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Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020 Protests Wave 1 Downtown
in
Seattle
Protests
May 29 June 1
July
22
2021
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SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW
WAVE 1
Table of Contents
Inspector General
Table of Contents Letter from the
Executive
Inspector
General
1
2
Summary
1
Introduction
5
11
Methodology
7
Ill
Panel Recommendations General Events and
Protests
Review
May 29 Organized Property Damage
Escalation
of Specific
Incident
Incident
Incident
Incident
Incident
19
of
in
the International
District
Violence
and May 30 20 34
Incidents
1 OC May 2 SPD 3 4 5 Pink Umbrella 30
Spraying of Child
Police Vehicles
Set
Officer
Placing
Knee on
Bicycle
officer altercation
on Fire
The
34
Rifles
Neck
Individual's
and
Stolen
arrest of
Incident June
May 30
41
During Arrest May 30
pedestrian
May 31
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IV Conclusion
68
Appendix
A Dialogue Policing
69
Appendix
B SER Participants
73
Appendix
C Short Biographies
of
Appendix
D SER Peacemaking
Circle
Appendix
E Overall
Description
May 29 2020 Organized May 30 2020 Appendix
F In-Depth
Incidents
Incident
Incident
Incident
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of
Events
and Escalation
of
78
Group Norms
May 29 and 30
Property Damage
Description
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District
of Violence
Reviewed
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Incidents
Reviewed
Incident
Appendix
Protests
Panel Members
List
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peaceful
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Contributing Factors and
Overarching
The protests
Recommendation Summary
outrage at repeated
acts of police
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to
de-escalation
removal of those
immediate danger
to
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the declaration
of a curfew
of multiple public
and the closing
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options
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rest
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actions
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minimal
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acts
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live
CCTV footage and mobile SPD
officers
whether on bicycles
vehicles
to rapidly intervene with
address
groups destroying property
or in other
and
by
SPD did not respond
District
in parts
predominantly
SPD
8
and related
damaging property
International
the
protests
community anger were enhanced
those
in
with criminal intent
of legitimacy
perceptions
District
Recommendation Summary
Factors
Contributing
9
International District
District
May 29 2020 Vandalism in the International
8
in
in
to
the
as aggressively
of Seattle
as
it
that are
white or if the vandals
had
been people of color
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General Events
10
SPD did not identify the vandals
at the
to
eg closed
tools
investigative
footage
with or arrest
engage
time and lacked circuit
TV
them further
investigate
May 30 SPD Protest
Contributing Factors and Recommendations
Table
4 Table of Contributing
Factors and
Tactics
Recommendations May 30 SPD Protest Tactics
May 30 2020 SPD Protest Control Tactics
11
SPD officers
deployed
in
ways that limited
crowd movement creating conflict
with
the
feeling of an
crowd
inflexibility
and enhancing
9
and
SPD should provide
demonstrations
a
us versus them conflict
officers
about SPD's
direction
protest SPD's
enhance
the focus
is
focus should be
and safety for
access
all
the of the
on facilitating
SPD should
the ability to address
situations with
clear
in facilitating
when
particularly
of policing
institution
with
priorities
dangerous
minimal impact on peaceful
demonstrators while minimizing the use of munitions
10
Rather than
treating
entity with
unified
the
force
or indiscriminate
a
the crowd as a single purpose
violent behavior
risk of
crowd when
it
or
attributing
the
to
entire
may be only a few individuals
SPD should pursue a differentiated
approach
toward individuals within the crowd should
avoid the
SPD should avoid the creation of immovable demonstrations
lines of officers at
provide
mobilization
a
deployment of bicycle officers
to ensure
responsiveness
direction s
from
SPD did not provide Westlake
sufficient
Park protests
officers
to
to facilitate
12
or other mobile
appropriate
effective
crowd movement or to deter
the
activity
staffed with
Westlake
It
is
the
belief
of the Panel that some
individuals in the
into
events in
the
undue danger
model for crowd size and
protests can
mobile
while
move
risks
a staffing
criminal
can
without
such that protests of the
facilitation
13
wishes
and rapid crowd
to unplanned
or other
cars
Establish
it
and
plan for the
and ensure that the crowd
12
and
undifferentiated
of
eg CS gas wherever possible
munitions
11
use
be
officers
minimizing
events
scale of
suitably
and other SPD intrusion
the protests
crowd were provocateurs
or agitators
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Inspector General
WAVE 1
General Events
13 14
SPD officers
held
protesters once preventing
lines
in part
violence
to
Ensure that
crowd
assigned to
officers
protect
SPD officers
all
crowd
are trained
in
them from directly addressing
facilitation
public safety procedures
14
to be
used
or other vehicles
from crowd
facilitation
officers to address of violence
communication led
to
15
in
the
whether an encrypted standardized
Evaluate
eg WhatsApp
alert
contributed
to
a lack
Yammer or other technology
of the
scene
messaging
The
SPD Incident and unable
perspective
of
Commander was in the to
keep
16
a broad
throughout Seattle
his ability
to
deploy
officers
crowd
As a result
effectively
Provide
could
replace
during crowd
events
training
specific
including
scenario
based training on the management of large
a simultaneous protests
occurring
system
communication
facilitation
field
dialogue
crowd
radio silence which
radio
distinct
or
officers
eg
units
agitators or instigators
in
of operational
events
that are
an increase
awareness
16
crowd
future
at
SPD should use mobile response bicycle
Single channel radio
and
and the mobilization techniques
tactics likely
teams
facilitation
psychology crowd
andfires started
criminality
15
not just those
events and on the supervision of for
officers
SPD supervisors and above
all
including Incident
was
limited
in the
17
Commanders and officers
SPOC
Establish
Command Post and
the Incident
communication
lines to officers facilitating
protests or demonstrations Incident events
Commander can
in
different
and receive
so that the
observe
locations
multiple
simultaneously
about each
real-time updates
event from officers trained
in
supervision of crowd
events
who
physically present at
each protest or
the are
demonstration
18 The Mayor's Office SPD SFD the Department of Transportation conduct
departments should scenario
planning
for
disruptive
particular the scenario Ensure that
and other
appropriate protests
In
planning should
sufficient
resources
are
deployed so that other SPD locations can protect Seattle
in
and serve the people
the event
of
that public service
from one or more of its buildings are disrupted by protests Ensure that
sufficient
transportation
exists
public to help protesters
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WAVE 1
Recommendations General Events
leave
a
protest
where an unlawful
assembly or curfew has been declared or a legal
order to disperse has
been
issued
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Specific
Review After
of Specific Incidents the protests
reviewing
Incidents
of each
description
Incident
that are
and demonstrations of May 29 and
by the Planning Committee for Wave
prioritized
narrative
of the
many
Panel
feels that they
and
occurrence
the recurrence
recommendations
in
of violence
1 This
section
section
are
substantial
generated
that
act
occurred
late
each
during future crowd
at
during crowd
the time of their
Each day's events were
might have
Description
been sufficient
keep
vehicle
entrance
to
to avoid
the
day
traffic
pm on May 30 SPD officers were standing away from
the park given the
protests
at Westlake
crowds gathered
large
from doing so by SPD officers
prevented
Park and
fixed
in a
across 4
line
guide pedestrians
to
a
there A man attempting to walk
The situation quickly
escalated
into
40mm foam
before departing
fixed
line
of officers
attracted
with the SPI officers The and
aggressive
a group
engaged with the officers
actions
as
man This
line
demonstrators
bullet while
who formed their own line and
though
some
refused
officers
sudden to
were
the crowd
in
push into the
aid The video
social
SPID
of protesters agitated
line
move back grabbing an SPD deployed
an 8-year-old child
A video was posted on
had thrown the OC spray can
the crowd they pushed through
to
behind the front-line
from the spray and
who
who had sprayed him previously
assault Without warning
the
at the officers
line
was in
the
engaged
verbally
insulting the officers
verbally
down the
of
spray
were peaceful
interactions
Approximately 30 minutes later the man
arrested
of OC
own can
his
the
past
a
be
Ave intended
an angry confrontation
man threw what appeared
to
1h
different
which SPI Officers sprayed the man with OC spray and struck him with
tried to
cumulative
of Incident
At approximately 300
go SPI
the
r
incia
The
events
above
listed
of tensions
and anger both
agitation
specific
more granular
and recommendations for each
the escalation
inflamed tensions
that in
a
not as wide-ranging as those
preventing
in
several
reviewed
provides
of similar Incidents
review by the Planning Group and the Panel
their
and the elimination of any individual eruptions
in this
may be equally important
events Each of these Incidents
30 the Panel
and specific contributing factors
Incident
designed to prevent
While
to
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
officer's
the
behind
the
line
the crowd
woman
returned and his
of protesters
The
previous
and
and a woman
did
farther
not immediately
woman
her was also affected
media showing the child crying from the
was widely reviewed and
deemed
baton When she
OC spray towards
who was standing
at the officers
officers
let
turned away
by the spray
OC spray as others
in
the crowd
more than 13 000 complaints to OPA
led to
Analysis
The
Panel
felt
perspective
this
arrest while permissible under the
and unproductive
for SPD
for several
and the man was not one in which either person
what they were doing
or tried to
defuse the
and the officer did not explain The before
OC spray was deployed
Particularly
when SPD
It
or policing
officer's
was is
law was both undesirable
reasons The
initial
from a community
engagement
calmly and respectfully explained
rising
between the
officer
why they were doing
anger The man did not ask why he could not pass
BWV did not show any indication
a swift altercation
ending
the source of the protests
in
a
of a
warning
to
the man
use of force
SPD should deploy
its
resources
in
ways
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that
to
the legitimate objectives
facilitate
of protests
as freely as possible
be closed to vehicular
while
to vehicle
alternative routes
SPID
officers
referenced
that
might be helpful
is
a
whether sidewalks
on the Panel
SPD
as
this
areas both the
Incident
Listen
and
both with community members and internally among officers
public
safety
safety
remain
leverages
It
other technique
rationale for
concepts of procedural
psychological
Explain with
is
used ensuring and
limitations
that officers
provide
protesters
for officers
and Dignity
Equity
around
2012
police
Whether
the Department
in
calm
rationale
go
to
justice to enhance
in
legitimacy
or some
should
communication as a technique
of
LEED
by officers
LEED
public
areas
exit
roads need
absent
be closed
to
where they need
getting
LEED principles
the
such
instances
in
Even when
improving police communication with community members developed
for
technique
in
to assist
need
enter and
to
traffic
When they do officers
traffic
and explain to anyone seeking to enter blocked
behind the blockage and
allowing individuals
protesters from vehicular
should consider
unrelated
imminent danger to pedestrians and patient
crowd participants
of
protecting
SPID
traffic
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
clearly calmly and
respectfully articulate
with alternatives
essential
is
to
prevent
a
a
stand-off or escalation
While
improving the communication of the SPD officers
minimize the role that the individual
who was arrested
and quick to anger and threw a can
of OC
is
played
Such behavior
would
Incident
the altercation
in
spray at the officers
yet SPD did not arrest the man at that time The
does not want to
important the Panel
have
He was disrespectful
should
ended there
not
be condoned
the man had not
if
returned to angrily re-engage with the officer
When the man returned he remained
however While
he addressed the SPD officers
in
a
away from the officers
several feet
other protesters did appear to be attempting to hold him back
aggression was entirely verbal Absent the context
of
his
prior
onlookers
that SPID
officers
other officers to arrest the Perhaps
the officers
if
the crowd's
for conduct
that
in
to
response
cop
rather than
the environment increased
It
is
crowd
Panel
report
It
is
is
will
also
create
assist with
have
the need
use
of force
at the
been
same time the man had
different
But because
physically
the officers
observers
police
have
engaged with
arrested
the individual
have
considered
rather than
officers
or inciting
to
that
the
be able to address individuals
violence
officers
or
result of such
promote public a
safety Given
use of force might be
de-escalation
or other
danger to others and
dialogue
likely
arrest for contempt of
labeled
law enforcement action to reduce violence
crowd
discussed
safely
and efficiently
in
the
crimes and to separate them from peaceful people
b
in
ways that do
not further
agitate
the crowd
below and other recommendations from
this
that
for
SPD
ramifications of their actions specific
occurred
important that SPID officers
emphasized
to
appeared
pushing into the crowd with several
of force
what some
physical
that
hopeful
likely
did
20 minutes prior the arrest appeared to be a display of police force
should
who are agitating
it
his
the individual
roughly
legitimate
of the
SPD
with
Nonetheless
time
insults
important for SPD
a before they The
verbal
SPID
agitation
certainly
had
actions
happened
greater use
a
This
man
response would
mere
with
responded
manner
with them physically
from a greater escalation
interaction
