table at the Seattle Anarchist Book Fair this weekend (Sat/Sun at VERA Institute) Chip in at venmo.com/divestspd
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We need help paying for a couple of large records requests and a cutom banner for our table at the Seattle Anarchist Book Fair this weekend (Sat/Sun at VERA Institute) Chip in at venmo.com/divestspd
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yesterday, Seattle police released footage of a woman they shot in Beacon Hill. Officers barely attempted to negotiate with her or even establish that she could understand what they were saying before they approached her door.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mayor Katie Wilson when budget season comes around
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Four Seattle police officers kneeled on Keenan Pearson before he died in Georgetown last weekend. Multiple eyewitnesses saw it. DivestSPD spoke to one. www.divestspd.com/seattle-poli...
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Seattle police kneeled on man who died last week, witness said
A woman who witnessed the in-custody death in Georgetown last Saturday said four officers were on top of Keenan Pearson, he stopped responding, and appeared to be dead by the time aid arrived.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Sorry that you have no broad and you hate yourself" She read Choe to filth on this one.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why should the left celebrate a "balanced budget" and ending "deficits?" You know that shit doesn't happen by magic, right? It means cuts. Are we trying to prove to conservatives that democratic socialists can do austerity, too? To be the "adults in the room?"
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mayor Wilson said she's fully funding SPD's hiring plan through 2028. Assuming they continue to hire at the same pace, that's tantamount to a pledge to add $40 million to SPD's budget at least. SPOG might be crying for other reasons though. They're always crying.
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SquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @squidtips.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I audibly laughed when the dude running the RTCC demo said ‘officers are basically running from call to call’ You mean they are speeding recklessly in their cruisers between standing around doing nothing?
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seattle police shot a woman in Beacon Hill this morning during a DV call. It looks like she'll survive Key parts of the release are left vague. It says the man she was with suffered a "laceration" but does not say if she had a weapon. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/09/18/b...
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Beacon Hill Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation Turned Over to King County Independent Force Investigations Team - SPD Blotter
Seattle Police officers investigating a domestic violence incident in the 900 block of Golf Drive South were involved in an officer-involved shooting Friday afternoon. Police responded to an apartment building in the Beacon Hill neighborhood when a man called 911 around 8 AM to report a domestic violence assault. When police arrived at the scene, […]
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Policing is brutal, senseless and wasteful. That's easily $5,000/hr. worth of personnel standing around while medics check a person SPD beat and tasered. A homeless man, who is clearly unwell, detained for selling a handful of lightbulbs on 12th with no permit
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Divest Digest: Sept 18, 2026 THIS ISSUE * Wilson's gun violence plan: "meh" * Man who died in custody identified * Thurston County took only 2 months to fire a guy. Wild! * Family of trucker that cop butchered sues
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The Divest Digest: Sept 18, 2026
In this issue: Mayor Wilson’s gun violence plan is light on new ideas, man who died in SPD custody identified, Thurston County fires deputy in just two months, family of trucker butchered by cop sues
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Throwback Thursday. In 2014, Jonathan Choe was covering a Minnesota hockey riot, and some college kids clowned him bad.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
210 cops x $214,500 (budgeted FTE cost for 1 cop) = $45 million That's equal to the entire budget of some departments. (ex. the municipal court's budget is $48m)
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
East Coast vs. West Coast: NYC has Community Response Teams, "elite" anti-crime units staffed by problem officers. Seattle has the Community Response Group, an "elite" anti-crime unit staffed by problem officers. hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Throwback Thursday. In 2014, Jonathan Choe was covering a Minnesota hockey riot, and some college kids clowned him bad.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Once again: If you want cops, pay for them. Nordstrom and all the members of the Chamber are begging for more cops. They use cops more. But they aren't lobbying for a tax to pay for more cops. Hiring 200 more cops at an exorbitant pay rate will burden the city.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Larry Longley is one of 10 officers featured in our 2026 Protest Pack. Order it (and also our 2025 DivestSPD All-Stars) at our online store. tinyurl.com/divestcards26
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Next up in our Protest Pack baseball card series: Lt. Larry Longley, head of the Police Outreach Engagement Team (POET). Here's a poem in his honor: There once was a cop named Larry His record is quite scary He punched his way up the ranks And now he makes bank. If you see him, you should be wary.
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Protest Pack: POET Lieutenant Larry Longley
His early career marred by beatings, lawsuits, and allegations of racism, Longley is spending his golden years at the Seattle Police Department leading “outreach” and “engagement.”
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TYSM Tony!
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This shit is so fucking funny
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UPDATE: Okay, we're doing this. We've limited the request to one video of officers removing the drunk KCSO deputy (the other two are redundant) KCSO still wants $143. Chip in at venmo.com/divestspd
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not the police guild using the word "accountability." How many police officers have avoided termination or serious discipline for crimes, brutality, dishonesty, and other serious misconduct thanks to the SPOG contract?
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UPDATE: Okay, we're doing this. We've limited the request to one video of officers removing the drunk KCSO deputy (the other two are redundant) KCSO still wants $143. Chip in at venmo.com/divestspd
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not to our knowledge, but a cop was fired (after nearly three years on paid leave) for using an electronic tracking device and police systems (presumably WASIC/ACCESS) to stalk his ex. A lot of cops abuse WASIC for personal purposes and get slaps on the wrist
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Seattle's political leadership (esp. Bob Kettle) has this fantasy that if SPD just raises its salaries enough, we'll get "top-quality" recruits. Counterpoint: San Jose has the highest police salaries in the US. The top step for patrol officers is $219k, and this still happened.
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California police officer fired for allegedly sharing Flock camera data with domestic violence suspect
According to San Jose police, the officer used his personal phone to access the Flock camera system and then provided the location of a vehicle to his cousin.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fact that he never issued a cease and desist letter to stop this atrocity...
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Seattle Police Department's lip sync challenge video
YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just a reminder. This is how George Floyd's murder was described in a press release: "Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction"
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
King County wants $360 for bodycam videos of a drunk deputy getting kicked off a plane Is it worth it? Should we crowdfund it?
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good News: Lt. Matthew Didier will face discipline for saying it was time to "fuck people up" at the Cal Anderson protest last May. Bad News: We still don't know what that will be and it will probably be light. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...
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Lieutentant’s ‘fuck people up’ remarks will result in discipline
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Seattle police detained a man who was "unable to clearly speak or care for himself." They sat him on the push bar while waiting for EMTs to arrive and claimed he rolled into the street, so they handcuffed him? Then he died. komonews.com/news/local/o...
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Per photogsteve81 on Instagram, a man died while in Seattle police custody late last night—possibly while being restrained. The Seattle police still haven't issued a statement about it. They're referring any media inquiries to King County, which also hasn't issued a statement.
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Remember that brief period of copaganda backlash from 2020-2021 when they cancelled all the cop shows? God, those were the days
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DivestSPD @divestspd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Curb your police department static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp...
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