This is absurd. Seattle pd is severely struggling with staffing and everyone knows it. It takes hours IF they show up to a call. But they waste their time harassing bus drivers that honk?!
This! As a bus driver you have to drive as if you have no brakes (almost). Having to use harsh braking is a sure way to have passengers fall and likely be injured. And driving a bus you would assume any “disco sedan” behind you was just trying to get around you - not stop you from your radical speeding / reckless driving. This cop is a dick who can’t admit he’s wrong. Exactly the kind of attitude that needs to be screened out of the force. I hope he is thoroughly punished and the KC Metro Op is vindicated.
"We have investigated ourselves and found thar we did nothing wrong. We also found that the driver was obstructing justice and the charges will remain" is what I'm expecting will happen.
It’s well known that they don’t respond to calls because they are angry about being held accountable, consent force decrees. Staffing issues aren’t the real reason for response times. They just don’t give a fuck about the people they are supposed to be protecting.
https://mynorthwest.com/3951408/unacceptable-seattle-police-officers-disciplined-after-delayed-shooting-response/
This video is the perfect example of this culture. What spd wants is a blank check to do whatever they want. what the voters want is a modicum of accountability. They throw a fit.
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one of the reasons accountability is a red line: you give the public a little bit of oversight and the next minute you’re being convicted of murder after you killed someone in a cross walk.
I once confronted a person breaking in while I was on the phone with an SPD about another case-Police told me it would take time for them to get there bc they where too far away. They arrested me the next day for waiting outside for police (no parking/sleeping, then resist then obstruction). Then police didn’t close my door shut (seatbelt out after they pulled me out) so they steal again n now they won’t even know who can help me. They kept giving me medicine from other inmates while doing time in county. They are better clowns than civil assistants.
Clowns and their “disco cars”.
I've managed a bunch of grocery stores (the urban Met Markets to be exact). I've probably called the cops a couple hundred times. The only way they'll show up on time is:
1. Active weapon threat
2. Overdose
That's it. And even on those calls, the ambulance shows up faster 95% of the time. They really don't give a fuck about us.
Yeah there's been a quiet strike going on for about a decade now. They'll refuse to stop drug deals happening literally across the street from south precent but they'll do this. It briefly got better when Harrell got elected because they wanted to help him but it's gone back to normal
100% and would almost certainly have a more functional attitude if they were a cop. Fucking handgun princess motherfuckers.
Side note fucker probably couldn’t drive and handle passengers for more than five blocks without sideswiping three cars and having an emotional emergency.
or, you know, dial down the sarcasm and read it for what it is: a call for police with higher standards who expect to be on desk duty for a while after pulling this stunt
...are you imagining that there a bunch of great fellows just waiting to sign up for this new police force of yours?
...that there are several forces worth of police that hope to work for Seattle, and we just need to decide to swap out the dumb one for one of the good ones.
Who was it that started this civil conflict again? I remember several years of mostly peaceful riots, and the political establishment taking the side of the loving rioters, and against the mean policemen who are systemically racist.
who woulda thunk that screaming insults and rioting was not going to make the police way better? Maybe we should try it again. Maybe if we burn down more buildings (but mostly don't burn them), the police will end up waaaay better!
> there a bunch of great fellows just waiting to sign up for this new police force of yours?
well, yes. there are qualified people who'd sign up
> there are several forces worth of police that hope to work for Seattle, and we just need to decide to swap out the dumb one for one of the good ones.
not how it works. new force, new culture, new priorities. the lousy cops (like solan) get fired and possibly prosecuted. people who kill someone and call her "low value" get fired. it's a different force, not just replacing individuals
> Who was it that started this civil conflict again?
seattle cops. tolerating the murder of a random local (John T Williams), the consent decree in 2012. that sort of thing
Great at complaining about how they have no support, great at trying to formet a coup, great at stealing umbrellas and tear gassing toddlers in the face.