not appear significantly more aggressive than other protesters
them
confrontational
loud
and did not engage
might
consider the circumstances
officers
before
affect
to
which they are acting SPID Panelists
improve their situational awareness
they act
and
in
Before using force
SPID
potentially inflame the crowd
officers
and to think
of the
should consider
Under circumstances
how
like
the
these
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Specific
officers
may well conclude
that
while conduct
be made
until
a
arrest should
between
not
the subject
that
has passed
the
relative
The
Panel
the offense
pettiness
and whether other types of interactions child
The
behind the agitated
assumed the
Panel
OPA and
the Force
officer
would
who deployed
Unit
have
OC spray in this instance
the
and written
from farther back possible that
is
an SPID
officer
behind
a
line
or to
on officer de-escalation
The
does not know
ability
reach
farther
is
the
if
into
have
change
officer
be viewed
as
the individual
such
be addressed
question
in
advance
the tactical
and
minimize the
deployment outraged As such
of
complaints this
Panel
may be
like this
bicycle legal
risk
of
an MK-4 canister
injury to
it
the child and in
a shift
improved
the
the child or others
that
might advance
It
and
officers
according
Equally
protests
peaceful
facilitating
only
community
the letter of the law
to
important the arrest did not by the nearby
was perceived
protesters
of SPID
as
an 8-year-old
including
SPID's
legitimacy
and
a viral
at protests
distrust of SPID that exists to
an organization
also this
towards the police increasing their anger towards SPID The
two other areas that
identified
prior to
Panel
SPID
orders to the crowds
Reports
insufficient
reviewed
it
contributed to the
felt
announcement
of
in in
video and thousands
fallout of
the days and weeks to follow the eyes
of protesters
and
use force to suppress expressions
undesirable
the declaration
video of SPID officers
discussing
officers
downtown
05-30-2020
on the Panel on
per-gel
inadequate
to
events that occurred
unlawful
assembly prior to SPID of
unlawful
but the actual declaration
agreed that the PA systems SPID
May 30 were
OPA Investigation
See eg https ZZwww sa brered co mZpep
of
an imminent declaration
the arrest of the man and the spraying of the child
heard by the Panel
Use of Force
for daily
be used
speech
uses of force The
11
actions
up confirming skepticism
the notion
here One involved the
assembly
between
impacted
negatively
arrest ended
undesirable
The
in
pepper spray on
served to reinforce of
goals of SPID
an arrest for disrespect
protesters as
the altercation
in
by members of the community
as just
to
and mentions them as a potential consideration
products
members on the next day while police they may not be viewed
greater
intended
used
are
training
has not examined later
who
officers
secondary behind
goal the Panel
will
of
provide
the collateral
avoiding
One member of the Panel mentioned pepper gel products
as
if
given to SPID
being affected
Ultimately
reviewed short bursts
the immediate safety goal of separating
satisfied
should
that
generally
is
responses to
two
there are other equipment alternatives that might have
to target only
the
Panel
that officers
understanding
crowd had the
a
the
decisions deploying
his
Panel's
baton while
his
that this equipment
felt
process
affecting
gave truthful
OC spray cans MK-9 canisters
the smaller dispersal area would
emphasis
officer's
it
in
has a range of up to 18 feet and
from the protestor grabbing
others The Panel
Panel
However
larger
MK-9 canister
use on their belts The
and
OC was appropriate
without
reports that
spread than the smaller cans of OC spray MK-4 canisters
and
distance
force
have
line
the immediate vicinity
in
the officer's decision
the Incident
cle-escalated
during the interviews
using additional
behind the front row on the
of those
factor into
by the officer deploying
so the officer did appear to include these considerations OC spray and not
distance
on the line
protesters
Review
used
of force
level
physical
other members of the crowd the time
the perception all
crowd The
to inflame
the need to move through
was committed
whether the
also discussed
potential
seriousness of offense should
or
be arrestable under the law the
might technically
time given the
later
and the officer
since
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
was not
used to transmit dispersal
be heard over the
noise generated
by
Summary 20200PA-0322
in d ustry lead
i
ng innovation
sabre
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the crowd
The
Panel
strategized
with everyone
in
At
events SPID used
subsequent
SPD
protesters
the crowd
Panelists
communications
damage
to
SPID
should
that
may harm
and publish
individuals
communications
The
other issue reviewed this
and the
SPID
officers
crowd
this
and supervisors
any protective
directions felt
Given it
officers
to
Acoustic
and
are
use by
in
LRAD designed for
Devices
SPD The
over concern they can
they are when deployed
governing
its
use that ensure
it
notes that
Panel
be weaponized an LRAD
If
not used
is
on the Panel
felt
various
would
desire to
impacting
ways
officers
but
had their batons out
was unnecessary by the
necessary by another
officer
that
demonstration
by SPD
been as easily grabbed
as
at the
should verify instructions
SPID
were clearly angry and agitated
difficult
eliminate physical
public safety
at
they displayed in
the
given
woman
in
first
no
place
the situation the crowd
the batons often did more harm than good The to
contact
be possible to severely curtail and
events without
in
or
used
is
need for batons by SPD officers
threat of force that
events were longer and
locations
by the crowd
the use of and
not have
been viewed
in
crowd facilitation acts
ask why SPD
an unsubtle
would
understood
instance to
loudspeakers
wear on the body and they were
purpose Instead their primary use was to push members of the crowd SPID's
communicate
hearing impairments
LRAD devices
and
involved
in this
as it
of SPID
ability
PA systems to improve communication with
acquired
heard and
by the Panel
viewed
Incidents OC Spraying of Child
range
prior to further
been sheathed
batons issued for crowd for
radio
OC spray might not have
officers
been
protocols
members of our Panel
Panel
Had the baton
its
position
The protesters
leading
Many on the
written
within
enhance the
information that Long-Range
are clearly
heard on the police
weapons
professional
not to purchase
elected
are
protests
larger
to
might have
the hearing of protesters close to where
develop
like
including
provided
Where possible SPD should to verify
those who
with large crowds have
other jurisdictions have cause
number of approaches
a
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
including
between
potentially
officers
and
in
protesters
rarely used particular
these
eliminate the presence of batons at
the safety of officers
on the scene
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Specific
Contributing Factors and Recommendations
Figure
5 Contributing
Communication
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to disperse audio
communicate
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longer-range for
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effact ely
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equipment
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long
Recommendations
OC spraying of child
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broadcast
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WAVE 1
OC Spraying of Child May 30
Equipment
Officers
EVENT REVIEW
crowd
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for
escalating
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while
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Tactics
Cultural
Leadership
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Table
5 Table of Contributing
Recommendations
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Inspector General
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Incidents OC Spraying of Child
Recommendations May 30 2020 OC Spraying
Factors and
of
Child
May 30 2020 17
The
mood between
officers
CIC
and community
Spraying
19
of Child
SPD should avoid the deployment
members was already tense emotional
officers in
and confrontational as a result of earlier
pedestrian crowd
incidents
separate
ways
4th
Avenue
which
angry protesters increasing
a static police acted
as a
and provided
expressions
line
an outlet for
20
term closures
of streets or
blockages
of specific
intersections
necessary
for
If
short
should
and calmly to
protesters the reasons for establishing line
orfor
limiting
a clearly articulated
safety
magnetfor
of their frustration
clearly
or that
from other areas of
rationale
across
and anger
19 SPD did not explain
movement
individuals
protest without
18 SPD established
of
that prevent
ensure
that
officers
its
of the
pedestrian movements
reasons
options to continue
21
crowd
and
alternative
moving
SPD should ensure that crowd
in the
for the blockages
them with adequate
provide
SPD
can
adequately inform individuals
the
are
the safety of the crowd
limitations on
all
behavior or conduct
are designed
maximize the safety of individuals
in
to
the
crowd and that any communications about such
limitations articulate in
Listening
and Explaining
Dignity principles should
be
that safety
ways that emphasize LEED
rationale
with Equity
Specific in
conveyed
simple layperson
terms that are accessible to all be focused necessity
20
SPD did not effectively the
communicate
crowd and did not effectively
crowd of its declaration
with
inform the
of unlawful
22
and
messages
and should
on explaining the public safety
motivating
the
message
Improve SPD's capability to inform and communicate with demonstrators group events
in
the following
ways
modes of communication
assembly or of the potential ramifications
Multiple
of that declaration
should
be
video
other visual
banners
during
considered
etc
including audio
media
social
eg posters
media and
others The modes of communication specific
and
messages should be included
the Incident
Action
prior to events
Plan created
in
by SPD
and updated
throughout the pre-event planning phase
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39
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Recommendations
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Inspector General
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SENTINEL
Incidents OC Spraying of Child
Specific
The communications should be documented and recorded
during the
event including by having certify
on police
their use
retained
officers
radio that
Their impact should be evaluated specifically assessed
review
23
is
SPD and
by
in
and
post-event
by SPD
Procure
a
that the
crowd
suitable audio can
device
hear
to ensure
messages relevant
to the event
21
The arrest of an individual by SPD inflamed
nearby demonstrators contact
across the
officers
andfront-line
line
24
Review SPD protocols related to the
resulting in physical
presence
between
crowd
front-line
protesters
eliminating unless
22 A baton
verbal
SPD
held by an
was grabbed
order to let
officer behind
officer
by a protester
the
it
go
line
to
on the
line
23
SPD
causing
an
deploy
OC spray
25
In a
justified
by
at
a specific
to
such events
and compelling
purpose
whether to use force during
considering
crowd
event
SPD officers must evaluate
whether the use of force can
whom the force
against
and ensure that the potential
non-frontline
SPD personnel spread more widely than the intended
potentially
their presence
public safety
those
OC spray distributed
events
who refused a
against the individual
The
and their use during
of batons
facilitation
impact
is
be limited to is
justified
for
collateral
minimized
individual target
26
Limit arrests during protests targeted police
to individuals
or imminent
committing
harm to people
and do not arrest individuals committed can
at
an
earlier
be accomplished
escalate
emotions
the
the
or property for
offenses
time unless they
in a in
at
immediate
way that will crowd
not
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40
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Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
Incidents Police Vehicles on
Specific
Fire
I
of Incident
Description
SPD has
a
in
deal of
great
events each
experience
May 30 and the anger
directed
Seattle
on
SPD's normal tactics were
Under these circumstances As protesters flowed limit
vehicular
SPD
officers
into
remained
neutrality
demean
a
of police
power
around Westlake
officers
Park SPD
held
entrance
to
given
the nature
variety of static
a
and
of
of the
protests
ensure public safety
to
inadequate
overseeing thousands
sheer number of protesters
being engaged verbally by protesters
designed to
positions
from the Park
exit
in
For the
most part
because
part
SPD's
of
group
As a result protesters frustrated about the arbitrary and inappropriate uses
George Floyd's murder
from making statements that might support or
officers
in
were met by unmoving
Minneapolis
across public
streets
in
silent officers
in
riot
Seattle This turned static police lines into
tense areas of confrontation
As protesters were gathering
group of SPD officers
a
parked their vehicles on 6
th
Ave
department-issued rifles which they stored
were
in
cabinet
to hold
designed
two
in
Park
In
one vehicle three officers
the locked but unattended
while the other was in a bag
rifles
drove into the Downtown
assigned to the protests
near Westlake
their
a
SPD
at
of the
which prevents
their free travel
gear preventing increasingly
area and
they were
silent as
crowd control
combination
policy
protesting in
and
and ensure safe pedestrian
traffic
and
management for the
downtown
i1content
crowd
in
year Even so SPD was unprepared
in
had brought
vehicle Two of the
rifles
the back of the vehicle
in
the car escalations SPD declared
After a series of unlikely
the order was heard by many
system available Pine
to
St Lacking
remained highly
in
lines
Shortly
before
415
pm
a
400
line
was quickly recovered
charges
for the
Individuals
burned Fire
in
removing
live
Precinct
a
police
police vehicle
parked on
three
and on
sets
and move forward into Pine
vehicles
further This
on
Pine St
left
and 6
6
th
Ave
on fire
5
at
th
is
1h
a
into
St SPD
group of
Ave which
returned to SPD shortly thereafter
local
and Pine St Soon
after around
were vandalized Videos taken by people One of the
from the back of one of the vehicles
rifles
news Of the other two
and the other was recovered
the crowd continued
vandalizing
the vehicles
on the street for more than 20 minutes
Circuit
It
crowd and the AV
rifles
by a private
security
in
the
rifles
guard
in
one was later anonymously
