Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
WARNING: This episode includes videos of police violence, child abuse, protest, and discusses domestic violence in detail – viewer discretion is advised.
The show from February 1, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Rochester, New York Police pepper-spray a handcuffed 9-year-old child – community outrage explodes as body camera video becomes available
Malcontented Minutes – our new speed round of news
The state of Texas has things go very wrong when they issue an Amber Alert for Chucky – yes the murderous horror movie doll Chucky
Redditors go after silver commodity trading as a new tactic in their fight against hedge funds
Missouri Museum of history launches an online exhibit of LGBTQIA history in the state of Missouri
Jason Raantz (Seattle) goes on a racist rant about how BLM education during Black History Month in Seattle schools is instilling the fear of police into a new generation of children
David Bell, a Black man, dies in a hospital parking lot in Missouri after emergency room physicians refuse to treat him on his third trip for breathing problems
President Biden replaces Andrew Jackson’s portrait with a Native American sculpture
The National Zoo in Washington D.C. releases a video of a panda playing in the snow
LGBTQ activist Carmen Vasquez, 72-years old, dies of COVID-19
Data breach exposes the private personal identification (PII) of 1.6 million Washingtonians who have applied for or received unemployment for almost all of 2020, including bank account numbers and ID information
Birth certificate controversy over Archie, the child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle explodes in tabloid press
Chad Wheeler domestic violence assault update as his victim faces him in court for the first time
COVID-19 Five Fast Facts
Reading recommendations for Black History Month
David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
Outrage over the pepper-spraying of a restrained 9-year old grows in upstate New York
WARNING: This report shows violent actions against a child, domestic violence, and abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.
[ROCHESTER] – (Malcontent News) Accusations of domestic violence and child abuse flew in Rochester, New York on January 29, as police arrested, and then pepper-sprayed a restrained 9-year-old child in the back of a police cruiser. Police were called about an incident involving the child, where she initially reported to officers that her mother had stabbed her father.
During the incident caught on multiple police body cameras, the mother of the child verbally and physically assaulted the restained juvenile, before police ordered her to go into her home. They attempt to take the child into custody, after telling her she wasn’t in any trouble, and then wrestle her to the ground and handcuff her. The child refuses to put her legs into the police cruiser and begs for a female police officer on video.
As a female officer attempted to deescalate, the other officers involved only made the situation worse, until the female officer also joined in, and ultimately pepper-sprayed the handcuffed 9-year-old in the face. She was then locked in the police cruiser while begging for her eyes to be wiped.
The police union on Sunday, January 31, 2021, attempted to defend the actions, stating policing is a hard job, labeling the pepper spray as an “irritant,” and talking about the trauma of day-to-day police work. The mayor and interim police chief could find no word to defend the actions.
On Monday, February 1, 2021, it was announced an unknown number of officers have been suspended, with pay, pending an investigation. The mayor of Rochester indicated that this was the only action they can take due to the police union contract and New York state law. Despite allegations of assault and child abuse and the abuse caught on camera, after taking the nine-year-old child to the hospital, she was released back to her family. The child is black, all 9 officers who were at the scene were white.
When the Seattle Police department swept CHOP on July 1, 2020, one of the first assurances was the Black Lives Matter mural on Pine Street would be protected and maintained. Before the city had finished cleaning out the remains of the protest, traffic barricades had been placed around the painting. Within days the road was restriped, eliminating the parking lanes on the east and west sides. Despite those efforts, the mural was already in a state of disrepair.
The first mural was never sealed and had been walked and driven over for almost a month, both intentionally and unintentionally. Road debris and gum pocked the mural which was further damaged by well-meaning community members who came to seal the painting but ended up sealing in the dirt and debris. The city commissioned a team of artists to redo the mural, with different groups or artists working on each letter within “Black Lives Matter.” With the project completed over the summer and the painting sealed, the city had committed to maintaining the mural. That commitment has fallen through.
By the end of 2020, the concourse was streaked with road grime and debris. As questions arose about the promise to care for the mural about the city, local art gallery owner John Mitchell rallied the community into action. Last Saturday they took to the streets and cleaned the mural removing months of accumulated grime over the entire day.
More questions are starting to arise over the location, condition, and state of other art work the city gathered before and immediately after CHOP was cleared. In that effort, many pieces of art were removed from June 26 to June 28 for protection. As part of the July 1 sweep, more art was placed into a large container that was kept on site. So far a plan has not been presented on where and when the art will be displayed again, or who is curating it currently.
