Report: 2 Seattle police officers broke law during DC riots

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — Two Seattle police officers who were in Washington, D.C., during the Jan. 6 insurrection were illegally trespassing on Capitol grounds while rioters stormed the building, but they lied about their actions, a police watchdog said in a report released Thursday.

“They were both standing in the immediate vicinity of the Capitol Building in direct view of rioters lining the steps and climbing the walls,” the Office of Police Accountability said in its report, citing video evidence. “OPA finds it unbelievable that they could think that this behavior was not illegal, contrary to their claims at their OPA interviews.”

After the release of the OPA report, Chief Adrian Diaz said he will hold accountable any Seattle Police Department officer involved in the insurrection, including disciplinary action up to and including termination. He said he would make a decision within 30 days.

The four officers who were cleared by the OPA are on active duty, but the two found to have violated the law and policy have been placed on administrative leave, police spokesperson Valerie Carson said.

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By MARTHA BELLISLE
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-police-riots-seattle-police-reform-276125259e85a4b837b9dd10d2114399

[RockRaven]

1. They lied to OPA. The decision should take less than five seconds: Termination.

If you are openly admitting that your department allows cops to lie to the department itself, your entire department is dirty as fuck.

[PSPS]

2. I heard that their nazi/trumpy union will fight any disciplinary action, natch.

[cbabe]

3. FBI arrests imminent?

[RVN VET71]

4. "OPA finds it unbelievable that they could think that this behavior was not illegal."

Well, there’s the union defense right there. These two guys are so inept and stupid that, though any intelligent cop would have known they were violating the law, they did not -- and stupidity, the union will claim, is exculpatory.

Or the union simply claim that the two were emotionally carried away by the insurrection and its attempt to destroy the vote and introduce a fascist replacement that they didn’t realize they’d broken the law. Of course this “defense” would also indicate the union’s own fascist, insurrectionist leanings.