http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/apr/09/city-council-seeks-more-control-of-how-police-depa/

 

Oh, I see it is just OLD NEWS!!! 

https://examplepro.me/2015/11/01/you-are-one-confused-jeremiah/

https://examplepro.me/2017/02/10/the-golden-goose-fund/

https://examplepro.me/2016/02/04/officer-tim-schwering-the-golden-goose-fund-furniture-gate-the-culture-continues/

https://examplepro.me/2016/06/19/the-beginning-of-something-goodlets-hope-sobut-it-took-a-while/

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

 

Not only did SPD try and hide the McMurtrey case from the OPO, the Media, and the Public, Chief Craig Meidl lied to the press and the public about the true circumstances surrounding the case.

 

This statement made by Craig Meidl to Nina Culver of the Spokesman Review where Meidl attempts to blame not disciplining McMurtrey on the Guild Contract couldn’t be further from the truth.

An internal affairs investigation was launched but had to be suspended because there was no policy in place to govern how and when body cameras could be used in disciplinary procedures, Meidl said.

“We weren’t technically able to use it in a punitive manner,” he said.

McMurtrey couldn’t be disciplined based on the video but he could be reassigned and given extra training, Meidl said. The case also could not be referred to the police ombudsman since there wasn’t an active internal affairs investigation, the chief said.

“We did everything we could, based on the law,” he said. “In my view, we sent a message to him.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/07/spokane-police-officer-finishes-year-of-desk-duty-/

SPD Chief Craig Meidl called McMurtrey’s behavior “atrocious” during a news conference last week. An SPD supervisor filed a complaint against McMurtrey after reviewing the footage, but because SPD does not have an official body camera policy, the officer could not be punished, nor could the case be forwarded to the police ombudsman. Instead, Meidl says, McMurtrey was removed from the SWAT team and sent to desk duty. 

http://www.inlander.com/spokane/working-blue/Content?oid=3005844

As you can see from the IA Report McMurtrey knew damn good and well he screwed up big time, his conduct was recorded on the Body Camera Video and was also witnessed by ASU Researcher Natalie Todak, so he provided a written confession on January 12^th, 2016.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/d330c774-08aa-435b-963a-e3d2d5816553

 

Beyond McMurtrey’s confession of January 12^th, 2016 he again confesses during his Garrity Statement. I have no idea how many Garrity Statements I have read in four decades of doing investigations, but McMurtrey’s Six and One Quarter page 15-minute statement ranks right up there with some of the worst. As far as SPD’s Garrity statements are concerned the ones I’ve read are short sweet and little effort is made to get to the facts.

There are certain things any investigator or someone responsible for IA oversight would look for in reviewing and analyzing an IA report including the dates and times various reports were made, the lack of critical witness statements not taken, and a number of other things.

 

There only statement taken in the McMurtrey IA case was the 15-minute statement of McMurtrey taken by Staben, who must have known prior to taking the statement that McMurtrey had an extensive IA file and 26 Use of Force Cases which included the Duffney Case on January 10^th, 2016 the day after the Lacey case and one day later on January 11^th, the Victor Case. Both Staben and Meidl also certainly had to know about McMurtrey’s two previous Officer Involved Shootings including this one.

http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2016/01/15/experts-analyzing-a-recent-spokane-police-shooting-come-to-conflicting-conclusions

 

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/70b4727a-4638-47b7-924c-9cf803f242a1

 

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/faf2d791-902f-4299-b1d0-f76a56247fc0

 

NOTE: You might want to take notice of McMurtrey’s use of a LNR-level I on a handcuffed subject in the William Victor case above, as it might interest you If I ever get a response to this other PRR of mine which is driving some folks at SPD Bonkers.

 

It appears only one SPD Cop recognized the gravity of the situation regarding McMurtrey and the liabilities associated with McMurtrey.

 

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to see Lt. Arnzen moved out of IA soon, if he hasn’t already been. As I have mentioned before Arnzen was an officer who came forward in an Excessive Force IA Case I had when I was on SPD. The case was against an officer who should have been fired but wasn’t and now has one of the longest IA Histories on SPD. I’m sure that having mentioned that in the past makes Arnzen a prime suspect in McMurtrey’s IA Complaint.

http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/02/28/spokane-police-officer-caught-cursing-at-suspect-on-camera-files-complaint-against-leaker

 

The unmitigated TRUTH is that despite what Meidl says, with independent witnesses, and two signed confessions you don’t need the Body Camera Video, and the time line clearly demonstrates that, so save the “Fruits of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine” backpedal for people that don’t know any better.