from an individual
currently facing criminal
incident
Department
Closed
individual
unloaded
and broadcasted
returned to the West
noise of the
moving forward to disperse the crowd
police vehicles
crowd show individuals
the crowd
than
and
anger
pm an
of five
size
CS gas and blast balls protesters were forced
next to a fleet of unattended
protesters
a target for their
assembly and issued a dispersal order
resources to both hold the intersection
rather
became
an unlawful
the crowd given the
the time As SPD deployed
at
sufficient
their
agitated
SPD
in
until
and then set them on fire
SPD was able to secure
SFD to the area The fires as well as the seeming
Television
CCTV video
is
not
stored in
the
City
ofSeattle
and therefore could
lack of
not
safe
SPD
The
vehicles
access for the Seattle
or SFD
be used to trace
presence for an
the other
stolen
rifle
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Seattle Office of
Incidents Police Vehicles on
Specific
extended lack
time during these incidents were
of
period
of control
Downtown
in
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
indicators
the general
to
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
of the
public
Fire
and
unrest
Seattle
Analysis
The
Panel's discussion
chaos The
was particularly disturbing
If
a private
immediately recover disarm and another rifle The
Panel
remained
While the scope
of
challenged
ability
protests
SPD
in
its
evolved
noted
Panelists
their vehicles
b
should
practice
that
positioning of in
where
Location
access
to locked
affixed
to
need
for SPD
fired
into
to
need for rifles
rifles
tactics
many in
of
its
be
to
unattended
it
focused
personnel
a
was
near crowd events
was also clear the SPOC was
it
and equipment were
the protests
reporting to
unattended
The
Panel
require officers
on the necessity such
weapons
but terrible At
not
feel
that
would
control
as
instructed
likely
the
were
have
exit
to
park and
routes
some form of this
felt
to leave
vehicles
would
it
the officer to whom
if
the SPOC with real-time
is
for
remote
finders to
be
surmountable rifles
crowd events The Panel
left
phone
cell
GPD and
for location
and wisdom of bringing at
issued a
is
phone OnStar allows allow
might be involved
challenges
officer
mass shooter events
unattended
greatly escalated
eg the
to
a
acknowledged Las
Vegas
near the protests tensions
protest
the
sniper
many If
and the
SPD
with the crowd
who
Panelists officers
And
their
the danger to protesters
the potential
police vehicles
were and
the same time that rationale did not persuade
police vehicles
did
of that
challenge
to
provide
every SPD
and other networks
access
located
it
world where
for rare
management crowd for
in a
greatly increased
Panelists
able to
As it
far worse
been
unattended
left
crowd events or what
facilitate
seem this
in
during the at the vehicle
rifles
moving forward
left
for precise tracking
music festival
to
are not
system exists that could
specific
them their presence
for preparing
safety of
a
would
need
from the vehicle
SPD's crowd
were not
Bluetooth
be prepared at a
have
away from the protest locations
and where
discussion
vandals to
own sidearm had not been there
the harm could
where circumstances
instances
allows
officers
had been carrying
these
all
days officers farther
system However
vehicles
a crowd
Ultimately
a was
whether
Services
Panel
extent to which
removal
a
his
of
ability
round from one of the
some way to access and move any SPD vehicles even
very small objects
of the
of the
where
SPD assets deployed
all
implementing such
Most
SPD
to
has been issued are not able to return to
were unaware
Panelists
that
In
live
guard with
rifle
issue for SPID
so that vehicles
be useful for SPD to have the vehicle
exactly
on subsequent
continue
a
the
from one of the vehicles
was beyond what was expected
an important
a location
in
the
ensure patrol vehicles
to
know
to is
be supervised
could
how
these protests
This
actually
security
return
fired
rifles
and missing for multiple days
stolen
discussed
first
on concern about
specifically
and to remove three
patrol vehicles
which an individual
in
instance
focused
of this Incident
SPD
unattended
access
mass shooter scenario justified the presence
near the protests The fact that the strategy
mass shooter scenario
on
this
should
day convinced be pursued
rifles
were
of
not part of
these Panelists that other
by SPD to ensure the large-scale
the event
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Incidents Police Vehicles on
Specific
When rifles described round
in
kept
are
patrol
as
SPD vehicles it
in
the chamber
so
it
might be necessary
rifles
the
justified
cabinet
locked
Still
time delay
slight
some on the in
Equipment
able to
would
break the locks on the
Program
Manual
Operators
in all other cases The
incentivize
and ensure
Finally
the Panel
that
rifles
discussed
There
that
the need
within
for individual
ability
Enabling
would
Seattle Ready
is
locate
rifle
be useful
Patrol
used
in
for
cover
closed
Rifle a
if
is
Program
patrol
storage
it
This
loaded
politically
Operators
vehicle
locking
inserted
and
such
is
rifles
Panel
understands of privacy
that
risk
that
legitimate
misconduct
the
public
Patrol or
could
safety
by
Rifle
by SPD Chain of
to
at all
use CCTV footage
the existing that
led to
times the
to track
City rules
the creation
of
those
and the City may continue like
to feel this
assisted SPID
have
the
prevent
not be public safety exceptions
rifle
must
officers
governed
is
be performed regularly to
CCTV footage would
archived
or other firearms
Section 2 states that
possible
of SPD
rifles
improving the lock
and storage of weapons
inability
a
ease with
in
its
be used to injure someone
rationales
with
strict
safeguards
feasible
Manual
2010
rack or cased
means weapon
magazine
for
they noted the relative
the future
privacy and public safety
minimizing the
the use of CCTV footage
precinct is
stolen
its
by the
such that there should
one At the same time Panelists recognized to
5 001
there
proper handling
between is
in
within
not be contained
could
remove the two secured
these reviews
the City and the principles
privacy
as
proper securing of weapons
when
vehicle The
patrol
always be tensions
will
for the
the issues created
were taken from the
storage of CCTV footage rules
by OPA
rifles
time of need Panelists also
SPD has to ensure that
measures
recommends
Panel
accountability
to
loaded
to
having unloaded
of
a
Panel
rapid access
Manual 2010 Currently a failure to follow the
reviewable
is
Command
a
being stolen
Department policy The
Program Operators
Rifle
which
Fire
condition
in a
loaded without
is
the capacity of the cabinets
of firearms
about the accountability
adhere to laws City policy and Patrol
cabinet
rifle
expanding
etc Seattle Police Department Manual
do not get lost stolen
Seattle
in
the vehicle as it
in
were no guarantee
containers
reduce the likelihood
asked
Several Panelists
have been
for example
improvements
mechanism
should
in
the safety benefit
that
felt
and
removed from storage The
and using the weapon
loading
rifle
However the locked
which vandals were
weapon
Panel
cabinets
has the safety on
emergencies and there may be scenarios
in
whether the third
questioned
them in locked
to store
policy'o
that the
immediately ready for use when
is
seconds matter
recognized
SPD
is
ready meaning
car
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
selector into
the
I
on
in
Chapter the
trunk
1
Patrol
the
rifle
Car Ready will
Skill
Steps and Chapter 5 Conditions ofCarry Patrol
be administratively
safe there are no rounds
in
the
chamber
unloaded bolt
is
before
closed
to
transporting an
in-battery
it
back
Car inside
condition
a
dust
weapon
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Seattle Office of
SENTINEL
Panel
Inspector General
Specific
Contributing Factors and Recommendations
Figure
6 Vehicles set on fire
rifles
stolen
Police
Patrol Vehicles
rifles left
left in
unattended
Third
zippw d
unlocked
bag
Rifle
locks
with
cabinet
in
two
wftstand
Riffies
left
in
loaded
with
attention
distracted protests
rifles
facildate
czibinet
on
vandals
patrol cat ready condition
safety on
enabling
of
due in
SPOC to
Fire
Environment
Incident
simuttaneous locations
multiple
Officers sent downtawn
vehicle only
accommodates to
comma nd
keys
not
sufficient
Incidents Police Vehicles on
stolen
Communication
Resources
drivers
rifles
Recommendations
rifle
SPD access to cars limiled to
set on fire
WAVE 1
factors
contributing
Equipment
Three
EVENT REVIEW
rapid use
events where
but
not
to
leave
to
instructed vehm3es
No tracking of SPD vehicles to know locations as protests shift
SPD Patrol on Vandals
MrKlms
in
crowd shatter
break cabinet locks
egride
cars
sleal
hangs back
provides
protective
rifts
poke Pnonhz protesters
Other
SFD
car
Tactics
officeri
until
Fire
Cars Set
Rifles
Stolen
SPD
perimeter
vehicles burn longer
keeping
peaceful
Zxale from vandals
looting
officers
stay static
destroy
property rather than
and
as vandals engaging
Cultural
Leadership
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Seattle Office of
Incidents Police Vehicles on
Specific
Table
6 Table of Contributing
Factors and
Set on Fire on Public Streets
Rifles
Stolen
May 30 2020
Police
Vehicles
24
Officers
issued
Set
the
downtown
protest
containing
SPD
into
on Fire on Public Streets
27
near a significant
crowd
Rifles
area
a specific
Identify for
They left the vehicles
rifles
unattended
Recommendations May 30 2020
vehicles
drove
in police
area
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
WAVE 1
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
leave their vehicles
Police Vehicles
Stolen
for officers
reporting
and
duty to convene
facilitation
Fire
providing
shuttle
a
system for officers to and from the areas
anti-police
where they are deployed and supervision for
protest
the vehicles
25
SPD's the
use of CS gas dispersed
direction
of unattended
the
crowd
in
SPD police
28
vehicles
26
Rifles
including
rifles
within
cabinets
kept
in
locked
one of the police
were stolen by individuals
in
exigent circumstances a
area
should
officers
location of the
vehicles
designated this will
27
The
on
locks
prevent
the
rifle
cabinet
did not
vandalsfrom stealing the rifles
contained
within
One of the
rifles
within the police
safe
While
being
able
to
some method by which the
officer
can
drivers
Ensure that
to
left
locked
be taken
used by anyone
or
30
them from
by individuals in the
whom they were issued SPID
crowd
rifles
unlocked
in
SPD lacked the ability to track precise
weapons
As a result
officers
vehicles
SPID
should invest
that
cannot
be
in
33
or
easily breached
all
rifles
lethal
a
others
of biolocks
can
fire
it
GPS system through the SPOC
Command to know
location of every munition
the
officer vehicle
and
deployed during a crowd
event
or efficiently as possible vehicles
Implement
by
with locks
that only the officer
to ensure
that allows Incident
as quickly
cabinets
rifle
SPD should consider the utility
precise
were not deployed
not
unattended police
vehicles
on
of SPD
personnel
SPD officers attending protests should leave
they
who is issued the rifle
locations
and
other
a role
move the vehicles before
Unattended
car
or munitions
any weapons
or other authorized
of
32
Officers
a
cannot
31
30
access
vehicles
that prevented
were damaged
a
brought to protests are securely stored
were assigned by SPOC
and location
the vehicle s to
was not in a locked cabinet
managing the crowds the
vehicles
SPOC of the
area The Panel noted that
than the officer to
29
the
notify
by the driving officer
29 28
an officer
the designated
at
vehicle s and a designated
require
designated
prevent
vehicle
should move
officer
crowd
the
If
from parking
near the protests
were not identified and moved prior to
34
Seattle
City Council
CCTV camera
should consider
footage could
be
kept
whether by
a
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SENTINEL
Panel
Inspector General
Specific
being
surrounded by unsafe crowd
activity
A
rifle
third party
and
taken
to
from a patrol vehicle could
not be tracked
EVENT REVIEW
for
Incidents Police Vehicles on
Fire
and accessible
limited time
suitable public
including the that
weapons danger
35
a
Recommendations
SPD or other appropriate parties upon
request
and found
for
WAVE 1
safety purposes
to track
stolen police
would pose an imminent
to the community
Ensure that securing
ability
officers
are held accountable
their weapons
violations
of SPD
policies
at
all
for
times and that
on these
matters
are investigated and enforced
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COS
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Seattle Office of
Incidents
Specific
3
Knee on
Placing
continued
Seattle
be
to
a
chaotic
stealing from stores and
Pine and
were
stealing
pm on May 30
Pike
and
911
a
16 or more hours responded
May 31 2020 with
of individuals
showed
video taken by bystanders
bicycle
breaking
store
at
and
into
into
had broken
1527 6 1h Ave
the store and
many of whom had been on duty
officers
had gathered
the officers
that as
T-Mobile
a
group of individuals
a
the call A crowd
to
was placed from
call
Streets reporting that
A squad of SPD
property
perhaps hundreds
businesses throughout the area
approximately 11 30
between
Neck
May 30
During Arrest
environment into the early hours of
pockets of protesters being joined by dozens
At
Neck
Individual's
Knee on
Officer
of Incident
Description
Downtown
Officer
WAVE 1
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector General
Incident
EVENT REVIEW
SENTINEL
arrived
across the
street
for as
many
from the T-Mobile
as
and
number of people were running out of
a
the store and away from police The
dismounted and
officers
officer
from
grabbed
his
male
in
and began
bike
a
to assist
the man's
neck
moment another
male
on
potentially
orange hoodie down
remove the
individual
in
A crowd had gathered
around
get your knee
to
reached
off of
of
up
his
his
neck
Body-worn to
to
handcuffed
and led the individual
received
a
the subject's
to
substantial
visibility
The two
neck
were
loudly
officer
him As with the
The
the
to
prior
blades
and angrily yelling at the
the third officer saying to
replied
yup The third officer between
the middle of the man's back
to
in
worked
officers
and shoulder
BWV captured
and the officers
immediately discontinued
their
his
use of force
an area with other arrestees
both arrests and the positioning of the second
member and
third officer
video
down
out of the T-Mobile
the white hoodie and pulled the man
in
which the kneeling knee
colleague's
ran
backpack
so they could handcuff
backpack
on or very close
neck
his
off
over and pulled
helped the man
on the man
a
As the handcuffing
and was very close to and
head
the T-Mobile store and bystanders
shoulder blades The man was
A video
the subject
