SEATTLE -- A Seattle police officer has been caught on tape talking about "making up" evidence while two wrongly arrested men sit in jail. It's the latest shocker uncovered by a KOMO 4 Problem Solver investigation into the Seattle Police Department's vanishing dashcam videos.
Josh Lawson and Christopher Franklin filed a claim against the city Monday for excessive force and wrongful arrest.
The two were arrested at gunpoint on November 16, 2010 and said the incident changed their lives forever.
Again we are faced with the reality that our police forces are a wild gang of thugs bent on suppressing. These young men did nothing to justify their treatment and when evidence could not be found of malfeasance by them the officer promises to frame them for another crime.
Where is the DOJ?
Why in this century are we dealing with 1870's police standards? Why are these officers not being charged with a crime every time they commit a questionable act and their recording devices mysteriously have technical issues?
I thought higher standard meant that police would have to take the high road not get a free pass to menace our society.