 

“When we make a mistake, we are going to own it,” said Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl. “When one of the officers makes a mistake, we are going to own the mistake. It is not our intent to rationalize or minimize inappropriate conduct, and this is one of those situations where clearly there was inappropriate conduct.”

http://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/spd-officer-reprimanded-for-inappropriate-conduct/317537647

Then why do you continue to not own it, rationalize, and minimize at every turn???

 

The Fade and Forget Strategy is in play, but despite my age there are certain things I don’t forget!

I want to be clear that at this point there is NO EVIDENCE whatsoever that McMurtrey was disciplined for his conduct by riding a desk for a year, to the contrary the evidence including what I have beyond the PRR response indicates nothing was ever done nor was there ever any intent to do anything, the question is WHY? When one talks about SPD’s Culture one has to take into consideration all of the various relationships including kin that have develop over the years and how those relate to the culture in trying to get to the root of the problem, and Meidl knows exactly what I’m referring to as far as McMurtrey is concerned.

https://examplepro.me/2017/02/09/what-is-the-mcmurtrey-truth/

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

Nah…no fire…no cigars… just a lot of Blowing Smoke.

 

This was the first Human Rights Commission meeting I’ve attended (March 28^th, 2017), and I probably wouldn’t have attended if I hadn’t noticed that both Chief Craig Meidl and OPO Bart Logue were on the Agenda. It was obvious what that was all about, SPD HIDING IA CASES FROM THE OPO!

http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/02/03/why-spokanes-police-ombudsman-says-spd-is-violating-city-law

I should start of by saying that based on the meeting The Spokane Human Rights Commission appears to be group of bright dedicated volunteers who stand for a cross-section of the Spokane Community, which is exactly what the community would want and expect.

The only problem, from my point of view, and is almost always the case with Commissions, Committees, or Councils is that when it comes to law enforcement issues they just don’t have the background or knowledge necessary to ask the right questions and in most cases, don’t initially know when someone is Blowing Smoke. I can guarantee you based on experience that is something that law enforcement administrators have known since at least the 1970s.

The first part of the HRC meeting was like most meetings, going over structure and procedure. One of the things that interested me was their plans to implement a complaint process and how they are going to go about it. They mentioned that they will need to interact with City Legal on some of the issues they raised. Just to answer one question they had which was, “Are the complaints made to the HRC a matter of Public Record?” … Well… Yes, they are! as is the date they are going to try and capture. The HRC is going to have to be very careful how they handle those complaints, even those made anonymously. Someone is also going to have to figure out how to handle complaints that overlap with OPO, and IA Complaints.

As is usually the case the public has a few minutes to get their two cents in. Unfortunately, the public comments section was prior to the testimony of Meidl and Logue so there really wasn’t an opportunity to clear any of the smoke, and I intend to do that here.

During my comment time, I stressed the need for, Meidl as Chief to Fess-up, and Face-up when it comes to IA Issues at SPD, he didn’t however admit, as he should have done, that withholding 11 IA cases from the OPO was just flat out wrong. I wasn’t surprised, not Fessing-up and Facing-up has been a problem at SPD for a long time and it looks like despite all the smoke will continue continuing.

I also brought up the FACT that the only reason the McMurtrey Body Camera video was made public was because I found out through sources and made a Public Records Request, Meidl even publicly admitted that. I also pointed out that the FACT that McMurtrey’s “atrocious” video wasn’t just about African American Folks, but also about Gay Folks.

These links will offer some background:

https://examplepro.me/2017/02/08/why-did-the-mcmurtrey-cover-up-take-place/

https://examplepro.me/2017/02/09/what-is-the-mcmurtrey-truth/

https://examplepro.me/2017/02/04/sheading-some-light-on-ia-case-c-16-044/

https://examplepro.me/2017/01/13/big-story-update/

https://examplepro.me/2017/01/21/chaos-update/

 

“What happens right now is someone calls Brian Breen and says ‘Hey, go request that one,'” Beggs says. “That should not be the way it happens.”