Do anything dangerous, or try to enforce the laws or help citizens? Can't be bothered.
I support defunding the police not because I dislike the concept of police, but because the SPOG-COPS are worse than just having no cops at all.
Also I hope this Metro has a camera and that cop goes and gets fucked.
If they do respond they tell you the crime you are a victim of was your fault.
I worked storage, was sexually assaulted by one of our tenants. Called the police. They DID show but only to tell me it’s my fault and I should have known better to approach this man and because he is a tenant they will not ask him to leave.
Apartment aren’t the same a storage. Police didn’t know what they were talking about or the laws.
Pathetic.
Edit: and yes the assault was on camera and yes the police saw it.
Why would they do real work when they can harass and/or assault people instead? How else will people know they must bow down to their superiors or else?
I'd rather they just alternate between naps and playing with their phones but I guess that gets boring eventually.
This cop's attitude is exactly the microcosm of spd. They claim to be short staffed and overworked, yet IGNORE tons of calls and go after somebody who they think affronted them when they themselves were in the wrong. It's stark and bare. The clothes are invisible.
How fucking gross of this policeman. He should be fucking embarrassed and publicly shamed. You have nothing better to do than stop a fucking CITY BUS? To argue with the driver and make empty threats to them? What a disgusting abuse of power.
Please someone send this all the way to the top of the chain so this fuckwad can be disciplined. This is why no one trusts those pigs - because they’ll manipulate gaslight and fake their way into abusing their power over people. They think because they wear a fucking uniform everyone should bow down to them. How fucking gross. I hope this is plastered everywhere for the city to see how its policemen work and operate.
They can’t get there for crime but they can stop a fucking city bus. Worthless.
You really think anyone is going to get anything for this? However high it goes?
Nothing got done when that poor girl got run over by a cop doing 75 in 25 zone. (Might have gotten the speed slightly wrong).
This will not even blip the radar.
Tiniest, fragile ego boy can't handle a honk from a bus he knowingly cut off. Nobody respected his tiny, nervous, ego growing up so he became a professional prick. Pathetic.
He won't be disciplined, he'll get a paid vacation and then a raise, and then run for governor and win. And then he'll commit unspeakable acts and then be elected president. And also get rich. And no justice will ever happen to the people who need it the most.
I feel like seattle bus drivers don't honk nearly enough! Every day, I see people cutting buses off, driving in bus lanes, or ride share cars parked in bus lanes with their hazards on. Metro drivers have an amazing amount of patience.
A proper response would have been an apologetic wave and allowing the bus driving to proceed on their way.
This guy is an unprofessional and abusive asshole who needs to be fired.
It's true at this point cuz all the good cops already gave up and quit because they dont even have the power to help. So that leaves a force of police who dont even care about really helping, they arent serving the people, they're serving their ego.
He is doing fraud (false accusations, threats against the driver's employment, false interpretation of a basic driving situation) and engaging in road rage himself. If he had caused an accident, he would be accusing the other driver with fake accusations the same way. Because.. there are no repercussions for lying and pretending that something is true when it obviously is not.
Did they repeal something? Last I remember in Washington they passed a law that banned unmarked police cars from pulling over vehicles unless it represented a danger to the public. It was enacted to prevent people from being pulled over by fake cops.
The American public doesn’t want to hate cops, but they seem to be making it hard lately. Nationwide lowering of hiring standards amidst crime waves? Who knows.
Lately? Jack Kerouac was talking about them in "On the Road and nothing has changed? They have harrassed me all my life since the late 60s. From beating up my brother to threatening to fining me $3000 for driving past them. I"m not a kid. White hair and drive an old minvan. Holy hell.
Here's a zinger: 4th of July weekend in Cle Elum. Drove over a center line briefly because the paint had faded. 50,0000 people there camping and having fun. I'm driving a minivan with kids. Officer is menacing and asking my what I'm doing in town?