with handcuffing
with the assistance of hoodie's
from the store One SPD
fleeing
pulled him to the ground A second officer dismounted
officer
position
knee
his
get your knee
colleague
his
the orange
put
then
first
individuals
apprehend
an orange hoodie and wearing
to the ground
arrest the officer again
his
the
in
second officer jumped up from
officers
trying to
began
white hoodie and
the second officer's knee was resting on the subject's
proceeded
At that
a
officer's
knee
was recorded
by
a
community
on social media
Anolysis
In
light
of the
this incident best
a
way
occurred
profound
provided
that
lack
footage
George Floyd was killed the Panel
felt
of situational
and
how that death ignited
the officer placing
awareness
It
his
energized
on social media that added fuel to the
knee
near any
the protests
individual's
an already angry crowd
fire
in
the days
knee
on the
of protests
in
during
which
neck
reflected
the
moment and
at
and weeks that
followed
Panelists
were deeply
arrested
pressing
disturbed
his skull
into
by the imagery of the officer with the concrete
sidewalk The
his
opportunity
for serious
skull
of the
injury to
first
man
the
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Incidents
Specific
seems obvious and
individual
and that suspects
will
When questioned
on
to
second man's back
his
believing
or between
each subject
of
and
dynamic
he was acting
that
accordance
in
US military attempting to control
them from being
prevent
man's neck
white hoodie
hoodie
NE 1 explained
by OPA Officer
being arrested either
are
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Several of the
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more force
For
example
when the individual
physically
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multiple
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by the officers
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on
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perceptions
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way
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not be tolerated
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perception
and
while SPID
the policy to bring
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involving
road
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an
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and the
was deeply
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same emotions as
infuriating
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from community
as the
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may have been
him
into
exercising
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and
acknowledge
the actions
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the
immediate and
laws that protect
the above
while the incident
watched
same set of events
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police
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these Panelists was the officer
of
scenario
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it
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the perspective
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by SPID
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knee
close
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alignment with community
of justice
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tools
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be essential for SPID to understand
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and rebuild trust throughout the community
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mind justified
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in
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Panelists
make an
the SPID was part of the
and against police
what became
action
they saw was a man walking down the
believed
to
less-lethal
officers
man deliberately impeding their progress with the
officers
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at
most cases
in
cause
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projectiles
event was that Panelists had two very different interpretations
of this
aggressive
probable
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arrests
than a partner
aside the
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problem
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used and
more police action and
with demonstrators rose leading to even
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that
much
these
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more as an
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have
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met the
SPID
on an
legal
criteria
for assault
but
differed
as
to
who was assaulting
whom Many
on the
individual
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altercation
officer
with
Bicycle
officer
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Bike
Officer
Altercation
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factors
pedestrian contributing
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altercation and arrest with pedestrion
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Squads No planning for incident when whether to arrest
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options
to
path through of
evaluate
traffic
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instead
protesters
of
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seek
arrests
Tactics
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Inspector Genera
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and Pedestrian
Arrests
Monitor
crowd
distance
that physical
activities
contact
SPD and protesters
is
to occur
individual
unless an
immediate physical
SPD considers a public safety
from a sufficient between
not required or likely is
an
to others
danger
concern
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officers
on 4th
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progress
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bicycle
officers
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interfere
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impede
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should select
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protest
officers
or crowd
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bikes
without
participants to
prevents safe contacting
crowd SPD bicycle
orders
by police
to
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the bicycles
awareness considering the
move out of the way of bicycles after thefirst
relationship
of their actions
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strategy and
tactics
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officer spontaneously
decided
arrest the individual rather than with
his role to facilitate
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to the
to
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embarked
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to the officer s
relative
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march
crowd
to the overall
of the event
of the event
size
45
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and convey
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officers
contact
support available
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between
SPD officers should improve their situational
or
of
the
members to minimize agitation
and physical
44
in
should
officers
physically placed
and crowd
comply with alleged
movement
individuals
dismounting and walking with
consider bikes
routes
of exposing
risks
unnecessary
43
SPD
alternative
that minimize the likelihood
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or her
immediate public safety responsibilities
a protest
42
41
unless
shoulder-checking
determine that the acts are
the officer s
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techniques
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officers
bicycle
individuals for passive resistance
and SPD
upon a path of mutual escalation
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this
to officers
each event
beforehand
should exist in the tolerance of
lower-level against
arrest policy for
misdemeanors balanced
the priority
for
strategic goals of the
ensuring the
operation
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June 1 2020 marked Seattle's
what had started
continued
protesters
consecutive
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people and property that had
The
SPID
East Precinct
building
arson imitating the destruction
was difficult
building
brutality
to
to
about
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Minneapolis
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presented
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risk
to
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protesters
in
protest leaders
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and the Chief agreed Shortly after 6
St SPID officers
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direction
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lines
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Precinct
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with
Pine
disorder and
have
negotiated
East
and
and Pine St had become a recurring focus of protestors
Police
were made
of
nearby
a
building
buildings
marched
protective
moveable
on
May 28 The
it
caught on fire
if
march to the
eastbound
peacefully
perimeter one block
interlocking
the
in
might be a target for
Chief Best for permission to
in
and
SPID
Ave
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protect
Despite these concerns
from the building
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other jurisdictions became more
in
not just Seattle but many other
affected
th
12
at
three days SPID claimed
preceding
day of protests As clashes
of police
protests
behavior At the same time SPID was concerned to
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on improper uses of force by SPID and the community's desire to change
focused specifically
risk
Incidents The Pink Umbrella Incident
of Incident
Description
Monday
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on
away
metal racks similar to
racks
bicycle
An estimated crowd
of
7000 marchers reached the west
700 p m Conversations
just after
730
shortly after to continue
past
pm two members
the barricade
SPID
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the
to
of SPID East
side of the
representatives
leadership
Precinct
took
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but
police
at 1 1th
line
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Pine
and
protest leaders
took
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with protesters
The crowd
SPID
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St
and
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stockpile
of
days As a result officers munitions dispersed
CS gas in
is
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the East Precinct were
outside
less
ways by wind
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unstable or armor
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the past three
on CS gas than on other
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in
deployed
its
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areas
to protest
line SPID
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at
bicycle
officers
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and occasionally
soft gear
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stood immediately behind the fencing within arms length of the protesters At about to
push through the barricade The
900
attempts were quickly
by the officers on the scene
While the situation then appeared Incident SPID
expended
reliant
and other weather conditions
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largely
more heavily
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targeted
unpredictable
render it able to seep The
munitions had been
less lethal or crowd control
to
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chose
to
calm these attempts to push through the dispersal
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deploy CS gas SPID officers wearing
officers
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umbrellas
the line
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the crowd
gas
Given the depleted
masks and carrying
response the crowd gathered
line
caused
capacity
batons replaced
the SPID of
OC spray
the bicycle
together more tightly and opened
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There was As on
any communication between
if
little
days
previous
crowd and once
donned
officers
the SPID and the crowd
audio system was insufficient as
SPID's
Recommendations
Panel
Inspector Genera
gas masks their
their
could
it
to
was occurring
as this transition
not
be heard over the noise of the
communicate
to
ability
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with protesters was
the crowd that might have
cle-escalated
the situation
One
opened
protester
officer officer
umbrella and held
a pink
were viewed
on the line Umbrellas
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grabbed
OC spray
deployed
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the crowd
This
in
out over the police line very near the face of an SPID
by SPID pull
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spray
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to
use CS gas
blast
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number of protesters in the area
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the crowd
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The
visibility
including
a
push forward at the
and other projectiles being thrown by protesters standing
bottles
turn
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safety
out of the protester's hands as several officers
it
the protester with the umbrella The
at
causing them to retreat while inciting line
it
balls
further
smoke grenades
and
back
in
to clear
the crowd from the intersection Chaos ensued throughout
the intersection
around the
East
SPID
throughout
the neighborhood
and symbol
for police
live
here You're
Precinct
declared
and riot
in
and seeping into
oppression
invading
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in
the park as SPID
officers
extended
the area at 928
pm
CS gas filled
homes making
SPID
Seattle As one resident
as
their
perimeter
the air drifting
and the East Precinct
angrily yelled
at
the officers
a
flashpoint
