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
Detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes were fired Tuesday night for their involvement in the shooting death fo Breonna Taylor
Joshua Jaynes was fired for his role in securing the search warrant, violating department policy for truthfulness and search warrant preparation
Myles Cosgrove sent a caustic e-mail to officers within the department calling himself a “sacrificial lamb” and pleading with officers to “do nothing” while in the line of duty
Both Cosgrove and Jaynes met with the outgoing police interim police Chief Yvette Gentry on Monday with counsel to appeal their terminations, per Kentucky law
Cosgrove and Jaynes have 10 days to appeal their firings to the Police Merit Board
The Louisville Metro Police Department has officially fired two detectives and sanctioned others for their actions surrounding the raid that left Breonna Taylor, 26, dead in her apartment.
Detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes, who were fired Tuesday, are the latest detectives the department has terminated in connection with the fatal police shooting of Taylor.
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from January 4, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Proud Boy Leader Enrique “Henry” Tarrio arrested in Washington, D.C. on property destruction with hate crime and weapons charges
The Trump Tapes and revolt against democracy in the U.S. Senate
COVID-19 is out of control
350,000 Americans have died
77,500 Americans died in December 2020
150,000 Americans projected to die in January 2021
U.K. and Scotland go on Level IV lockdown as the variant spreads unabated and the South African variant arrives in the nation
Sir John Bell expresses concern that current vaccinations will not work against the South African COVID-19 mutation
A pharmacist in Wisconsin allegedly destroyed doses fo vaccine because he is a conspiracy theory follower and believes the vaccine will alter human DNA
King County is buying up to a dozen hotels to address homelessness
ILEETA police training manual is full of falsehoods and propaganda
Seattle police arrest 6 over chalk art, Bledsoe vs Ferry County raises questions on the Constitutionality of the arrest
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from December 31, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith. This special edition of Malcontentment Happy Hour was a countdown of the top five stories we covered in 2020.
COVID-19 predictions from March 2020
May 30, 2020, George Floyd protests in Seattle
Seattle CHOP – May 30 to July 4
Seattle Labor Day March and our CCO gets doxxed
Political fallout in Seattle from 2020
We also had four runner-ups.
Life is stranger than fiction – Yakkity Yak and the Portland Police Department
Matthew, the religious protester who was everywhere in 2020
A day after the Seattle Police Department provided security for City Parks to clear a homeless encampment in Cal Anderson, dozens played soccer, tennis, skateboarded, and walked dogs through the closed park. Much of the yellow tape surrounding the park had been taken down or passed under, while area residents walked past large red “Park Temporarily Closed” signs. On Sunday, all that changed when Seattle Police confronted a group of black-clad soccer players, arresting seven.
According to the Seattle Police Blotter, SPD received complaints about people in the park at 4:30 PM. Officers confronted a group playing soccer clad in black. Officers claim an individual spit at them, and during the arrest, six more were arrested for trying to de-arrest the individual. Multiple videos shot from different angles do not support SPD’s version of the story. Independent journalists captured videos of two other people being thrown onto the ground by Seattle Police. In one video, an officer comes from behind, grabs the hood on the sweatshirt, and pulls a man to the ground. In another video, another person is knocked down, striking their head on a pole.
That individual laid unresponsive on the ground for 15 minutes before an ambulance arrived, despite pleas to provide medical assistance. They were rushed to an awaiting ambulance by the Seattle Fire Department, and their condition is unknown at this time. Seattle Police state that the incident was an unrelated medical emergency. This is the third timed SPD has claimed a protester injury is an unrelated medical emergency in so many weeks.
Seattle Police left the scene by 6:30 PM, and there were already others playing soccer and walking dogs within Cal Anderson Park.
The CHOP Gallery on Seattle’s Capitol Hill may not be open to the public but its new installation is already raising the ire of its neighbor — the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct.
The installation includes up to five projectors streaming protest-related content onto the north-facing windows on E. Pine St. and onto the precinct itself.
A projector from the John Mithcell Art Gallery shines a mural of George Floyd onto the barricades around the East Precinct. Renee Racketty, copyright 2020, all rights reserved
The curator, John Mitchell, gave Malcontent News a tour on Monday. The projectors have not been mounted yet to their permanent positions as he continues to perfect their placement. Some of the projectors, which he acquired used, had once fetched $25,000 each.
“These are professional grade projectors once used by Nike — not sponsored,” he says.
A projector from the John Mithcell Art Gallery shines an image of Breonna Taylor on a wall close to the East Precinct. Renee Racketty, copyright 2020, all rights reserved
Before Mitchell could finish his thought, a marked SPD police cruiser pulled up. “Mr. Mitchell…” the officer began to say from his rolled-down driver side window. The officer went on to explain that one of the projectors made it difficult for him to see oncoming traffic.
Mitchell, himself an accomplished photographer, says he just wants to spark dialogue in the community and encourage other artists to act.
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