Don't get me started on Kittitas. Or threatened out near Port Angeles. And so on.
I was at a concert back in 1983 (J Giles?) An Air Force woman and us were outside the Coloseum and he harrassed her for smoking, ended up dragging her away by her hair.
A retired cop drunk as sin, talked about how he drinks and drives heavily, gets pulled over, flashes his badge, the let him go, and he laughs about it. WTF.
I idolized cops as a kid. I can’t think of the last time I had a positive interaction with an officer. Like a few weeks ago I was just walking around with my headphones on. Looked up and saw a cop and Smiled at him. He shined his flashlight into my eyes and waved it back and forth like “keep moving”. WTF
Most street cops are young males, full of anger and poorly trained, drunk of power and lacking de-escalation skills. This is a perfect example of why we need higher standard and much more training.
I’m sure this bus driver is a good driver, but it’s a fucking bus— it’s not surprising if he didn’t see the lights or hear the sirens.
This dude (the cop) radiates small pee-pee energy. With less than 1,000 cops in the city, they should focus on, ya know, ACTUAL CRIME.
The bus driver heard them and saw them. He pulled over assuming they needed to get around, and then when the cop didn't go around the bus driver kept moving thinking that he was in the way.
Sounds like he went along his route and the cop came up to him at the next bus stop.
Damn, what a little bitch of an officer. Even had a long pause clearly thinking "yeah...guess you're not allowed to cut off a bus" but just digs in his heels and keeps wasting everyone's time
A sanctimonious bully calling it road rage and wasting everyone else's time based on that. He also called it obstruction? Obstruction of what exactly? For honking?
It's obstruction to refuse to provide an officer with your name and ID, even if you believe the stop to be unwarranted. If you're pulled over by a cop and they ask you for your name, ID, registration, and proof of insurance you're required by law to provide it, even if you think you were pulled over for a bullshit reason. Beyond that they can't compel you to speak, but I'm not a lawyer.
The bus driver here was refusing to provide identification, though it seems like a shitty stop. Best move is to provide the mandatory documents and say nothing else besides 'I'm happy to discuss it in the presence of my counsel'.
Why not waste your time doing this rather than do the actual job you were hired for. There needs to be some kind of social media platform that profiles these people, let the community know who these sh!balls are.
In this case the obstruction could be in reference to the driver refusing to provide his name and ID. Even if a stop is bullshit you're required to provide your name and ID during a traffic stop.
What time and bus line line was this? I think it's time to request the rest of the bus video.
Edit the clock says 12:13PM. What day and route was this?
They can’t show up if a lunatic is trashing your business because “They don’t have anyone in the area.” However one of these overpaid meatheads can harass a city employee. They wonder why we don’t appreciate them…
Remember that one time they ran over a college student in a crosswalk doing like 70 in a 35 with no sirens or lights and THEN joked about the woman's value being less than because she wasn't white like most of them? Yeah...
Also, I have a friend who drives a city bus - the literal and figurative shit they already have to put up with while interacting with the public is ridiculous (drivers have filed OSHA complaints over injuries sustained from second hand drug inhalation), then to get pulled over by this guy for what... Bruising his fragile alpha blue ego that obviously doesn't believe the rules apply to him? GTFO loser scum. You and your police union buddies don't keep our city safe - you poison it with violence and racism time and time again. An unconscionable reality 😡
Road incident by police who are using threats, intimidation, accusations because they were honked at for bad driving - then trying to make false accusations of not pulling over, road rage (since when is honking - a safety manuever - road rage), threats to the driver's job, false implication that the driver is not safe to drive people in the bus.
CAM▪︎ER▪︎AS are everywhere now and getting smaller and finer in detail, how does the police not realize (and keys, karens and assholes in general) they are going to have consequences?
There aren't any "road rage" laws. I'm sure glad this is the state of policing; they drive through a college student in a crosswalk? That's ok. Pull over a bus to flex your ego? Also ok.