CHOP was formed on June 8, 2020, when the city of Seattle ordered the evacuation of the Seattle police from the East Precinct. The six-block area on Capitol Hill became known as CHOP and garnered international attention. After a series of high profile shootings on the fringes and within CHOP, the city of Seattle swept the area and reclaimed the East Precinct building on July 1, 2020.
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
WARNIING: This episode includes videos of violence, protest, and discusses domestic violence in detail – viewer discretion is advised.
Editor’s comment: At the start of the show we had a software issue that resulted in about 15 to 30 seconds of no audio. We thank you for your understanding.
The show from January 28, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Update on the Tacoma Police Department officer who drove through a group of people on Saturday with a new day-of video
Malcontented Minutes – our new speed round of news
The Echo Project is turning a former Klu Klux Klan museum into a place for BIPOC to meet and a history exhibit
Colleen Echohawk becomes the first prominent candidate to announce she is running for mayor of Seattle
Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, a key figure in the identification of AIDS, passed away
14 states are looking to pass anti-LGBTQIA bills targeting the transgender community
Phil Collins (yes that Phil Collins) has turned into “Florida man” with a bizarre story about his ongoing divorce woes
Pam Anderson announces she is quitting the Internet (if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it…)
Jason Collier, a former police chief is in hot water for falsifying multiple documents to keep multiple wives and girlfriends from knowing about his bizarre world
A man from Afghanistan is attacked by a racist at a Portland convenience store, forcing the terrified man to lock himself in the cooler as he waits for the police
The Chinook Nation is going to receive monetary compensation and could be taking the first steps to be recognized as sovereignty again by the federal government
In Portland, Oregon the lumber baron and the cattle baron make up after a spicy incident over the weekend
COVID-19 Five Fast Facts
Chad Wheeler a now-former player of the Seattle Seahawks was arrested after a violent domestic violence attack – the NFL and Seahawks reaction leaves a lot to be desired
David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
Protesters gathered in Tacoma marching through gentrifying Black neighborhoods
On Sunday, January 24, 2021, a diverse group of protesters from Seattle to Portland gathered in Frost Park in Tacoma after a police cruiser struck a group of people the previous evening, sending two to the hospital. Before the protest, Black Tacoma protest organizers pulled out of the event, and others who attended left in frustration as outside protesters would not listen to guidance from people from the city. We show previously unaired video and interview Azreal Graves of Black and Done (B.A.D.).
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from January 25 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Update on the Tacoma Police Department officer who drove through a group of people on Saturday
Elise Barrett talks to us about COVID-19 myths and where is the seasonal flu
Nicki Blake Chafetz talks about her upcoming book My Travels In Trump Land, available at bookbaby.com
The Biden Administration reverses the Trump Administration ban on transgender troops in the military
Behind the Pole features previous unseen video from the Tacoma Police protest on Sunday, January 24, 2021, and an interview with Azreal Graves of Black and Done (B.A.D.) as the Black and Tacoma community reacts to the protest fallout
David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from January 21 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Seattle inauguration protests highlight questionable tactics by protesters and police
Keystone XL Pipeline is canceled by the Biden Administration on day one
COVID Five Fast Facts
Officer Eric Whitehead and his strange trip to the ER
Abusive Head Trauma – the legacy of Shaken Baby Syndrome, the questionable science behind it, and the targeting of the poor, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA community for abuse allegations
Seattle Police Department hit by multiple OPA investigation findings, suspensions, and new investigations at the start of 2021
The Seattle Police Department has been rocked by multiple findings of misconduct, use of force violations, and ongoing investigations in the first two weeks of January:
Mike Solan, Seattle Police Officer Guild (SPOG) president is facing calls for his resignation due to tweets he shared
Two police officers suspended with pay and under investigation for any potential role they may have had in the Washington D.C. insurrection
The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) found that a police officer improperly used a blast ball on 6/7/20, permanently disabling a woman
The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) found that a police officer improperly used a CS gas canister (teargas), throwing it into a group of peaceful protesters inside Cal Anderson Park, the event was shown live on the news and caught on police body camera
The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) found that a police officer improperly used a blast ball, throwing it where he could not see where it would land, striking a resting man with it
The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) found that a controversial tweet by the Seattle Police Department calling two broken candles explosives was “inaccurate”
An unnamed officer hired in July 2017 was fired for referring to an African American suspect as Kunta Kinte to his coworkers who complained about their conduct
Officer Eric Whitehead is under OPA investigation for an incident in a Seattle area emergency room
Officer Mika Harmon is under OPA investigation for her conduct caught on body camera on 8/21/20, per Seattle Times
Journalists, activists, and researchers defending the First Amendment
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