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Excellent reporting on the right wing rally at Seattle city hall yesterday.
Really shows how cops showed up in overwhelming force to violently arrest Seattle residents at the drop of a hat.
Though you would hope it would have been common sense, the Seattle Police Department recently updated its emergency vehicle operations policies to specify considerations officers should make before choosing to drive above the speed limit, Andrew Engelson at Publicola reported. Officers should take into account the street’s “character,” such as whether it is a side street or a highway, and whether or not other road users will be able to react to their speeding police vehicle.
The changes are part of the continuing fall out from the killing of Jaahnavi Kandula in early 2023. Kandula was walking across Dexter Ave in a crosswalk when SPD officer Kevin Dave struck her while driving 74 miles per hour on the way to a reported overdose. Her death sparked outrage and demands for change.
Since the tragedy, SDOT has fully redesigned the fatal intersection as part of a larger Thomas Street redesign that includes a protected intersection at Dexter.
In mid-October, the Seattle Police Department released new emergency vehicle operations (EVO) policies that instruct officers to “drive no faster than their skill and training allows and [what] is reasonably necessary to safely arrive at the scene.” The new rules were a belated response to community outrage after an SPD officer, Kevin Dave, struck and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula in a South Lake Union crosswalk while driving 74 mph.
The new guidelines also advise officers to consider specific factors before deciding whether to break speed limits or traffic laws when responding to emergencies – including the priority level of the call, whether pedestrians can see and respond to an officer’s vehicle, the “character of the location (i.e. freeway vs. side street)” and weather and road conditions.
The new emergency driving policy now more closely aligns with SPD’s pursuit policy, which directs officers to pay attention to various factors before deciding whether to pursue a subject. SPD’s previous policy was extremely vague and gave little specific guidance to officers about when they can engage in emergency driving other than “where there is a legitimate concern for the preservation of life” and “only when the need outweighs the risk.”
#SEAbikes #Seattle
Seattle's police chief Diaz really going out with a bang and some SLAP lawsuits at a journalist who covered his corruption.
Publicola journalist Erica C. Barnett was hit with a frivolous libel suit which costs the outlet five figures to defend against. They're asking for help dealing with the legal expenses.
#Seattle #ACAB #AdrianDiaz #Publicola #journalism #slap #mutualaidrequest
#Plutarch #ParallelLives #Publicola 7/
Publicola, immediately after celebrating his triumph [over the Sabines] and handing the city over to the consuls appointed to succeed him, died.
So far as it can possibly be achieved by men who are regarded as honourable and good, he had brought his life to perfection.
#Plutarch #ParallelLives #Publicola 6/
Publicola himself, moreover, thinking that Porsena would be more valuable as a friend and ally of the city than he was dangerous as its enemy, did not shrink from making the king an arbitrator in his dispute with Tarquin, but often boldly challenged Tarquin to do so, confident of proving that he was the basest of men and justly deprived of his kingdom.
#Plutarch #ParallelLives #Publicola 5/
"I was chosen by lot to make the first attempt upon thee, and I am not distressed at what has happened, so noble is the man whom I failed to kill, and so worthy to be a friend rather than an enemy of the Romans."
On hearing this, Porsena believed it to be true, and felt more inclined to come to terms, not so much, I suppose, through fear of the three hundred, as out of wondering admiration for the lofty spirit and bravery of the Romans.
#Plutarch #ParallelLives #Publicola 4/
"Mucius said that although he had conquered the fear which Porsena inspired, he was vanquished by the nobility which he displayed, and would reveal out of gratitude what he would not have disclosed under compulsion."
[Bluff and double bluff. Mucius had tried to kill Porsena and was caught. He now invents a fake story of 300 other Roman assassins being inside the camp, made credible by his genuine admiration for his captor. Thus alliances are formed!]
#Plutarch #ParallelLives #Publicola 3/
And before the multitude were aware of it, he had succeeded, not by humbling himself, as they thought, but by checking and removing their envious feelings through such moderation on his part, in adding to his real influence over them just as much as he had seemed to take away from his authority, and the people submitted to him with pleasure and bore his yoke willingly. They therefore called him Publicola, a name which signifies people-cherisher.
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