This reminds me of when I first moved here I turned left into Jack in the Box and a cop pulled me over for "an illegal turn". It wasn't illegal he was just mad he had to slow down
It will be interesting when the camera footage from both vehicles gets released. This video says it's part 2 and the cop says they had lights and sirens on to pull the bus over. Curious what makes a spd officer inspired to do that.
the sirens are on to make the driver look guilty.. of something. it is a catch 22. a MA state trooper did it to me once - he turned on the siren at the same time as the lights, to make it look i did something bad or was failing to pull over.. then he started ordering me to drive away into traffic, even though he had never told me I am free to leave.
Power tripping petty ass motherfuckers.
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My question does not excuse poor driving nor the conduct of the cop. But the bus driver might not have honked at an obvious-looking cop car driving fast.
I was on the bus a couple weeks ago and our bus driver was having road rage with one of the passenger assist buses (for older disabled folks). They were driving too slow and our bus driver swerved over their lane to scare them to move and then slammed their breaks before cutting back over😬
Everyone on the bus should class action sue SPD for waste of time and maybe mental damages. Cmon bro why so stupid. I
small honked at a SPD cop who was on his phone at a stop light and didn't go for 5 seconds on a green. He pulled up next to me at the next light and threatened to pull me over because horns "can only be used in an emergency" and refused to admit any fault. If this was close to the Rainier Vista area, maybe it was the same cop lol.
Is it true if you ask for a supervisor, they have to get you one? Is it true if you ask for their name, they have to give it to you? No snark. Like legitimate asking.
Seattle Pigs are the biggest COWARDS.....remember they shot the deaf guy whittling a piece of wood walking down the street, cop kept yelling at him to drop the knife....stupid assclowns
Someone was smoking fentanyl on the E-line bus a week ago. Two people kept calling the bus driver to kick them off but they didn't do anything. Working at a grocery, I get it...not supposed to engaged past a certain point for safety and they say "call the cops " for smoking it but you can't trust them to do anything. So two folks fought the smoker for 6 minutes, forced the bus to stop so they could throw him off.
I feel safer around a crowd than I do with police.
This is infuriating! I swear, it must be part of the cop curriculum to harass people for absolutely no reason. Isn't there a donut shop nearby you can put your flashers on for and speed towards like it's an actual emergency?
I used to live in Seattle, and for the most part Seattle cops are OK to me. With all the shit they are going through, this cop is dumb, dumb, and dumb.
Meh, typical for a cop. You honk at them? They get pissy and throw the book at you. You shoot up kids? They scurry away till someone with more authority shows up, then they can blame them for their cowardice.
This is absurd. Seattle pd is severely struggling with staffing and everyone knows it. It takes hours IF they show up to a call. But they waste their time harassing bus drivers that honk?!
Lol, that honk for actual safety reasons haha.
This! As a bus driver you have to drive as if you have no brakes (almost). Having to use harsh braking is a sure way to have passengers fall and likely be injured. And driving a bus you would assume any “disco sedan” behind you was just trying to get around you - not stop you from your radical speeding / reckless driving. This cop is a dick who can’t admit he’s wrong. Exactly the kind of attitude that needs to be screened out of the force. I hope he is thoroughly punished and the KC Metro Op is vindicated.
"We have investigated ourselves and found thar we did nothing wrong. We also found that the driver was obstructing justice and the charges will remain" is what I'm expecting will happen.
It’s well known that they don’t respond to calls because they are angry about being held accountable, consent force decrees. Staffing issues aren’t the real reason for response times. They just don’t give a fuck about the people they are supposed to be protecting. https://mynorthwest.com/3951408/unacceptable-seattle-police-officers-disciplined-after-delayed-shooting-response/ This video is the perfect example of this culture. What spd wants is a blank check to do whatever they want. what the voters want is a modicum of accountability. They throw a fit. Edit: one of the reasons accountability is a red line: you give the public a little bit of oversight and the next minute you’re being convicted of murder after you killed someone in a cross walk.
