[Seattle-editorial] Seattle Occifer Larame: Law Breaker!

[sheelanagig at juno.com]

Hey Seattle Indy Media folks -

I have had it with fucking law breaking cops in Seattle. I am gonna start
profiling them for us to memorize these assholes' faces. Here is the
first in a series I am sending you. In a few days I will send my profile
of SPD Officer David Fitzgerald, another notorious law breaker. I think
this shit needs to go on main page feature section so we can MEMORIZE
these faces...for the next time they go on a rioting spree hiding their
ID, we will ALL be able to finger the fucker if it is Larame or
Fitzgerald at least. The more that memorize these names and faces the
better. Let's out them NOW. Portland IMC is doing it, we need to follow
their lead. I edited this a bit from the original posting at
http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/en/2004/04/240074.shtml ...and I am
attaching a better pic of his face, bigger than one on original in this
email. This is important. This above portion is not for publishing, the
bottom is. Notice in each picture he is purposely hiding the area on his
right upper torso, where his name tag is.

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Summary - 

At approx 11 AM on April 23, 2004, Seattle Police Officer "Larame" or
"Larabee" broke the law at Westlake. I am enclosing pictures of him
breaking the law. Police policing police is not working. Seattle police
use Muni Code 3.28 AS TOILET PAPER. It is time Seattle citizens MEMORIZED
the faces of Seattle cops who want to remain anonymous on duty. Those are
the cops, presumably, who will hide their nametags the next time the SPD
riot on unarmed, nonviolent protesters with city permits for the march.
Let's all memorize their faces so we can all testify, en masse, as to who
did what, name tags hidden or NOT. Plus, how lovely to look at a SPD cop
as he tries to whack you with his big whacking stick, with his hidden
name tag, and you blurt out, "Joe! How are you doing?" making it clear
you know his name, and you know who he is, WITHOUT HIS NAMETAG, before he
tries anything.

Story -

Today I approached 4 Seattle police officers at the Westlake "protest"
and watched Officer Larame proceed to break the law, as other officers
just chuckled. According to Muni Code 3.28 all citizens HAVE A RIGHT TO
ASK ANY Seattle COP ON DUTY HIS NAME, AND AGENCY AND PER LAW, THE COP
MUST ANSWER, and also the code says the cops MAY NOT interpret asking
their names as harassment. So why is it that today, when I walked up to
this group of cops on duty, every one of them, (but Officer Williams who
I commend) BOLTED, TRYING TO HIDE THEIR FACES? Officer Larame (Larabee?)
put on a spectacular show today, twisting his body so I could not see his
name tag, riding in circles trying to avoid my camera catching his right
side with his name, and outright violating my rights as a citizen and
breaking the actual law. Notice in the accompanying pictures he is
purposely hiding his right upper torso where his name tag is from me
repeatedly. 

Larame immediately said "You are rude!" when I walked up to take their
picture. He kept twisting away from me so I could not see his nametag,
over and over, saying "this is really rude." I said "what's rude is you
are on city dollars, on city property, violating city codes, I have every
right to photograph you out here." He said "The way you are going about
it is rude..." Yeah, right. I walked up silently and tried to click a
picture without incident. It was Larame who turned it into a circus. You
will notice Officer Williams is laughing in the background of the
picture, as I am telling Larame he needs to follow the law. You will also
note Officer Williams does not bolt or run, he just stands openly the
whole time, in the same place, hiding nothing, which I respect. I told
Officer Larame that BY LAW HE MUST REVEAL HIS NAME, and he refused,
REPEATEDLY. HE broke the law SEVERAL TIMES TODAY. Damn those citizens who
know the law, eh, Occifer Larame?

I went up to the paddy wagon on site and told the cops inside that this
officer was refusing to follow the law and tell me his name. They just
looked at me through their locked window laughing. I then approached
Officer Ibuki and told him to please tell Officer Larame to obey Muni
Code 3.28 and he laughed in my face and said he was not going to do any
such thing! But then, he was one of the 3 officers who bolted when I
showed up with the camera to take their group picture. SO, SEATTLE POLICE
WIPE THEIR BUTTS WITH SEATTLE MUNI CODE 3.28 apparently. 

So, let me get this straight, Seattle police expect us to follow the law
while they break them in front of us? And since the POLICE ARE SUPPOSED
TO ENFORCE THE LAW, AND APPARENTLY WILL NOT ENFORCE THE LAW ON EACH
OTHER, then that is pretty creepy, gross and scary. AND THAT IDEA OF
CITIZEN'S ARREST ON A COP, IS AN URBAN MYTH, AT BEST. THERE IS NO ACTUAL
WAY TO DO IT. If these men will break that law, what other laws will they
break? Another notoriously immature and potentially dangerous Seattle cop
is David Fitzgerald. He also twisted his body, ran in circles and flat
out defiled Muni Code 3.28 last year in front of me. I will be profiling
him next with pictures, watch for it next week. 

If Seattle Police expect any respect, perhaps THEY SHOULD START FOLLOWING
THE LAW TO SET AN EXAMPLE?! 

I am tired of these cops disobeying their own laws. I am sick of cops
like Larame trying to HIDE their identity while on CITY TAXPAYER DIMES. I
am tired of cops not enforcing the law on their own (BRAME, ANYONE
REMEMBER THAT NAME?)... 

What I saw Officer Larame do today made me sick to my stomach. WHAT IS HE
HIDING? WHY DOES HE WANT TO BE UNIDENTIFIED WHILE ON DUTY IN PUBLIC? WHAT
IS THIS MAN DOING?! MEMORIZE THIS COP'S FACE TODAY. KNOW HIS FACE...so it
does not matter if he hides his name or not, WE KNOW WHO HE IS, BY FACE.
His name is Larame or Larabee, again proving he violated the law as I
never was allowed to see his nametag...but I found out his name because
after many many requests, I cannot remember if he or another cop blurted
his name out in a way I could barely understand, but it was something
like Larame or Larabe, I will find the correct spelling, you bet. Just
trying to get a picture of a Seattle cop who will not let you see his
name tag, and does not want to be identified, should not be such hard
work. THAT IS WHY MUNI CODE 3.28 IS ON THE BOOKS PEOPLE. 

Just start by memorizing this law breaking cop's FACE TODAY. 

If I had walked up to that row of cops today with my camera, and just
taken their picture, all would be okay. But Larame, I think Ibuki, and
another cop, bolted when I showed up with a camera and you have got to
wonder why. Apparently Officer Williams is the only one who has any
integrity at all out of that cast of clowns. He had no problem with me
taking his picture and I have no problem with him. The other hiders and
the law-breaker Larame, I have SEVERE problems with his law breaking, yes
I do. And no, I am not wasting time "reporting" this to the City or the
SPD, OPA, et al. I already reported the machine gun aimed recklessly a
foot from my son's head on March 22, 2003, they need to rectify that
first. I have NO faith in the SPD policing itself any longer, the OPA is
a joke since it allowed that unprovoked beating on Tim Young and others
that my son and I witnessed on March 22, 2003 on Marion and First Avenue.
Not to mention that unprovoked and what seems to be an illegal false
imprisonment of hundreds of nonviolent, unarmed protesters obeying every
law, even crossing with the lights, that day! No, to report these
incidents to the police themselves is humorous. No thanks. How about
instead I take their pictures, tell the public what happened, and we
collectively memorize these faces. Yes, let's try that method, since the
other way did/does not work. 

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