EXCLUSIVE: SPD has finally released the bodycam footage of a beating at a bus stop in South Seattle last year.
The video shows notoriously violent officer Sgt Nathan Patterson throw the man down and start pummeling him after the slightest resistance.
Article and newly released footage on our blog 
https://www.divestspd.com/p/bodycam-video-of-viral-police-beating
"Forest/Pheonix"
No, the spelling of that second word is not a typo. Thou shalt know if thou knows 
#PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Spring #Nature #Forest #Plants #Trees #Trails #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography
Now this battle over WA's budget and regressive vs progressive taxation has pitched an internal battle in the WA for I think whether the party has a soul worth saving. It's also moving too fast for many to organize against it.
So call your state representatives and tell them to fund sources of progressive revenues, don't give into Bob Ferguson.
Don't give in to the anti-tax economic elites who are softening up our state for four years of Trump's destruction.
Ferguson ran so far to the right on cops and wanting to spend $100 Million bucks to do it, that even the Seattle Times seemed to be calling him out on it! He kept the Best endorsement up for a year.
So when you combine the politics of increasing cops but decreasing services its hard to tell the deference between the Dems and the GOP.
According to one of my economics comrades the governor's approach would cost the average working WA resident an extra $3861 per year!
Again, all this in an economy where the average American can not afford a $1k unexpected expense.
WA residents will pay nearly $4k more either directly in sales taxes OR indirectly as externalized costs in their everyday lives.
Ferguson is giving us a master class in regressive taxation.
What makes Ferguson's position on the state's budget crunch so alarming is that the Democratic party in the state legislature has been whipping votes and checking in with voters about introducing progressive taxation solutions. The state dems, seem to fear cutting services more than raising taxes.
In stark contrast to the dem governor Ferguson says he'll only Ok regressive taxes, and won't tax billionaire or millionaire income!
Bad Democrat, no cookie.
WA Governor Bob Ferguson has been putting forth policies more inline with Trump's white house than what you'd expect from a Democrat.
The new governor's policies has been a loud promise to drastically increase the number of cops in the state while at the same time over seeing budget cuts that could shrink social services and cut state worker hours in an economy drowning in rising costs.
https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article303771221.html
Seattle's big brother camera network is being deployed along Aurora and in two very dense deployments in the Central District (CID) and a swath of Downtown.
16 on Aurora
17 in CID
30 cameras downtown
The police have self reported the locations of sixty cameras so far on the dashboard below:
https://www.seattle.gov/police/community-policing/community-programs/cctv
The balsamroot in my side (north) yard just after dawn. Balsamroot are perennials so they come back every year. This particular patch has been spreading. I think they're blooming early this year. I seem to recall them being in bloom on Mother's Day. I'll check the other two patches in my yard over the weekend.
The WA e-bike rebate application is open now until noon 4/23! Ppl are chosen at random after the application period, so no need to rush. The form is very short since WSDOT will collect documentation (proof of residency or income) after selection. https://ebikeswsdot.aptim.com/IntakeQuestionnaire/ #SEAbikes #WA
https://social.ridetrans.it/@seabikeblog/114299059554357930
STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
#AmWriting #History
Fort Colvile stood just north of modern day #Spokane #WA. This is a short history of the historic Fort Colvile farms, from 1826 to past 1849. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-colvile-farm/
STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
#AmWRiting #History
In 1849, Thomas Lowe rode over the settlers' new road, called the Barlow Road, from #WallaWalla to the Willamette Valley and Fort #Vancouver #WA https://nancymargureiteanderson.com/the-barlow-road/
Missing Link bill dies after WA Senate committee decides not to take a vote
Nine University of Washington students have had their visas revoked for unknown reasons. Tney are likely to now face illegal detention and deportation.
Developing situation.