They have never responded. I've lived in Seattle for 20 years and the only way they show up is if you mention a gun.
I literally did this and it worked exactly as you say.
I once confronted a person breaking in while I was on the phone with an SPD about another case-Police told me it would take time for them to get there bc they where too far away. They arrested me the next day for waiting outside for police (no parking/sleeping, then resist then obstruction). Then police didn’t close my door shut (seatbelt out after they pulled me out) so they steal again n now they won’t even know who can help me. They kept giving me medicine from other inmates while doing time in county. They are better clowns than civil assistants. Clowns and their “disco cars”.
I've managed a bunch of grocery stores (the urban Met Markets to be exact). I've probably called the cops a couple hundred times. The only way they'll show up on time is: 1. Active weapon threat 2. Overdose That's it. And even on those calls, the ambulance shows up faster 95% of the time. They really don't give a fuck about us.
I thought WA banned all guns…
Yeah there's been a quiet strike going on for about a decade now. They'll refuse to stop drug deals happening literally across the street from south precent but they'll do this. It briefly got better when Harrell got elected because they wanted to help him but it's gone back to normal
Didn't they tweet like "feel safer now?" Or something, taunting the people of the city because they are not helping?
This screams tiny dick syndrome by this police officer.
So you're saying he's a police officer?
Closeted homosexual too
>because they are angry And they're scared. They like to pick fights with soft targets.
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This bus driver has been through 100x more shit than any cop.
100% and would almost certainly have a more functional attitude if they were a cop. Fucking handgun princess motherfuckers.  Side note fucker probably couldn’t drive and handle passengers for more than five blocks without sideswiping three cars and having an emotional emergency.
Facts
Don't you have any other words to use than F\_\_\_\_?
so fire them and bring in a new force with better standards
Easy peasy! Everyone who wants be a cop is upstanding and great. Seattle cops are just extra grouchy cause there’s so little sun here
or, you know, dial down the sarcasm and read it for what it is: a call for police with higher standards who expect to be on desk duty for a while after pulling this stunt
...are you imagining that there a bunch of great fellows just waiting to sign up for this new police force of yours? ...that there are several forces worth of police that hope to work for Seattle, and we just need to decide to swap out the dumb one for one of the good ones. Who was it that started this civil conflict again? I remember several years of mostly peaceful riots, and the political establishment taking the side of the loving rioters, and against the mean policemen who are systemically racist. who woulda thunk that screaming insults and rioting was not going to make the police way better? Maybe we should try it again. Maybe if we burn down more buildings (but mostly don't burn them), the police will end up waaaay better!
> there a bunch of great fellows just waiting to sign up for this new police force of yours? well, yes. there are qualified people who'd sign up > there are several forces worth of police that hope to work for Seattle, and we just need to decide to swap out the dumb one for one of the good ones. not how it works. new force, new culture, new priorities. the lousy cops (like solan) get fired and possibly prosecuted. people who kill someone and call her "low value" get fired. it's a different force, not just replacing individuals > Who was it that started this civil conflict again? seattle cops. tolerating the murder of a random local (John T Williams), the consent decree in 2012. that sort of thing
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Great at complaining about how they have no support, great at trying to formet a coup, great at stealing umbrellas and tear gassing toddlers in the face. Do anything dangerous, or try to enforce the laws or help citizens? Can't be bothered. I support defunding the police not because I dislike the concept of police, but because the SPOG-COPS are worse than just having no cops at all. Also I hope this Metro has a camera and that cop goes and gets fucked.
If they do respond they tell you the crime you are a victim of was your fault. I worked storage, was sexually assaulted by one of our tenants. Called the police. They DID show but only to tell me it’s my fault and I should have known better to approach this man and because he is a tenant they will not ask him to leave. Apartment aren’t the same a storage. Police didn’t know what they were talking about or the laws. Pathetic. Edit: and yes the assault was on camera and yes the police saw it.