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night
my neighborhood
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The
events of June
interactions
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at
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that
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Panel
was uniformly confused
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seemed
easily
the evening the
substantial
ability
of police
actions
police
SPID
escalation
this
and
peacefully Incident
as self-protective
found
officers
later
of events
it
difficult
to
At
and
any point
measured
understand
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how protests
deal of
support from SPID
engaging with the protest leaders enroute
want more and was
East Precinct
danger
were
to
building
life
driven
by
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in
the
of
ability
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perceived
stop
of rioting
need to protect
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line
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the early part of the day could be facilitated be present
East Precinct at a
in
the crowd to perceive the
escalatory might have done the
who would
not only to intelligence
but to the prior three days
intent
at the
Pink Umbrella
concern that the crowd
permitting the crowd to march from Westlake
Precinct
great
in
the
by the
not see those events
the day when events went so awry They also expressed
in
a
to
and confounded
all
from soft gear to gas masks might have
rather than
receiving
continued
did
permeated
view the crowd as peaceful
to
the evening
by the very same officers
effectively
of trust
lack
Panelists
avoidable though
destroy the East Precinct or to refrain from escalating
stopped
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leadership
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have of
these buildings and the buildings
to protect
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said
are part of
whether the East Precinct
feared They saw no evidence from police intelligence
evidence
the
the crowd
in
of an
actions
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SPID's
the neighborhoods
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how events unfolded
was the need
decision-making it
any event the Panel
This
serves
struck
that scenario
felt
many on planning
game out responses to protests that seek to shut
other key SPID and City landmarks would
ways that would
in
video footage
or in
As a result several Panelists viewed
exercises to allow
East Precinct
scenarios
on that night
was ever
building
noted that one of the key motivators driving
Precinct to
as ironic
down the
we have
and
neighborhood
a
mindset that fundamentally distrusted the crowd's
SPID
Panelists
East
Incidents The Pink Umbrella Incident
one officer
But many Panelists questioned
instigators
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City services
preserve important
help SPID leadership
and
prepare for
minimize interference
with the
crowd difficult
It
is
in
these
received
by
person on the other side of the fence
a
crowd did nothing
masks which then
led to
many on the
as
without
Panel
masks these
at
the flash point
the unnecessary Panelists felt
to trust
the other
confrontation
six
minutes between
the brief attempts
pm the
904 pm until the deployment of CS gas at 910 or violent
of the
instigating
officer
and thus the deployment of gas masks
response to police stepping to the
grabbing
line
the pink umbrella was viewed
act Had officers
the crowd would
the Incident
not predisposed
participants
and each act
simply remained
simply have remained
by donning gas masks and then
in
place
unnecessarily
in
in
gas
by
soft gear
their
They viewed deploying
SPID
as
crowd
munitions
dispersal
One
difference
SPID
should
between
assess
to
above
felt
this was
particularly given that
and what steps
greater harm
not the right standard
the protests
to dictate
whether violence
were
a
it
of many
community Panelists
should take to prevent
occurring
or
it
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line
how
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situation
is
actually
the potential to be overwhelmed
for
measuring
or justifying
SPID
statement against police use of force and
which police actions
was actually
and the perspective
an officer may feel justified using force before the fence
potentially thwart even
Several Panelists
desire
the police perspective
the potential for violence
the one described
breached
crowd's
the fencing
police
and predictable
Commander at 904 pm to don gas masks was
use of umbrellas as a defensive
the aggressor escalating
like
of a violent
appeared to be provocative
that
the crowd's
led to
who was
been delayed or reversed From the
crowd to push through
which
the likelihood
increased
could have
something that of the
and
line
the Panel that the decision of the Incident
to
appeared
group were understandable
But the acts of each
the tension
escalated
It
know what was truly going through the heads of the community and
to
moments
are just and
which
are
not These
and did not view uses of force based
uses of force in
support of the
Panelists
evaluated
on potential violence
to
be
acceptable SPID
officers
did
and escalation
not share
this
perspective They perceived the use of umbrellas as acts of aggression
on multiple levels First the umbrellas blocked the officers view
of the
crowd which
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concerns for officer safety as the umbrellas could
increased
the fence Second in
calculated
a
SPID
Incident
fashion
to neutralize
Command
on June
SPID's
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was inadequate
it
example
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building
other public
have
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all
that
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noise of
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have
other
turn affect
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For
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have in
and to maintaining ingress egress with suitable
safe
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buffers
by many
of SPID
officers
to
was virtually eliminated
regrettable inability
them as symptoms of a larger
the Panel viewed
but
for SPD
Command
Incident
understand
to
demonstration
peaceful
whether the
SPID
officers
who
behind the fence line they could
outcome Without any way to speak
the worst-case
the audio-visual
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ensure that protests
SPD could not discern the true nature
night But because
prevent
Pine
and
size
Building which
the crowd had simply remained
if
the situation
to specific threats that
on destruction or merely intent on
intent
the Panel claimed
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Due
needs would
safety
communication were
crowd was actually
and
1 the
an unwilling crowd
had been made to don gas masks the
the crowd
in
1 11h
to
force
the East Precinct
to
acting
OC spray as a viable
with the crowd was not present
statements like
barriers at
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with individuals
failures of
spoke
physical
the crowd to hear given the
in
damage
communication failure which was the
to
2
were
particularly troubling
Without
limited
with two options for dispersing
left
and audible
once the decision
Second
communicate These
SPID
vehicles
emergency
Panelists
OC spray was
with the crowd further exacerbated
for people
broadcast
away from the
distance for
were
an intention to cause
residences
nearby
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particularly
SPD used at the time to communicate
believed
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tactics
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commanders
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inability
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SPD
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targeted
designed to damage or penetrate
hide acts
the existence of umbrellas in the crowd suggested to SPID that individuals
option SPID incident less
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Inspector Genera
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of
the crowd
people
to
in
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Effectively
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assemble CS
nor of its plan to deploy
breach the fence line
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of those
intentions
true
of damage
group of specially
intentions to
the
East
trained
officers
goals and
likely
facilitate
the protests and
any means other than
through
or
Dr Clifford Stott suggested
actions
the fence line
for establishing
permit the crowd to peacefully
to
the situation
commanders The dialogue
radio to
incident
in
reasoning
its
was not breached
made an
the crowd's
evaluate the actual
how to address this challenge
line
deploy
notice
putting
discussing
people
in
the tactics that
provocateurs
to
so long as
individuals
the fence line or provide
In
with the crowd or explain
of the
the presence of instigators or Precinct that
the Panel
dialogue
and SPID look to
officers
connected
by
walk with protesters and have training
crowd and how to communicate
convey advance
notice
of
in
with
necessary
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on the crowd
circumstances
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it
the
as
by public safety concerns
driven
parties
all
necessary
rationale
behind those orders to assist protesters in preparing for and
the
the deployment of force
These
crowd
who are creating
to
event
provided
at the
in
Appendix
approach
to future
events and
about
and manage
in
could
ways
will
of vital
by the Panel
whether force
arrests
and inform police about
also identify
that
activities
avoiding
facilitate
in
their individual safe
people
identification
information that are
in
the
and
and timely dispersal from an
information that was unavailable
or dispersal
would
that
will
to Incident
allow SPID commanders
prudent
Additional
to
information
is
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interested
departments
reviewed
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decisions
was very
police
danger
officers
others
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better
evaluate
inform the crowd of impending dispersal orders and
from the protests when justified and assist the crowd
Commanders make
would
dialogue officers
cause
SPID
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removal
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in
this
the United
protests
hopes that
approach and immediately began
this
The is
the
discussions
Kingdom to learn more and evaluate the Panel first
is
of
optimistic that
many
positive
with Swedish police and
feasibility
of
such
such a reform will greatly improve
an
future
crowd
reforms to come from the SER
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Figure
9 The Pink
Alleged
intelligence
as intent
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more
violence
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incident
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SPD aware
of violence
directed
buildings in Minneapolis
aware
need
demonstrations
Communicate create
advance when or
it
The reason for the clearly
and driven by a public safety
articulated acts of
plans to
to
restrictions
creation of such zones should be
and
surrounding buildings from potential
in
barricades
protesters or marches
the
perceived
protect the East Precinct
to
and
days
had been a site
that the East Precinct
of previous
46
at police
recent
in
rationale
arson
47
Conduct
appropriate
and provide other the
SPID
scenario
sufficient
locations can
people
of Seattle
public service
SPD established
move
to
unwilling
static fence
East Precinct
in
lines
a perimeter
The fence
lines
crowdfirom freely gathering East Precinct on
police
building and
an island
that
was
it
around the
prevented in front
the
of the placed
effectively
them no ability
giving
to
retreatfrom the lines
46
The fence
Construct barricades
and
critical
in
rather than
the event
by protests
using
protecting
the its
safety
eg the East Precinct
barriers should
preserving
that
between protesters
pieces of the public
infrastructure
so that
and serve
lines
of officers
strike a
balance
integrity
of the
accessibility
Such
between
facility
and
to the public
were made of loosely
lines
interlocking metal gates bicycle
rocks that
were
concerted
moved
easily
48
protect
from one or more of its
buildings are disrupted
45
planning
resources
even
without
crowd aggression Members in the crowd a desire
expressed
to
move through
and on several occasions attempted
the fence to
push
through the fence
SPD did not have sufficient
staffing to
this
prevent
without the use of
munitions
47
To preserve the
the
integrity
crowd police
behind
the fence
between
officers
blocking The
the
officer
holding
it
to
stood immediately
reducing
the physical
space
and protesters
48 An umbrella was pushed and very close
of thefence against
officers
over
the fence
the face of an
officer's
pulled it
SPD officer
view of the fence
awayfrom
line
line
the protester
and the protestor resisted
surrendering the umbrella
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After three days of protests
aware
tactics
of police
goggles and other tools
umbrellas the
were
protestors
49
and the use of crowd
measures
impact of these munitions upon them
many protestors viewed
While
as
tools
or violent behavior
ability to
to
police
the protection
prevent
of the
and
to
signify
the
limit
defensive
existing
need
less
crowd
escalation
50
SPID
measures
lethal
may
munitions the
underscoring
improved communication and
for
is
measure requiring
response The
police
of these
that
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of demonstrators
a crowd
may not be effective
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crime
in
an aggressive
itself
existence
them as equipment used to enable
viewed
of Personal
PPE or other defensive
an escalating
on the scene
many officers
purely defensive
illegal
these
not
be trained to realize
should
officers
Equipment
limit
to
SPD
that the existence
and many in the crowd had
control munitions
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de
efforts
incident
commanders should
maximize the buffer space between officers
51
and the crowd
commanders should
On-site incident carefully evaluate
from a crowd
the context
with assistance
dialogue officers
50
SPD had no useful mechanism
52
for mass