Meidl called the interaction “the most atrocious demeanor I’ve seen in my career.”

 

http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/02/28/spokane-police-officer-caught-cursing-at-suspect-on-camera-files-complaint-against-leaker

 

Prior to my public comment, I passed out a copy of this IA Synopsis which only very few people have seen, and I’m not sure the OPO has seen it.

The copy I gave to the HRC has the name of the Officer, I have redacted it from the image above. The reason I gave the HRC with an un-redacted copy was two-fold, a transgender person made the complaint, and I had expected what Meidl would say in his testimony before the HRC.

Before I go any further, some people might wonder why I keep track of all these City and County IA Cases. The truth is I have been doing it ever since I retired from SPD and started doing Defense Investigations where the issue of Brady Cops often comes up. I still get calls from Defense Lawyers asking if I have any Brady/Giglio/Henthorn info.

During Meidl’s testimony he said that SPD is auditing all the 2015 and 2016 IA Cases he alluded to the fact that SPD has released personal information about people in the past that was in violation of the Public Records Act, something I have been harping on for years. What Meidl did not mention is that the biggest complaints about personal information being released hasn’t come from complainants it has come from Cops whose personal information was released to the public by IA.

 

In April of 2016 almost a year ago, I reported on the real reasons the IA Cases were taken down.

 

THE REASON SPD TOOK DOWN ALL OF THE IA CASES FROM THEIR WEBSITE!

 

As I mentioned earlier Justin Lundgren stated that the reason all of the IA Cases were taken down was because he was reviewing them. When I asked the question he was quick to respond “I think you know”. Well I’m sure Justin knew I was aware of Arleth’s personal information being made public, and even a cursory reading of my recent stories would have lead almost anyone to anticipate that would be a question I would ask…so I did. But in reality because I knew part of the reason they were taken down, I wanted to get the rest of the reason with follow-ups. So we talked about the various Public Records Act Violations that existed by making public personal information in the IA Reports as well as other documents SPD has released and have been made available to the public which included personal information like full names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, and in a couple of cases social security numbers. One of my pet peeves, so yes I do have copies, and the image below of emails between Terry Pfister and myself will give you some indication that Arleth isn’t the only Cop that has complained about their personal information being made public.

https://examplepro.me/2016/04/03/a-conversation-with-interim-chief-meidl-and-major-justin-lundgrepart-one/

As you can see in this email from the story above Ms Pfister even tried to get a copy of the infamous Mel and Lydia Taylor IA Case back or destroyed which had their home address and was given to her by now Assistant Chief Justin Lundgren who was in IA at the time.

 

In the Arleth Furniture-gate Case Lundgren in a PRR release also made public some personal information regarding Arleth that SPD IA had to quickly try and correct, but the damage was done.

 

Arleth and the Taylors aren’t alone of course, and that is what part of the issue is just so you folks at the HRC know.

 

The other part of the issue is that SPD can’t figure out quite how to handle this new IA Synposis Posting Plan they have. Meidl tried, as he has in the past, to leave the impression that Spokane PD is trying to go to a Synposis or Summary style of posting used by Seattle PD that he would like folks to believe was the result of the DOJ Consent Decree Seattle is under. The Seattle Police OPA had been releasing Closed Case Summaries Publically long before the Consent Decree. Even then because of the Contract with the Seattle Police Union Officers names in “Sustained” reports were not released without doing a PRR.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/4cc5f142-b1e9-48f8-aa27-74a3f08fc05c

 

Right now Meidl and Lundgren are trying to figure out how they are going to handle this big Synopsis/Summary Plan without having to release the names of Cops in Sustained IA Cases. At this point the law is clear that they can release the names on the IA Website Summaries in sustained IA Cases, and there is nothing stopping them from doing so. The problem is, their boss doesn’t want the names of Cops public because that is exactly what the Police Unions don’t want, along with more stifling of the OPO and OPOC, in the current contract negotiations.

In Meidl’s testimony before the HRC he tried to lead them to believe, when talking about the City Charter Change creating the OPO and the difference between the subsequent OPO Ordinance, was a result of a complaint by the Unions to the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). The truth is there was no such complaint, the Unions didn’t have to bother, because Condon and Straub negotiated away any of the real power the voters intended when the Charter Change was passed by voters. Those previous negotiations also gave complete power of Body Camera Video to the Unions.