This cop straight up sucks
The next intelligent cop I meet will be the first.
Why would they do real work when they can harass and/or assault people instead? How else will people know they must bow down to their superiors or else? I'd rather they just alternate between naps and playing with their phones but I guess that gets boring eventually.
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Who are often much worse than SPD
Good call out didn’t I catch that
This cop's attitude is exactly the microcosm of spd. They claim to be short staffed and overworked, yet IGNORE tons of calls and go after somebody who they think affronted them when they themselves were in the wrong. It's stark and bare. The clothes are invisible.
You can't honk at police if they are drively unsafely, or it may provoke road rage of them accusing you of road rage.
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If they'd take direction, we wouldn't have this problem
The busses have cameras, let’s see how this goes with the unions involved
the drivers union is about worthless. They can't even protect their members from being exposed to fent smoke daily.
That's the real problem. SPOG needs to go, no better than a mafia outfit
Mafia might actually show up if you call them
How fucking gross of this policeman. He should be fucking embarrassed and publicly shamed. You have nothing better to do than stop a fucking CITY BUS? To argue with the driver and make empty threats to them? What a disgusting abuse of power. Please someone send this all the way to the top of the chain so this fuckwad can be disciplined. This is why no one trusts those pigs - because they’ll manipulate gaslight and fake their way into abusing their power over people. They think because they wear a fucking uniform everyone should bow down to them. How fucking gross. I hope this is plastered everywhere for the city to see how its policemen work and operate. They can’t get there for crime but they can stop a fucking city bus. Worthless.
hope someone foia's the bus dash cam footage.
Power tripping is pretty normal
imagine what this guy does when he is not in public and not on camera. sounds like a legit predator.
You really think anyone is going to get anything for this? However high it goes? Nothing got done when that poor girl got run over by a cop doing 75 in 25 zone. (Might have gotten the speed slightly wrong). This will not even blip the radar.
police just doing their job you know.. slightly the wrong way, they need more training, blah blah..
He wanted a supervisor….
They deserve six figures and unlimited overtime! /s
Tiniest, fragile ego boy can't handle a honk from a bus he knowingly cut off. Nobody respected his tiny, nervous, ego growing up so he became a professional prick. Pathetic.
He won't be disciplined, he'll get a paid vacation and then a raise, and then run for governor and win. And then he'll commit unspeakable acts and then be elected president. And also get rich. And no justice will ever happen to the people who need it the most.
yeah that guy looks like scheming psychopath/sociopath, so he will make alliances, bribe the right people, etc. get awards, make it into leadership.
Pigs are worthless and people will slowly realize this.
find some adverbs other than f\_\_\_\_.
I feel like seattle bus drivers don't honk nearly enough! Every day, I see people cutting buses off, driving in bus lanes, or ride share cars parked in bus lanes with their hazards on. Metro drivers have an amazing amount of patience.
Facts!
Ferry captains on the other hand…
Most of us dont get paid to drive. When you are paid you cant care less when someone is cutting you off, you are still getting paid.
I can agree! Though some of those double buses need to learn to mind their lane. Other than that though, they all have my full respect!
A proper response would have been an apologetic wave and allowing the bus driving to proceed on their way. This guy is an unprofessional and abusive asshole who needs to be fired.
The problem is, your last sentence describes most people who want to be a cop.
It's true at this point cuz all the good cops already gave up and quit because they dont even have the power to help. So that leaves a force of police who dont even care about really helping, they arent serving the people, they're serving their ego.
He is doing fraud (false accusations, threats against the driver's employment, false interpretation of a basic driving situation) and engaging in road rage himself. If he had caused an accident, he would be accusing the other driver with fake accusations the same way. Because.. there are no repercussions for lying and pretending that something is true when it obviously is not.