communication with the crowd at the line on 11th an
Ave
and Pine St nor did the crowd
51
result
control munitions
had very little
officers
to rely more
CS gas
dispersing
53 as a
heavily
Ensure access
canisters
were provided by an outside
54 agency
deployed the spread of CS gas cannot and
it
is
any individual exposed
in
53
between
SPID
adequate that CS gas
supplies
of OC
is
never
of access
to other
more preferable or appropriate
options
a lack
Implement OIG's guidance CS gas
set
forth
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officers
officers
de
and less on the more
OC spray Many of the CS gas
be controlled
to
deployed due to
on widely
targeted
Once
real-time
communication
spray to ensure
OC spray and
and were not of a type that SPD purchased
52
crowd
and protesters
were
due to prior days of protests
were forced
the
intentions
its
Officers'crowd depleted
effective
escalatory
means of communicating with
effective
SPD about
in
and threat from
Consider the creation of dialogue to ensure
have
whenever possible
In
in
on the use of
Review of the SPID
Policy
and Less Lethal
Response to Ordinance
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temporarily disabling to to
it
Accordingly
SPD
were ordered to don gas masks well
advance of the deployment of CS gas
SPD responded fence the
line
line
with
to
attempts
by placing
wearing
gas
officers
to
penetrate the
at the front of
masks as well as officers
40MM less lethal munitions and SWAT
gear The gas masks escalated
tensions
the
the
crowd andfurther
officers
to
reduced
with
ability
of
communicate with the crowd
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IV Conclusion The
protests
frustration
consumed
that
with many
issues they raise are
In
Seattle
and
Seattle
in
emotional
the conversation
diverse
set of stakeholders
full
voice to their
occur
protests
With
is
and emotional safety of all
substantial
but
manageable
process
Panelists topics
lead
to
meaningful in
account
between and
by these Events
on this
and
proposing
One identifiable success
The
areas of agreement
the
held
of Seattleites
restrictions
this
as their
and
from each
to give in
the
primary goal
each other the differences
Incidents learning
of a
communities where
of the all
ability
police
and to
among
ways to
other how
improvements to the system that took these
from SER
is
the universal
feeling
of
mutual respect
that these
recommendations
improvements within SPID that can help to rebuild
the legitimacy of
Panelists lasting
our communities
both community leaders and police officers repeatedly found raised
people perceive the same events and
developed
of
that
and
Panel
the group remained
the challenging
into
involved
OIG SPID the Planning Group and the
respecting
this
perspectives
Department
and
discuss
in
with the uniform agreement
to listening
During
that
remind ourselves
to
a dedication
within
policing
be helpful
the role of police
divisive
the Seattle Police
including
physical
critical
individuals
different
can
about
and often
from that point The SER process began
agreement and
this
it
the nation
felt
were manifestations of a long-simmering
1
Amendment freedoms without fear of unwarranted
First
ways that ensure the
in
deeply
moments of community divide
restart
May 29 June
on
difficult
subject
It
is
hoped
will
the eyes of community
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Appendix
A Dialogue Policing
About this appendix The
information
was
a
report
in this
public
over the
outrage
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on
the
critical
escalation
of
disorder
response to large-scale
police
2001 Sweden developed
in
Protest This
member of the public
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Tactic
a
new approach
to
European Union
the
during
protests
policing
protest
police and protest groups through
crowds
which
the use of dialogue
was informed by research on crowd psych ology44
it
between
interactions
demonstrators and police governed
that
the
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the intentions of protesters and
can explore
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negotiated
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or restrictions
or property
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placed on demonstrations can
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to
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Mediation
To explain the
police
demonstrators
view
point of view to
the
to
police
of demon
groups
in order
to increase
and
Strators
the
mutual understanding
and avoid stereotyping To come up with possible solutions to avoid or minimize the
Initiation
risk forconflicts
and confrontations
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as
of
between
link
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how that
affected
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and commanders in their
information
of
consequences
by police
different
for
action
of
courses
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group
actions
in
and
of demonstrators
and to inform commanders
activities
of
short and long-term
a
perspective
work
officers
Dialogue
groups adopting participants
as
dedicated
They seek
to create
before during
and after events to establish
style to
with community groups and
units
community policing
a
engage
communication
lines of
and
and influential protesters during protest events Since they have assist commanders
they can
by providing
advice
protesters
before
on and
between
negotiation
of contact
points
negotiating
potential
links
to protest
protest
police
commanders
with protest groups
impacts of different
courses of police action
of Dialogue
Levels
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Dialogue
between
of action
or conduct
are also a
on an event
useful
a
provides
prior to
the event during
a
and to facilitate
being interpreted
when
scenario
informed approach
the focus moves to engagement
police
communication
are better able to
As dialogue
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group prevent
interpret
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negative
reduces the chance which
provocative
police to explain
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in
once
of protest
are unwilling to
the event
for
officers
organizers Dialogue
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turn
the need
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and co-operation
in
policing
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and protesters lines
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often
mood and
interpret
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conduct
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with
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with protest representatives
uniform but are identifiable by yellow vests As the dialogue
perceived
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communication between
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dialogue allows
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the legitimate objectives
and
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on establishing
response The
violent
resource for police commanders
groups
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of
an event informs expectations
an event
by either party during
reduces the likelihood restrictions
and
police
of the
crowd
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officers
and to assess
had longterm contact ofthe
of the
do not wear police
or close to
the protest
how police actions are
with protest groups they will be
group than someone
the actions
officers
are within
police
who
is
unfamiliar
to organizers
in
with the
an attempt to
responses from the protest crowd
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Dialogue post-event
officers
Dialogue
facilitate
opportunity
to discuss
provocative
to
between
reviews
post-event
elements
of policing
operations
and enables officers
protesters
police
which
to discuss
and
These
protesters
caused
reviews
or were
difficulty
felt
the
offer to
be
they experienced
difficulties
Evaluation
work
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related
of
to
protests The
both the police and
knowledge
and
of
to
the dialogue officers
better
is
understand
and police
protesters
disorder
the dialogue
of
with minimizing and
credited
engagement
between
confrontation
level of
is
protest groups
confrontation
While
officers
dialogue
markedly
many
of
development Associated
increased
levels of trust as
research indicates
to associate
themselves
people
result of these
who
have
in
crowds
Therefore dialogue
can
it
have
also affect
can
events
a
ongoing
hostile
positive
to
Potential
in
disorder
for
each face the
Sweden
other countries
and dialogue
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of police
has been
officers
and the
interactions
contact police
effect
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relationships
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likely
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between
police
whether violence and disorder remain isolated or
spreads throughout crowds or across multiple events This depends on the crowd's legitimacy of police
that
enabled the scale
has
organizers
early positive
with violent groups or groups
completely prevent violence and the crowd
that
a
constraints
completely eliminated
and their actions
communication between
direct
through mediation
and
than at comparable
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confrontations
averting
with protesters offers the opportunity
operations to be adjusted to the most appropriate level for the event avoided
cases
the objectives
has not been
of protest groups
police
in
perception
of
the
action
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Review
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UK and other European and
designed dialogue
to
facilitate
units
into
dialogue
account
expert Professor Stott SPD
Australian as well
as
police
Critical
forces Incident
During the SER process began
and how the European approaches
conversing could
with
have
also developed
Management
similar units specifically
Command
the assistance of OIG and
with the Swedish Police
and
Structures
that
take
crowd psychology
UK police to understand
if
be meaningfully applied within Seattle
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Appendix
WAVE 1
B SER Participants
B SER Participants Names listed by role and alphabetically
Name Benalfew Sophia
Role
Title Executive
Director
Community in Seattle
Ethiopian
Brooks John
Lieutenant
Davis Tyrone
Sergeant Seattle
Dyment James
Lieutenant
Judge
Inspector
General Office of Inspector
Assistant
Lisa
Thomas
Mahaffey Martin
Karin
Moodie
Donna
Roberson Matthew Alina
Santillan
Singh Monisha
Seattle
Police
Police
Seattle
Department
Department
Police
Department General
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Chief Seattle Police
Department
Panel
Member
Assistant
Professor University
of
Panel
Member
Executive
Director
EcoDistrict
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Panel
Member
Officer
Seattle
Director
of Racial
Executive
Capitol
Police
Department
Equity
Director
Hill
Washington
Seattle
Center Cohort
Chinatown-International
District
Business Improvement Area Maurice
Washington Hollway
John
Community Advocate Associate
Dean and
Center for the of
University
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professionals would
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line but
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were peaceful
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then
the protests
that
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were trying to hold the
police
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was
to
wanting
holding
the
go to Nordstrom's
line
They were
watching the
holding
people jumping line
for
peaceful
protests The
the crowd
use of CS gas also had the effect of breaking
throughout
the downtown
scene
to
unruly
protests
to
respond
area This further array of
an expanding
As had happened
traffic
Emergency
on the southbound Center
Operations
outside
siege
SPID
continued
to
accelerants
At
446
SPID
at
be launched
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city
lanes 9 9 Others
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the front
to
broadcast
a
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looting
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city
of downtown
a
on the
officers
amid the increasingly
area split into many smaller
marched onto SPID
SPID
1-5
Interstate 5
headquarters causing the SPID
mutual aid request seeking further
support
crowd of approximately 1 200 protesters inside
under
the building to say they were
Command for backup
and
as paintballs
and the presence of possible
rocks
fire
channels
pm Mayor Durkan announced the implementation
AlertSeattle sent
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and assaults on officers SPID
pm9 and an executive order prohibiting
11
of protestors
headed towards
radioed SPID
line
at officers
also reported
of the
vandalism
Headquarters causing SPID officers
personnel
were
ability
confrontations
from other law enforcement agencie S95 Ultimately gathered
up into different pockets that spread
on the 2 9th protesters from the Westlake
groups who then roamed around the blocking
the
limited
range
residents
of a curfew
of weapons
including
for the
informing them of the curfew
technically
illegal
it
was
city
beginning
firearms rocks
increasingly
and
at
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for protestors to
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leave King
County buses stopped
Unlike at the
the vandalism
distanced
of
looting
County Courthouse
King
physically
and
themselves
103
that
norms SPD
facilitated
1-5
were temporarily
The
peaceful
and
on 1-5 at SPID HQ and
there were other protest groups
remained
closed
101 102
Not This Time protesters
They concluded which
their
example
for
speeches and
hundreds
if
not thousands
of
demonstrators actively self-regulated within the crowd to maintain
that
march even though
it
was
in
defiance
of the
curfew
that
was then
place demonstrations downtown
The
groups of individuals incidents
remained
of vandalism
threats O SPID sent
looting
bike
State Patrol
southbound
1-5
protesters
in
I Source Seattle
gradually in
dissipated
defiance
of the
and
private
public
teams and
officers
to
in
the evening and
curfew
SPD and media
property
respond
to
night
hours of
outlets
damage arson and
May 300 though
continued
to
report
other perceived
these incidents with Bellevue
SWAT
and
