A new scandal rocked the Seattle Police Department because of what a 2021 body cam video exposed inside a police precinct.
The video was obtained as part of a lawsuit challenging the city’s graffiti laws.For the family of the teenager police shot and killed what appears to have happened routinely here at the East Precinct is adding another layer of pain.
It is a stunning sight. Seattle police officers, in a breakroom at the East Precinct, casually walking by a mock tombstone of Damarius Butts, a 19-year-old burglary suspect officers shot and killed in 2017.“No, I’ve never seen that video,” Stephanie Butts said, the pain in her voice. “Like, you still gotta have a heart. You do. You gotta have a heart regardless. just don’t know what to say about that.
The video also shows a Donald Trump 2020 poster and a Black Lives Matter sign with what appears to be a red hat hanging from it. Just last March, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell asked a federal court judge to lift the 2012 SPD consent decree based on a pattern of biased policing and use of excessive force.
“That erodes trust,” said Harrell. “When we’re trying to build trust with our Police Department and the community.”“I will support an investigation to understand what happened, who knew about it, who should have known about it?” he said.“I didn’t think officers would do something like this, the Seattle Police would do something like this,” she said. “It’s really shocking to me actually. It is.
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