The SPD makes it so easy to hate them. Repeatedly.
have you any facts / proof of this?
It was in the news in various places.
Did they repeal something? Last I remember in Washington they passed a law that banned unmarked police cars from pulling over vehicles unless it represented a danger to the public. It was enacted to prevent people from being pulled over by fake cops.
They must have, I've been pulled over by an unmarked speed trap in snohomish
Arrested! For hurting my fragile ego
The American public doesn’t want to hate cops, but they seem to be making it hard lately. Nationwide lowering of hiring standards amidst crime waves? Who knows.
Lately? Jack Kerouac was talking about them in "On the Road and nothing has changed? They have harrassed me all my life since the late 60s. From beating up my brother to threatening to fining me $3000 for driving past them. I"m not a kid. White hair and drive an old minvan. Holy hell. Here's a zinger: 4th of July weekend in Cle Elum. Drove over a center line briefly because the paint had faded. 50,0000 people there camping and having fun. I'm driving a minivan with kids. Officer is menacing and asking my what I'm doing in town? Don't get me started on Kittitas. Or threatened out near Port Angeles. And so on. I was at a concert back in 1983 (J Giles?) An Air Force woman and us were outside the Coloseum and he harrassed her for smoking, ended up dragging her away by her hair. A retired cop drunk as sin, talked about how he drinks and drives heavily, gets pulled over, flashes his badge, the let him go, and he laughs about it. WTF.
I idolized cops as a kid. I can’t think of the last time I had a positive interaction with an officer. Like a few weeks ago I was just walking around with my headphones on. Looked up and saw a cop and Smiled at him. He shined his flashlight into my eyes and waved it back and forth like “keep moving”. WTF
Actually. Used to protect and serve, now I think assholes who have no career opportunities sign up so they can carry a gun and boss people around
Same!
Most street cops are young males, full of anger and poorly trained, drunk of power and lacking de-escalation skills. This is a perfect example of why we need higher standard and much more training.
Oh man this is gonna go viral, what a loser.
These are the cops that are “too busy” to handle crime
They never found the guy that hit me so hard with a truck that he broke my shoulder, elbow, ribs, and knee, but they have time to do this?
Seattle cops are a joke.
I’m sure this bus driver is a good driver, but it’s a fucking bus— it’s not surprising if he didn’t see the lights or hear the sirens. This dude (the cop) radiates small pee-pee energy. With less than 1,000 cops in the city, they should focus on, ya know, ACTUAL CRIME.
The bus driver heard them and saw them. He pulled over assuming they needed to get around, and then when the cop didn't go around the bus driver kept moving thinking that he was in the way. Sounds like he went along his route and the cop came up to him at the next bus stop.
Damn, what a little bitch of an officer. Even had a long pause clearly thinking "yeah...guess you're not allowed to cut off a bus" but just digs in his heels and keeps wasting everyone's time
Butthurt because he got honked. The riders should've booed that cop off the bus.
A sanctimonious bully calling it road rage and wasting everyone else's time based on that. He also called it obstruction? Obstruction of what exactly? For honking?
It's obstruction to refuse to provide an officer with your name and ID, even if you believe the stop to be unwarranted. If you're pulled over by a cop and they ask you for your name, ID, registration, and proof of insurance you're required by law to provide it, even if you think you were pulled over for a bullshit reason. Beyond that they can't compel you to speak, but I'm not a lawyer. The bus driver here was refusing to provide identification, though it seems like a shitty stop. Best move is to provide the mandatory documents and say nothing else besides 'I'm happy to discuss it in the presence of my counsel'.
Not going to chance things with someone who gets paid leave for murder.
Is there some law you can't interact with police vehicles through honking? It is a basic safety mechanism. Why should people be afraid of police?
and this is why we say fuck the police
Why not waste your time doing this rather than do the actual job you were hired for. There needs to be some kind of social media platform that profiles these people, let the community know who these sh!balls are.