northbound WSP providing assistance reopened at 11 11 pm with after 12 15 At that volunteers am time were already picking up after reopening
Washington
102
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core
from the nearby conflict
people did During that procession
in
the downtown
people to join them on a march to the courthouse
encouraged
peaceful
in
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Incident
Details
Appendix F In-Depth Description of Reviewed Incidents Reviewed
Incidents
of
Before 300
C
pm on May 30 a group
of SPID
the west of Pine St see Figure 14 below interfere
the
4th Ave
While
Figure
14 Map
The
was
there However
line
a
line
established
line
it
also acted
to
south across 4th Ave
facing
to
ensure that vehicles would enter Westlake
to safely
on
individuals
prevent
Pine
just to
not
Park for the
St from walking
ushered by police from a number of community members were
the line
establishing
north side of the police
newly established
established
and to enable protesters on 4th Ave
with the protesters
demonstration scheduled to
officers
towards Westlake
Park
they would
so that
not be caught
behind the
line
was pepper sprayed May 30 2020
of SPD line where child V1
of
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th
of the
line
southbound
walking eastbound
Ave saying he wanted
explanation
access
yelled
giving you an order stay back
again
keep
and
his
hands off the
continued
the officer used to
to
left
i e from 4 Ave th
room The
officer
past the
male approached
a
line
said stay back
don't you touch
man persisted getting
very
without
man retreated
further
me The officer responded I'm
close
to
the officer and insisting that the
get your f ing hands off of
another officer used foam bullets and
after
a
of
man became
man The officer pushed the man back harder The man stepped saying
the
on the west sidewalk
with an open palm to the man's chest The
swear at the officer
own can of OC spray which and
rest
OC spray on the man and
push the man back The
officer
a
with expletives The
line
along Pine St He tried to walk
and pushed the man back
enraged and repeatedly
officer
to
from behind the
few seconds produced
fired
forward
me at which point from a 40mm launcher
what appeared
to
be
his
he threatened to deploy against the officer He then threw the can at the
the scene
Over the course of the next 20 minutes
a
crowd gathered
at the
police
line
Some held signs and
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engaged angrily with the SPID officers
several
a
officers
e g helmets and padding The
gear
protective
but were standing
protesters
formation
in
on the
was pacing back and
a
and making other derogatory statements about
fight
The
protesters
individuals directed
assembled
the crowd
in
at the SPID
including
numbers visible during crowd facilitation
names and badge At
approximately 308
by
officers
pm an
the demonstration occurring
a
OC spray
had deployed
A woman stood
officer verbally
in
front
her palms open She stated we're individual
An SPD
in
what appeared
officer
and
as
The
officer
line
and the protesters
The
reaction
of the
with
his colleagues
crowd many defiance
over and grabbed
behind the front
the father and
line
child
the
legal
line
and began
swearing
him and challenging
the
to
the
on both sides the altercation
Although
requirements to arrest the man for
pushing the officer
at the officer
on the
line
and
he was arrested
as
of
in
front
whom were
the SPD
line
of the
orders trying to
resisting
The officer explained
this
to
a
Sergeant
approximately one minute later several grabbed
and pulled
the individual
At the same time the entire line of SPID
No
by deploying
and create space
forward into the crowd
you move back
OC spray
to
the
were
in
front of
the
police
the arrest was
in
the front
and face
affected
line
against the officers
me You move back
the woman's head
protester
to
A woman
away from the police line As the
who had been standing behind
between
leading
Pushing back
don't push
an officer's baton yelling again
responded
back
line
not present for the prior acts
stepped
the baton and turn and move backward
release
front of
forcefully pushed out into the crowd
line
crowd tried not to move back yelling
reached
in
OC sprayed and who
MOVE BACK and stepped forward with their batons held horizontally
loudly yelled
surprise anger and
had been
permission from the Sergeant to arrest the man for those actions
them to forcefully push the whole crowd
of the
on the
own
his
him behind the re-formed police line where officers
who
the man from the prior altercation
man
right of the
them
immediate vicinity was going to
the situation from escalating
other offenses based
communicated
keep their
and don't give them a reason
the officers
to
satisfy
and received
on the
officers
phone out
20 minutes before the officer could
potentially
are required to
insults
him facing the officers with her arms out to her sides and
just talking
grab the officer's OC spray and throwing on the scene
his
be an attempt to prevent
recognized the individual
had taken place assault
to
to
them Several
criticisms and
returned to the north side of the
holding
of
officers
the
in
had thrown
can of OC spray at the officers
front of
and threatening bodily harm to
an unlawful assembly Not long after the individual
the officer who
in
their verbal
in
be declared
at
SPID
informed two SPD Sergeants that due to injuries suffered
Lieutenant
SPID
earlier from projectiles
drawn O The
and the officers
SPID
them by name SPID officers
calling
The
SPD
of nine
line
were not engaging with the
who held their batons
the officers
Details
8-year-old child a
back from the line challenging
the father were aggressive
including
officers
to
his
verbally with
officers
along the line a few feet
very close
and
father
Incident
facing south with their batons
line
father
forth
a
was engaging
of protesters that
group
were
the crowd
In
two were standing behind in
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An
she
officer
causing her to
woman
turned away
by the OC spray as
well
The
father
I Severa escalated
I
and child also moved back
of our
panelists
We express
questioned the
no further
away from the
wisdom of a
comment
on
this
and
parent bringing raise
it
line
a child
simply to
and a video was taken by another
to
highlight
the the
front
I
in
es
complex
of a
po
I
ice
community
protest dynamics
particularly at
person
as
in
tensions
work
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of the
officer
loudly
OPA
who
being tended
discomfort
in
crying
on video and was widely viewed on
was captured
Accountability
The
child
other officer's baton rather than the child
Panel
not
could
He further stated
been
difficult
the officer's statement
verify
fully
have
that at the
as
on
face
his
of Police
line
of
first
but the
of officers
line
was
reviewed
it
the
deployed
BWV from multiple
protesters
BWV footage
the various
the spray he
who
officer
the
grabbing
time he deployed
view The
his
see from behind the
to
Office
woman
spray only the
to
and the child was behind one
of police
line
suggested the child would
officers
Seattle
Details
about the incident
could not see the child as the child was smaller and hidden from
OC was behind the first
Incident
and having milk poured
to
media The
OC spray told OPA he intended
the
deployed
social
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received
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filmed
by cameras at chest-level not eye-level
Protesters
began
Westlake
Park
protesters
seeking to join the Not This Time protests
assemble
were
to
and around
in
the early afternoon of May
in
joined
30 as Westlake
to
by protesters walking
Park from the earlier protest at SPID Headquarters SPID
Command IC had
Incident
Headquarters
to
enable peaceful
groups moved from place As the scheduled Westlake
pm
they drove
Ave and
4 th
5th
at the
area from the
Action
Amendment free
speech
of permitted
property
IAP
state
line
risk
a
locations
of criminal
team
activity and efficiently
to their
as protest
and effectively
was dispatched
of officers
assigned location
to their
Ave close
and SPD
downtown
were deployed
posted
the
to
south of Westlake
Park
200
at about
location
events
and
of
east
Objectives
by providing
a
safe
Provide
and
action
effective
a significant
for
does
parameters
Take enforcement in
in
and Pine St that prevented
Ave and
the area 114
streets
in
by ensuring
part
This led
an SPID
people from entering
from the west or the north Other lines of SPID Pine
St that similarly restricted access
to
the
see Figure 15 below
emergency which the
th
traffic
flow of one-way
traffic
they approached
if
area SPID sought to minimize the
the Westlake
with motor vehicle
Ave
at 4th
intersection of 5
within
rights
ensuring arrests are conducted private
a
north
Plan 05-30-2020
during this statewide COVID-19
suspension
in
Park and joining the protest
Westlake
Incident
unsafe contact
followed the existing
officers
were created
officers
safety
ofthe
general
not permit
the
public
gatherings
set forth
for
violent
manner and
uniformed
patrol
in
by the
crimes committed
presence
with
spectators
Facilitate
first
citizen's
State Governor's Stay
Washington
accordance
public
against
training
persons and
law
Minimize the disruption to
responders right
at
and participants
to peacefully
Home
or significant property Deter
traffic
criminal
activity
through the
their
express
proclamation
and the
damage
while
and protect
use of traffic
public
diversion
required
I Use for
have
the flow of pedestrians
Westlake
as
neared
protests
placed multiple cordons around
would
that protestors
Captain to position
and
minimize the
sought to ensure officers
IC
three patrol vehicles
in
to different
112
that
First
officers
and
protests
place
on Pine Street between
By that time SPID had risk
to
time for the Westlake
protests
and parked
been deploying
of
Force
the event
potential
Report
including
locations
Use of Force Personal
SWAT2 the
including
Report
Lt
May 30 20202
teams
at
that of
Westlake their
reports on cars been
SPOC
Log
parked
May 30 2020
Incident
entries
Action
151 158
Plan
May 30 2020
reports on the
arrival
personnel
their
to Westlake
and
assigned
oftearns
posts their
vehicles
2
communication
Sentinel
Event
Review
session
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At 240
Ave and
th
Ave and
who had
Officers
between
Sth
the third
A group
pm
To protect
in
line
th
5
vehicles
contained
back of the patrol vehicle
the
in
a zippered
gathered
on Olive
Way including
were
at
of the
bag
in
the back
were ordered
both 4
on
th
clear police
to
traffic
Olive
6
th
Ave
Way
asked
rifles
requirement
where they were assigned to assist with crowd management the drivers
a
after 6
until
of
group
parked near the protest
support the SPD
to
Given the
stored
for two
remaining there
on cross streets SPID dispatched
116
linebackers
the block of Pine St
only had capacity
the original drivers of the three patrol vehicles
as
to
Two of these were
SUV
locked
Ave and
4 th
away
rifles
the cabinet
of the
less lethal munitions and were
issued
Ave and
three SPID
Because
Way between
these protesters from vehicular
Olive
officers
of the
southbound
protesters
on Pine St Two minutes later officers
Ave One
was unlocked
rifle
to
th
6
of protesters
officers
The
move the
to
parked their vehicles on Pine St moved them one block
Ave and
locked cabinet
a
eastbound
officers
bicycle
from Pine St
patrols
in
5
SPID
that
officers
SPD
at
the front
officers
remain
were unable
of those vehicles
to return and move them see figure 16
SPID
began
forced
a
tactic
dispersal
and move forward into The
SPID
protesters free
agitated
target for their
anger
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rifles
locked
rifle
drawers
the
vehicle
area
of
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if
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and had been in
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last
SPID
Saturday
log
vs
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lacked
so officers
held
back
on
CS gas and flash bang resources
sufficient
continue
both
to
grenades
the dispersal
property and the unattended
that
the intersection
hold
movement or crowd
from further
W D Washington On May 30 2020 three
bring them with there
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officers
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at the intersection rather than
to begin attacks
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to protect
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left
dispersal
the now highly
police vehicles
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provided
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Vehicle
Ave
St and
Pine
to remain
decision
at 5th
Pine St
protesters into
trained
the
moved
to
they deployed
was not room for the third
4 was in
them when
one of the
officer's
officers
parked
use of less lethal munitions
the
rifle
it
whose
SPID
officers
area of the
were
so she placed
her
Two
rifle
on 6th
Avenue
between
role
to stand
behind
is
Vehicle
utilizing
protest
of the in
Olive
the
its
4 All three officers were
officers
rifle
bag
stored in
the
their
rifles
in
trunk cargo
Way and Pine Street
initial
police
line
ready to deploy
protesters or officers
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Details
May 30
of SPID lines and unattended patrol vehicles
Locations
West
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parked on
originally
and 5th Ave
moved
are
to
6th
2
pm
300
At
3
Way
near Olive
One SPID
Orginal
I
on
fire
on Pine St
is
to
a
vandalized
355 p m
at
SPID Vehicles on 6th Ave
Five
4th
are set
on
fire
at
roughly 418 p m police
7
diagonal-line
Police
Parked
vehicle
and set on
6
line
traffic
child is pepper sprayed close on Pine St close to 4th Ave
line
police
5
new
a
southbound
pm A
310
51
establish
block
to
by Not this Time
organized
Park
305 pm officers
At
4
a protest
Westlake
in
begins
A
line
at
Later
the
in
PM
three King
evening
are set on
vehicles
3
fire
County Metro
within several
blocks
of the
protest
At 355
pm one
of the
SPID vehicles
St
near 5th
Ave
The scene
Pine
perimeter around
was vandalized and
the area SPID allowed
around the area refused
a
set
on
fire
in
of the
front
rapidly became more violent and destructive
the vehicles
Lacking
511
store
a safe
burn and due to the lack of a safety perimeter
to
request from the Seattle
Old Navy
Fire
Department
vehicles
parked on 6
SFD to put the fire out at 400
118
pm
around
Beginning taken
by people
vehicles
One
private
security
414
pm
the
crowd
in
of the
West Precinct
was
rifles
guard
in
a
line
of
five
show
quickly
the crowd
police
individuals
recovered
unloaded
Of the other two
and the other was recovered
three
removing
1h
rifles
Ave were vandalized Videos from the
