[Seattle-editorial] Re: Fuck you.

[sheelanagig at juno.com]

THIS IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, I DO NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO PUBLISH IT.
It is a letter to the editorial at sea imc to explain why I am leaving,
for good.

If you read the fucking article webshiva, you would see I SAID the reason
I am NOT filing complaints AGAIN is because I already filed complaints on
Mar 22 and LEIU and NOTHING happens so why hand feed them shit such as
your name address et al? Also it is not one cranky cop! It is a CONSTANT
FUCKING PROBLEM. AS I SAID. You obviously do not get it.

Write your own articles, if you do not like mine. I do not see much
coming out in the way of articles from your editors on your site or in
other publications for that matter. Fill your middle column all by
yourselves, you know what YOU like and that is all that matters...I try
to give you articles and I get shit like this. I will just post Seattle
news on the Portland IMC, and on Infoshop.org. You can write your own
articles JUST THE WAY LAURY WANTS. Let Laury fill the middle column for
all I give a damn. I am sick as shit of this crap from the Seattle IMC.

I quit! Please do not syndicate my articles from other IMC's onto yours
anymore. I have had enough now. I have no desire to write for your
collective any longer. All I get is endless shit, and rarely a thanks.
And it is embarrassing to be associated with you at this point. I never
have needed you as a publishing resource, I gave articles to you because
this is my home. But this shit has gotten out of hand and if writers are
not abused by idiotic character assassinations in comment sections
attached to our articles, they are abused by editorial...fuck it. Why
keep trying? I give. Write your own site.

The SNOW Coalition is already front cover story on Infoshop.org from this
morning because a guy in Kansas City could make editorial decisions half
a day or more quicker than the city's IMC it happened in. And it is on
Portland IMC so don't waste your time on it. As I said, I will just get
Seattle news out through other sources. Your site is not working
properly, for months now. And yes, I took the bastard to court and got my
domain name back in March.

Sorry to be so intense, but that was just plain a nasty fucking letter
from laury. I am sick of nasty shit for trying to do nice things for you.

Kirsten Anderberg
www.kirstenanderberg.com


On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:47:28 -0700 Laury <webshiva at cablespeed.com>
writes:
> I would reject this as an editorial.  A cop wouldn't give his name -- 
>  
> however, the Kirsten got the name anyway.  BFD.
> 
> What is the takeaway on this article?  Memorize cop faces???? The  
> article doesn't prove a conspiracy -- just the behavior of one  
> (cranky?) cop.
> 
> For an editorial entitled "Seattle Police Breaking Law", I'd like to 
>  
> see two things:
> 
> (1) A series of incidents that show a specific pattern:  3-4 cops 
> that  
> do the same thing (esp. with proof:  e.g., pictures and/or a 
> recording  
> of the request)
> (2) Kirsten taking the issue further by filing a formal complaint. 
> at  
> the cop shop (or the city -- I'm not sure the correct venue) to see 
> if  
> the city will enforce the law.  (We're all assuming they won't -- 
> but  
> actions speak louder than assumptions)
> 
> I'm glad that Kirsten posted her experience on the newswire -- and I 
>  
> think she should continue to post her experiences.  However, I'd 
> like  
> wait until the pieces have fallen into place -- this will make the  
> editorial have more impact and relevancy . . .
> 
> -- Laury
> 
> 
> I'd like to see the writer take this
> On Apr 24, 2004, at 7:33 AM, sheelanagig at juno.com wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > ************************************************************
> >
> > 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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> > 
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