I had to control a big laugh when Meidl tried to blame the mishandling of the McMurtrey case on the above Guild Contract Language. I watched as a couple of the HRC Members kind of looked confused when Meidl brought it up, so here are the facts; There were several witnesses in the case independent of the Body Camera Footage that were never interviewed, including the ASU researcher Natalie. The recording of the Sally Port audio and video might have been available back then. The Detention Officers were witnesses, and beyond all that what a great “atrocious” case for Arbitrator Jamie Siegel to decide, isn’t that what she is for, and aren’t Body Cameras supposed to be accountability tools?

What will be interesting is when I get a response to my most recent PRR concerning the O’Brien Case so we can compare it to the McMurtrey case. Of course I still haven’t received all the documents from the McMurtrey case so who knows when I will get the O’Brien case, although I bet Meidl will have a press conference again before I get the O’Brien Video and Documents … any bets??

Meidl passed on the same old it is just too time consuming and labor intensive to redact all these IA Cases, the same story the Lundgren gave to the Public Safety Committee. Karen Stratton even jumped in on that one explaining how long it took to redact public records when she was in the City Clerks Office. Karen with all due respect when you were in the Clerk’s office they didn’t have all this very expensive automated redaction software, and what happened to the money Condon was going to set aside for PRRs as a result of my lawsuit?

Meidl of course went on to blame part of the problems for a big turn-over in IA, which his wife and soon to be Captain now leads. Although Tracie Meidl accompanied her husband to the meeting she didn’t testify.

Councilperson Karen Stratton did admit to losing her focus for a short period after I had brought up some factual historical information. I hope she regained it when during a discussion of how great it was that the City funded 4 additional NROs (Neighborhood Resource Officers) and Meidl talked about how difficult it is because he only has 115 Officers in Patrol. He went on the cry about all the problems with staffing patrol because of Cops at the Academy etc.

If you know anything about Law Enforcement Staffing Levels, which none of the HRC Members do, the obvious question to Meidl once he made those statements would have been;

Chief Meidl, according to your own records, which you put together in response to a PRR by Brian Breen in February of this year, you have 182 Officers of Patrol Division Rank, excluding for some reason 20 Officers with the Rank of Corporal. Of those 182 Officers 52 are listed as assigned outside of Patrol Division, including 16 Officers listed as being an “NCO” (Neighborhood Condition Officer, which we both know was Frank Straub’s term for the long standing “NRO” (Neighborhood Resource Officer) a term you have reverted back to.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/042f44b2-67c6-4171-95c4-54b7742bf3ad

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/35915ad1-939b-460a-9009-4b441131da24

The records you provided Mr. Breen bring up a number of questions I would like you to address.

 

1) As I’m sure you are aware the Civil Service Position of Police Corporal was created in the early 1970s, with a pay scale equal to the rank of Detective. The reason the position was created was three-fold, to help augment the first line supervision of a Sergeant and maintain an appropriate Span of Control, to be trained and develop expertise that would free-up Patrol Officers to be more available for Calls for Service, and provide field back-up for Patrol Officers as well as respond to Calls for Service Overloads. Your own policy basically reflects the original intent of the position.

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/8e99e229-8b91-491b-aaee-8951ea3d1ccd

Are Corporals currently being utilized as they were originally intended to be in the Patrol and Precincts Division Ranks?

2) Included in the documents you provided to Mr Breen there was an SPD Organization Chart created by Michelle Loucks on January 31^st, 2017 which depicts three separate SPD Divisions. The “Patrol and Precincts” Division, The “Strategic Initiatives” Division, and The “Investigation and Administration” Division. According to the Organization Chart there are a total of 146 Patrol Officers, and 13 Corporals in the Patrol and Precincts Division. Of the 146 Patrol Officers 23 are Probationary Patrol Officers some of whom are likely attending the Academy, and as we know others are working the Street, so even if you don’t count all of the Probationary Officers that leaves a Staffing Level of 123 Patrol Officers, and if you were to include the 13 Corporals it would give you a staffing level of 136, so how do you reconcile your 115 figure?

