Thursday, January 06, 2022

We're the Only Ones Adding Fuel to the Fire Enough

 At a crucial moment during 2020’s racial justice protests, Seattle police exchanged a detailed series of fake radio transmissions about a nonexistent group of menacing right-wing extremists. [More]

And here's all we need to know:

But it appears unlikely that anyone will lose their jobs or pay over the incident. 

[Via Michael G]

1 comment:

Henry said...

"The June 8 chatter about Proud Boys was part of an approved “misinformation effort” via radio that multiple police leaders knew about, according to Wednesday’s closed-case summary by Myerberg, which will be reviewed by interim police Chief Adrian Diaz for disciplinary rulings. Fabricating the group of Proud Boys as part of the effort violated department policies, Myerberg determined.
But it appears unlikely that anyone will lose their jobs or pay over the incident."

Still brainlessly "backing the blue," conservatives? There is no "the blue" -- there are only personal thug squads for mayors and city councils, and they will police exactly as well or badly as the mayors govern.