Using “John Doe” pseudonyms, they sued over whether the investigation into their activities should be made public. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in February that they can be identified and that they haven’t shown that public release of their names violates their right to privacy. The state supreme court denied reconsideration earlier this month and lawyers for the four officers submitted a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the names remain protected during their legal challenge.
Four officers who attended events in the nation’s capital on the day of an insurrection claimed they are protected under the state’s public records law. They say they did nothing wrong and that revealing their names would violate their privacy.
And maybe do not allow the new police force to join one of the protection racket unions.
Yes! 100%
Get them in one of those unions instead that will ensure equal pay, good healthcare and trauma monitoring and better de-escalation training. Give them the confidence and protection to fix the internal shit they see so it’s no longer swept under the rug to rot.
Not only better de-escalation training but also lets add some respect for rights, throw accountability in to help, and toss with a heavy reduction in fear based training and I think we have ourselves a police reform salad I would enjoy.