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Video shows Seattle cop arresting elderly black man using golf club as cane
http://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | January 29 at 7:53 PM | By Elahe Izadi

Posted on 01/30/2015 8:47:07 AM PST by redreno

William Wingate had been standing on a busy Seattle street corner in July, leaning on a golf club he uses as a cane, when a police cruiser pulled up and the officer inside yelled at Wingate to “put that down.”

The resulting exchange — in which the officer claims that Wingate swung the club at her after she asked him to “shut it down” before she arrested him – was captured on the cruiser’s dashboard camera, the footage of which Seattle Police released this week as it apologized for the 2014 incident.

The response to that video prompted Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole to announce Wednesday that she was ordering a comprehensive review of the officer’s performance during Wingate’s arrest and another incident. She did not name the officer, but multiple local outlets have reported her name as Cynthia Whitlatch.

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To: redreno
Wingate has filed an administrative claim against the city for $750,000, and Mindenbergs said she is in the process of gathering public documents to prepare for a lawsuit within the next couple of weeks.

The claim should be lodged against the police union pension funds.

21 posted on 01/30/2015 9:02:35 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: redreno

She`s an A__Hole-in-One


22 posted on 01/30/2015 9:02:49 AM PST by bunkerhill7 (re (`("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))
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To: rickomatic

The cop could see that based on terrain, the old fool clearly should have been using a 9 iron.


23 posted on 01/30/2015 9:03:58 AM PST by MNDude
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To: redreno
A search for Cynthia Whitlatch brought up this article of the dyke cop.. Hoo boy !

Ex-Tukwila Cop Says SPD Officer Cynthia Whitlatch Is "a Racist" Who Once "Stole Marijuana" from Police Evidence

24 posted on 01/30/2015 9:04:14 AM PST by csvset
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To: redreno
Another little tin god cop who ought to be an unarmed meter maid. Just another example of why law abiding folks are learning to hate cops.
25 posted on 01/30/2015 9:04:15 AM PST by drypowder
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
The claim should be lodged against the police union pension funds.

And against the "officer" personally.

26 posted on 01/30/2015 9:05:01 AM PST by NorthMountain
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To: redreno

The COP is LGBT, nothing to see here.


27 posted on 01/30/2015 9:07:07 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: All

Interesting article:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2015/01/29/ex-tukwila-cop-says-spd-officer-cynthia-whitlatch-is-a-racist-who-once-stole-marijuana-from-police-evidence


28 posted on 01/30/2015 9:10:44 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

My guess is that she's already been called on the carpet... so to speak.

29 posted on 01/30/2015 9:13:05 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: redreno

Crummy stop.


30 posted on 01/30/2015 9:14:17 AM PST by onedoug
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To: trisham
Her husband and children must be very embarrassed...

31 posted on 01/30/2015 9:18:40 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: redreno
Back in May 1989 two Hayward cops, a rookie and her FTO, beat a blind man because they mistook his collapsible cane for a Nunchaku. They never ID’ed themselves as cops because they assumed he could see. His milky white eyes never figured in to their highly trained powers of observation.

The blind guy thought he was being mugged and attempted to ward off the batons. Once bystanders screamed that he was blind the cops id’ed themselves and everything calmed down. A big oops on the cops part.
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/17/us/blind-man-is-beaten-as-officers-mistake-cane-for-a-weapon.html

32 posted on 01/30/2015 9:20:13 AM PST by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: BenLurkin
It's a WEAPON! This man has a valid claim, the cop is an idiot.
33 posted on 01/30/2015 9:24:49 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SW6906
"When a cop asks you to do something you do it!"

Your train car awaits...


34 posted on 01/30/2015 9:30:27 AM PST by moovova
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To: csvset
Her ex-girlfriend cop is also a piece of work. They both are seriously ethically challenged. The LE selection process in these two agencies are more driven by affirmative action than quality.
35 posted on 01/30/2015 9:31:10 AM PST by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: Albion Wilde
I watched it about four times. That officer needs mental health treatment.

Once was enough for me. That biotch needs jail time!

36 posted on 01/30/2015 9:31:34 AM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: redreno

Same Seattle officer who, in 2010, shot and killed the half-deaf tribal Indian man carving a block of wood with a small knife and not threatening anyone?


37 posted on 01/30/2015 9:31:53 AM PST by xander
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To: csvset

Wow...that’s some good background!


38 posted on 01/30/2015 9:32:34 AM PST by moovova
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To: al baby

I never walk around my ghetto without my 9 iron

9 may be alright for some but I use a .45 iron.


39 posted on 01/30/2015 9:34:10 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: redreno

The Seattle weather and cops hate golf?


40 posted on 01/30/2015 9:35:08 AM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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