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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,442 posts)
Mon Nov 28, 2022, 03:58 PM Nov 2022

Sheriff Troyer called cops on newspaper carrier almost 2 years ago. Here's a timeline

Nov. 28—Opening statements in the trial of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer are expected this week, nearly two years after he called a law enforcement-only line to report a Black motorist driving in his Tacoma neighborhood threatened his life.

Troyer's distress call in late January 2021 initially dispatched 42 officers to the scene, but most were called off when Tacoma police arrived. Fourteen officers and deputies, including three sergeants and a lieutenant, responded.

The motorist turned out to be a newspaper carrier named Sedrick Altheimer, a then-24-year-old Black man, who has alleged he was subjected to "racial profiling, false arrest and unnecessary use of excessive force" in a $5 million tort claim against Pierce County.

The state Attorney General's office later investigated Troyer and charged him with misdemeanors related to false reporting after Altheimer said he did not threaten Troyer and the sheriff, according to police reports, said no threats were made.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/sheriff-troyer-called-cops-on-newspaper-carrier-almost-2-years-ago-here-s-a-timeline/ar-AA14EGjh

42 officers?

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Sheriff Troyer called cops on newspaper carrier almost 2 years ago. Here's a timeline (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
Hope he gets KT2000 Nov 2022 #1

KT2000

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1. Hope he gets
Mon Nov 28, 2022, 05:12 PM
Nov 2022

the full $5 million. Troyer is some entitled jerk and his career needs to be examined closely. He was the darling of media for too long.

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