3) Also assigned to the “Patrol and Precincts” Division are 6 Detectives, which one would assume have the responsibility of investigating reports in their particular Precinct similar to the NIRO (Neighborhood Investigative Resource Officers) of the Mangan Community Oriented Policing Era. As I’m sure you recall the NIRO concept was quite effective as it was a Proactive, rather than Reactive position where the Detective would, aside from carrying a caseload of 25-30 cases per month, respond to calls, take reports, back-up Patrol Officers, and proactively initiate cases in their Neighborhood. Do the 6 Detectives assigned to the Patrol and Precincts Division have a Proactive Role or is it entirely Reactive, and if they are Proactive should they not also be included in your 115 figure?

4) In the documents you provided Mr. Breen one showed there were 16 Officers who have an NCO/NRO Assignment 15 of those are assigned to the “Patrol and Precinct” Division, Jennifer DeRuwe the 16^th is assigned to the “Investigations and Administration” Division.

 https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/1e24de9b-4c5f-4bed-9438-ca0c778825ae 

The question would be Chief Meidl are you not counting the 15 NCO/NRO Officers in the 115 figure, and if not why not?

5) According to the documents there are 46 Officers with the rank of Patrol Officer assigned outside of the “Patrol and Precinct” Division, 32 in the “Investigations and Administration” Division, and 14 in the “Strategic Initiatives” Division. You mentioned in your testimony about assigning more Patrol Officers to the DV Unit, where according to press accounts Patrol Officers are preforming duties historically the responsibility of Detectives. Can you explain, what is apparently your theory, that assigning Patrol Officers away from the Patrol Function, which as you know is the backbone of any police department, serves the Public, and especially considering that your own data demonstrates a decline in Offenses Reported to SPD, as well as a decline in Calls for Service?

6) Since the Staffing Level for the Detective position(48) remains close to what it has been for many years, would you be willing to provide caseload data to the HRC so we can compare SPD current Detective Caseloads as consulting groups have done in the past?

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/e9764944-f4d5-4041-af75-00dd9bc2b55b

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Next up OPO Logue, a retired former Marine Corp Brass, who has to be wondering why the hell he took this job. Having been on the wrong side of Marine Corp Brass on more than one occasion although Logue did a pretty good job of not showing it, there is no question in my mind that he was pissed about what had transpired regarding the 11 hidden cases, and perhaps other things as well.

Logue played nice but did express some of his frustration though not necessarily overtly, and seemed to imply that correcting the issue was a bit more than he felt it should have been. Logue’s testimony was more about comparing what people want as opposed to what the Ordinance allows him to do. He made it very plain that the Ordinance doesn’t allow him a voice, and he primarily has to keep his mouth shut about what is going on because of the restrictions in the Ordinance, that in and of itself has to be difficult for him, although I’m sure he had occasions in the Corp where he had to keep his mouth shut in the presence of higher ranking Brass.

He tried to give an explanation of the conflict that exists between some people as to whether he should be an Evaluator or Investigator. I’m not sure that didn’t go over some folks heads, but the truth is whether Logue ends up being an Evaluator or Investigator is entirely up to the Police Guild, and NOT the Ordinance Breean Beggs is trying to get passed. At this point regarding the Begg’s OPO Ordinance he likely doesn’t have the votes to get it passed and even if he did the second it was passed the Police Guild would file a Unfair Labor Practice with the Public Employment Relations Commission, which they would very likely win. So the folks holding their breath for the Begg’s OPO Ordinance should probably quit holding their breath.

 

Here is what you won’t see in Spokane:

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/1eacd3be-095d-4a5d-9058-439e2c874a80

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/4bf9fc97-ef4b-41fa-9a83-5da8e823fae5

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/0b765950-6995-414f-a99e-e81d611cc283

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/ba6abed0-febc-4983-88fe-3f9cc765c251

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/8de83d5c-d4b9-4ace-9b1f-3577f73b2757

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/fb92f162-19fa-45a2-a92f-ee2683ab791b

 

I REPORT HSS YOU DECIDE!!!

 

Sheriff Ozzie, as he likes to be referred to, seems to be unwilling to respond to legitimate questions regarding documents that call into question not only his leadership but also his veracity.

