A man who was mistakenly held at gunpoint and handcuffed by Seattle police responding to a hoax suicide call in 2018 is suing the city for physical and psychological damages, according to documents filed on July 29. The plaintiff, Reymon Leavell, is a man with visible physical and mental disabilities…

Seattle officer previously suspended for sexual advances on a teen intern faced no punishment for a mall brawl he initiated. — Officer Rob Mahoney was walking in a mall in plain clothes off duty one day in 2019 when he stopped to look at his phone. A man who was trailing behind him bumped into him. What exactly happened next is disputed, but moments later, the two men were grappling on…

Seattle’s police accountability agency called in an expert to review audio from an officer’s bodyworn video in which he was alleged to have called a Black arrestee a “tall-ass n****r,” according to a report released last Thursday. Investigators who initially reviewed the audio said that the third word was unintelligible…

Incident calls into question progress of reform in a department with a history of racism — Seattle police officer Andrew Marks was suspended for telling a Black coworker that he looked like a “fucking thug,” according to a disciplinary report released last week. Marks was apparently personally offended by the outfit the Black officer was wearing when he entered the North Precinct locker room, which consisted…

Seattle K9 officer Chris Gregorio is one of two officers who shot Terry J. Caver, a Black man with schizophrenia, in May 2020. …

John Brooks is the commander of the Community Response Group, a specialized anti-protest task force SPD formed in response to the uprising over the murder of George Floyd. …