back of one of the
SPID
shortly thereafter
and returned to
one was later anonymously
rifles
from an individual
currently facing
criminal
by a
returned to the charges for the
incident
the crowd continued
Individuals
in
caught
fire
and
for SFD
to
the area By SS3
Overall
at
least eight
vandalized
and
for
an extended
the
unrest
burned
8
and then set them on fire The vehicles
the vehicles
p m SFD had extinguished
vehicles
of
six
6
SPID
the
vehicles
during the day The fires
incinerated period
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continued
Seattle
were
be a chaotic
to
of protesters
stealing
from stores and businesses throughout the area
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Pine and
between were
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hundreds
perhaps
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call
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the man's head facing WO 1 For a second time NE1 placed
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in
WO 1 worked to remove Subject 2's backpack
and
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be viewed
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surroundings
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rather
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immediately discontinued
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up and
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in
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by
of protesters
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streets
to
block vehicular
against
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to
ensure continued
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officers
got
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see Figure 18 below The crowd was very
were pressed
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at intersections
traffic
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officers
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was recorded
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move
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blocked their passage
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this
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did
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evidence
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the individual
approached officer
in
officer
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6 shows the bike
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over the front handlebars
5
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Details
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5t officer Officer 5 getting
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the same maneuver
appears that the officer attempted to repeat
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with the
entangled
handlebars dismounting falling
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himself and
the individual
to
the ground Because
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happened
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the
over
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5
5
immediately and
began
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and the individual
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described
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people
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to
and
were being handcuffed
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the Subject twice
area While
in
this
attempted
SPID
with what was
causing more than 30 additional SPID
opened an umbrella and pointed
towards the
it
once
one officer explained
going on behind that umbrella
abuse from protesters and thrown objects
in
a
perimeter to the end of the block
state
of
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being arrested
move the crowd
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telling
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to
first
did
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to
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explained
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back The
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extreme agitation
interfered
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to
officers
perimeter around the area while the two
hands or anything
replied
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was occurring the crowd
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police since as
for the
an officer's voice can be heard
nothing
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the OPA Case Summary Report as some sort of pepper
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crowd down 4 th Ave
and the two individuals
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officer
arrested
was being arrested she asked what she had done I was standing
individual
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create a
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with at least two people from the crowd
upper shoulder lower
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from the rest of the crowd
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the transmission of fluids from an
further
incident
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the man face down
With
arms behind Telling
his
As individuals
to
hands behind
his
place
continued
knee
up and around
him while
his
NE 1's knee
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not confirm
this
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moment another
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his
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street with
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and angrily yelling at the officers
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between
immediately discontinued
officers
head
of Subject
loudly
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which
to
in
onlookers
the white hoodie and pulled the man
the orange hoodie was face his
back and
his
video
WO 1 For a second time NE1 placed
andor the neck
At that time bystanders
neck
in
and facing towards
head facing
the top of the back
officers
head rather than
be viewed on the man's
in
at by
his surroundings
WO 1 worked to remove Subject 2's backpack
As with the prior arrest the man
the man's
the arrest and
the ground with the assistance of a third officer
1 WO I NE 1 at
put
down towards the
hands behind
his
were being yelled
from the available
over the man
his
pulled
upper shoulder or neck
or
an orange hoodie and wearing
in
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head
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man
to
head he was holding an OC canister that he put back
the
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the waist and
at
NE 1 pushed the man's face
instruction for the
run out of the store and officers
to
the man
Incident
NE 1 knelt at them an's head facing the other officer
back
his
the
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his
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of force
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rapidly
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and
up
handcuffed and
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the individual
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received
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Monday
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visibility
June 1 2020 marked Seattle's
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that protesters
the right to protest
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actions On the other hand SPID was quite corresponding
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in
Seattle
Police
night
each
In
into
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violence
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prior
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May 30
Given the previous three days and SPD on
1
day of protests
days protests had begun peacefully only to escalate directed
member and
by a community
on social media
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uses of force often
was recorded
people and
and serve the community
As SPID
were increasingly
and therefore were
City of Seattle
reasonably
concerned
property that had resulted prepared
for June
1
to
it
impose
increasingly
loss
on prior days and
of its
protesting
the
on the crowd's
limitations
about the
anticipated
the actions of the City
viewing
order and the obligation to
a similar pattern
of
protect
events and was
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that
peaceful
Fire
Seattle Pastor Carey Anderson
in
Harold Scoggins
Chief
treatment
brown
and
of black
Emergency
Police
Chief
restated
commitment
their
Westlake
Park
12
assembled
crowd
protesters
left
to
are
you
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We are here today
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because
Fire Chief
and announced
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to
non-violent
a
pm SPD reported SPD
representatives
Pike
St and
The
East
have
to
Precinct received
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protests
their
300
desire for peaceful
Park and with the support and
the crowd
been
caught on
of
protection
started
curfew
killing
from the discussed
121
some
again and
pm SPD gathered
at
saying to
the
protests
SPD traveled
about
at
to Seattle
Westlake
to
pm the
1 500 but grew
Park
City Hall 121
rapidly
by 540
Organizers of the march informed
7000 participants
march to the East Precinct
site
recurring that the
to
building
itself
a be
for protestors
building
Department precinct
at
building
12 th Ave
1519
between
might be
a
in
target for
arson imitating the destruction
13 on May 28 This was a matter of concern
building
and very close
was relatively unprotected and
to protect
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three days and SPD claimed
the preceding
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to
of a
SPD
other buildings SPD
substantial
a
to
to
risk
nearby buildings
if
fire
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a
intelligence
leadership as the building
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had roughly to
conference
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Methodist Episcopal
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on with individuals
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in
seemed
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this country
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Monday June 1 began
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protest leaders
negotiated
Chief Best for
with Police
and the Chief agreed Shortly after 600
pm
protesters
permission to march to the
marched
peacefully
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124
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St across 12
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fences were
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perimeter one block away from the building
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west side of 11th Olive
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with lines on the
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across Pine
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the barriers constructed
or
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each direction
in
metal racks approximately 6 feet
of loosely interlocking bicycle
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organizers
in
advance
of
Overarching SPID
protests policing
deeper the
should
initiatives
personal
build
legitimacy through
including
the expansion
relationships
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expanded
community and
of foot patrols
officers
and
and
individuals
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build
throughout
communities of Seattle
Engage adapt
in direct
and ongoing community dialogue
to the diverse
community
perspectives
and
to understand
about
Overarching the
institution
Contributing Factors
of
and
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police
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SPID's
policy
on
content
neutrality
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officers
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Overarching public the
event
crowd
focused
on issues of
participants
rights
to
policing
to protest
if
demonstrate solidarity with
they
Contributing Factors
and Recommendations
choose
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statements or actions
from SPID officers
to Overarching
individuals or groups
protesting
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and Recommendations
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and Overarching
comprehensively
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facilitation
of
peaceful
assembly
and ensuring
and
The focus and mindset of SPD officers
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of
protestors
assist
in
crowd events
should
deployed
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tactics
and
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carefully
immediate danger
to
the
rest
of the event
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CCTV footage
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with
and address groups
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or other mobile
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protest or
demonstration Avoid
the
deployment of officers
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such
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unless
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a
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during protests targeted
the
police
to individuals
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through the
know the precise location
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of every officer
vehicle
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and
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deployed
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during a
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are held accountable
officers
times and that violations
of
SPD
policies
for
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their
weapons
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