In most cases when I have asked questions of OUR elected Sheriff, I get a quick response which includes some kind of a caustic remark. Such is not the case regarding follow-up questions to this story.

https://examplepro.me/2017/03/27/just-old-dirt/

The above story was a follow-up story to this one.

https://examplepro.me/2017/03/26/darn-spokesman-review-they-never-get-it-right/

The questions were simple and direct and as of yet go unanswered which undoubtedly will require further investigation via the Public Records Act, a law Ozzie has distain for as its use tends to call into question the statements he makes to the Public and the Media, as opposed to statements, and evidence in public documents and under oath.

The second story linked above, shows some of Ozzie’s responses to the Spokesman Review article about Phillip Waine Tyler’s attempt to run for Spokane City Council, and the rave reviews the Wizard gave him.

Why an individual like Tyler where there is no available evidence that he has ever registered to vote would be interested in a City Council Position is well beyond me.

https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/MyVote/#/login

https://www.spokanecounty.org/2994/Track-Your-Ballot

 

Not registering to vote is one thing, but to be elected as a Delegate to the Democratic Precinct Caucuses is another.

I’m sure that this story will cause some people who don’t know me to accuse me of being a racist bigot, nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is, I brought up the Phillip Tyler issue during the Ozzie/Buff Episodes not only out of my own concerns about Tyler and his close relationship with Sheriff Knezovich and Chief Meidl but also concerns expressed to me by others, including really GOOD COPS. You folks pay me a great salary with great benefits so I took on this job of getting the truth out knowing full well I would be subject to being called names, and efforts would be made to silence and question my veracity. That isn’t a big deal to me! Getting to the truth in Spokane is far more important than any slings and arrows that might come my way, and keep in mind that TRUTH IS THE ULTIMATE DEFENSE!

Trying to get a handle on the issues involving race relations when never ever happen when the key figures in the game are nothing more than PLAYERS, with a self-serving agenda, and that is exactly how I view what is going on in Spokane, as usual… TOO DAMN MANY PLAYERS… each with their own self-serving agenda. Players use other players to get what they want, and help them to look good in the Public Eye.

In Spokane, we continually repeat our history because people ignore it and want to completely forget about it, sweep it under the rug, and pretend like it never happened. It is always difficult to get those types of individuals to wake up, primarily because they absolutely refuse to accept the truth, and want to ignore it and let it fade.

A perfect example of ignoring the truth is Very Liberal Spokesman Review Columnist Shawn Vestal.

We all know about this story Vestal wrote.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/mar/03/shawn-vestal-naacp-leader-confronts-hate-with-conf/

As well as his half-assed Mia Culpa.

“But what has nagged at me for weeks was the sense that it was a mistake given what I knew then – nothing concrete, but a continuous sense that there was something hinky about the report or about Dolezal, and that her tendency to race into the spotlight and juice up details – to get the bigger gun – should have influenced me more than it did.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jun/17/as-dolezal-played-her-game-many-of-us-played-along/

Vestal even got a mention by former Spokesman Review Reporter Kelly McBride in her Poynter story.

“I probably didn’t even give it 15 seconds of thought,” said Vestal, a columnist at The Spokesman-Review, during a phone interview this week.

https://www.poynter.org/2015/why-the-columnist-who-writes-about-race-in-spokane-got-scooped-on-dolezal/351647/

Perhaps Vestal should give more than just “15 seconds of thought” to exactly what is going on now, and he isn’t the only one. He probably also should have given some thought to the warning he was given prior to his writing his now infamous Rachel Dolezal story…yes Shawn I know.

Vestal, understandably is not a fan of Matt Shea, nor is he a fan of the Republican Party, but he sure as heck is a fan of Ozzie Knezovich, and is more than willing to completely ignore any facts that put Sheriff Ozzie in a bad light, the big question is WHY?

“Knezovich and Marske deserve credit for taking this step. It is another example of Knezovich’s approach to criticism and complaint; where some dodge or hide, he often tries to take questions straight and to take them seriously. There is nothing compelling either him or Marske to undertake such an effort other than a desire to address a public controversy in a public way.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/aug/24/shawn-vestal-sgt-doug-marske-sheriff-ozzie/

“Rather than come to the defense of one of their most widely popular elected officials, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/sep/29/shawn-vestal-republicans-its-time-to-defend-ozzie-/

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!