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Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:50pm — Anonymous

Journalist Describes Black Bloc Assault

From the mainstream

Brendan pointed toward this on Friday. People have been talking about it in the comment threads for about two weeks. Now, I think, I have an answer from the local TV stations themselves about what happened (and didn't happen) to TV cameramen in downtown Seattle while they were covering the May Day protests.

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Fri, 05/11/2012 - 10:51am — crush

Underwater Homeowners 'Walk Away' (Yet Stay Put), and Other Tales From the Bust

from Seattle Weekly

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Wed, 05/09/2012 - 5:36pm — indrid

Update on how media is responding to SPD subpoena

from mainstream

Assistant Seattle Police Chief Jim Pugel feels he's getting "complete cooperation" from local media outlets in response to multiple SPD subpoenas for May Day protest footage. But that's not exactly what I'm hearing from the outlets themselves.

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Wed, 05/09/2012 - 3:55pm — Anonymous

SPD Puts out Call for Photos, Videos of May Day Rioters

Yes, we already posted the subpoena, but this article shares a few more details, such as their request for information from the public.

from themainstream

Seattle police are asking anyone who photographed or videotaped last week's May Day protests — including local media outlets — to submit photos and footage to a team of detectives trying to identify those who damaged property and committed assaults before taking cover in the crowd.

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Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:41pm — Anonymous

Anarchy is Boring

from The Stranger

The May Day Smashup 
Was the Spectacular Tip of 
a Mundane Iceberg

The first self-described anarchist I ever met was a Greek medical technician sticking electrodes to my scalp. I was around 14 at the time, and I'd had a seizure in my parents' driveway a few days earlier. The doctors wanted to test me for epilepsy, which involved using electrodes to read my brain's electrical activity while a strobe light flashed in my face.

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Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:16pm — crush

Seattle assistant police chief subject of criminal investigation

from Seattle Times

Seattle Assistant Police Chief Mike Sanford, who commands the Patrol Operations Bureau and is leading the department's response to a recent federal civil-rights probe, is the subject of a criminal investigation into allegations of official misconduct.

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Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:21pm — Anonymous

SPD Subpoenas Media for Footage to ID Rioters

from the mainstream. PDF of the subpoena here.

KIRO TV has now posted the subpoena it just received for its May Day protest footage, and here's a .pdf of the document:

In addition to KIRO, the subpoena was also sent to KING 5, KOMO 4, KCPQ 13, the Seattle Times, and the SeattlePI.com.

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Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:02pm — crush

Seattle police press case in court after disorder at May Day protests

from Seattle Times

An art student, a barista and an ER tech were among the first May Day protesters to make court appearances Wednesday as Seattle police prepare to pore over video footage in hopes of identifying others suspected of assault and damaging businesses, vehicles and a federal courthouse.

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Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:01pm — crush

Barefoot Bandit transferred; out of solitary confinement

from Seattle Times

The youthful thief who led a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes is out of solitary confinement.

The Washington Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday that Colton Harris-Moore was transferred from Walla Walla State Penitentiary to Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

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Wed, 05/02/2012 - 3:43pm — indrid

SPD to Create Task Force to ID and Prosecute Rioters

From the mainstream

Seattle's mayor and police chief on Wednesday praised the work of officers who were in the thick of the May Day demonstrations and who made safety a high priority.

Calling the property damage sustained by downtown businesses unfortunate, Mayor Mike McGinn said safety was the highest priority as officers confronted protesters wielding sharpened sticks, metal poles and homemade incendiary devices.

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