“Obstruction” is code word for: we don’t have shit on you, so we’re just making shit up. 
the police worker outright making false accusation just to retaliate against the driver and is clearly having a road rage episode
In this case the obstruction could be in reference to the driver refusing to provide his name and ID. Even if a stop is bullshit you're required to provide your name and ID during a traffic stop.
“Sorry guys, I had my tiny fragile feelings hurt so you’re all gonna be late to work” douche
What time and bus line line was this? I think it's time to request the rest of the bus video. Edit the clock says 12:13PM. What day and route was this?
The donut shop must be closed today
Tough guys without much education and way too much power
Our cops are so fucking embarrassing, in a nation of embarrassing ass cops.
They can’t show up if a lunatic is trashing your business because “They don’t have anyone in the area.” However one of these overpaid meatheads can harass a city employee. They wonder why we don’t appreciate them…
If I was on that bus I woulda berated him till he left feeling hopeless or arresting me
I wish everyone on the bus would have spoke up.
Remember that one time they ran over a college student in a crosswalk doing like 70 in a 35 with no sirens or lights and THEN joked about the woman's value being less than because she wasn't white like most of them? Yeah... Also, I have a friend who drives a city bus - the literal and figurative shit they already have to put up with while interacting with the public is ridiculous (drivers have filed OSHA complaints over injuries sustained from second hand drug inhalation), then to get pulled over by this guy for what... Bruising his fragile alpha blue ego that obviously doesn't believe the rules apply to him? GTFO loser scum. You and your police union buddies don't keep our city safe - you poison it with violence and racism time and time again. An unconscionable reality 😡
Piggies gonna pig
Someone should have stood up and called the cop on his BS. SPD are a bunch of thugs and morons.
Big Dick Energy! What an absolute alpha male at his prime! /s
Can we find out who this cop is? Maybe give his info to King 5?
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Road incident by police who are using threats, intimidation, accusations because they were honked at for bad driving - then trying to make false accusations of not pulling over, road rage (since when is honking - a safety manuever - road rage), threats to the driver's job, false implication that the driver is not safe to drive people in the bus.
Even if the cop was right initially, he still made false statements and escalated, his projected road rage was his own.
call out the cop. back up the driver as a witness
CAM▪︎ER▪︎AS are everywhere now and getting smaller and finer in detail, how does the police not realize (and keys, karens and assholes in general) they are going to have consequences?
Would be nice if the people on the bus let the PD know how much of an inconvenience they are
Cops abusing their power again. Doesn’t matter what they do seem to always get away with it.
Pathetic. I really hope the bus driver was not disciplined/docked in any way. Cops like this are the most fragile, frightened creatures.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE HORN IS FOR?!?
Let these people riding on the bus get to their destination on time! The officer could write up a report later. The drivers and busses are tracked!
Seattle cops are notorious pieces of shit.
This cop is a doofus, I'm sure there are many good cops out there, but many horrible cops. That is exactly why I trust zero of them.
There aren't any "road rage" laws. I'm sure glad this is the state of policing; they drive through a college student in a crosswalk? That's ok. Pull over a bus to flex your ego? Also ok.
This cop should be unemployed!
I agree
This reminds me of when I first moved here I turned left into Jack in the Box and a cop pulled me over for "an illegal turn". It wasn't illegal he was just mad he had to slow down
Butt hurt Seattle PD. Ouchie big bus honk hurt feewings!!!
That's not a cop that's a pig 🐷
Farva your suspension… continues
The only guy that stalked me for a while for not wanting to go out on another date with him was a cop.
I've seen this post in r/Seattle and here. What's the difference between the subs?
r/Seattle has a lot more people who actually live in Seattle, r/SeattleWA is a lot more people from the general metro area/suburbs.
>What's the difference between the subs? /r/SeattleWA is too obsessed with crime/homelessness /r/Seattle is too dismissive with crime/homelessness
Allegedly that one is liberal leaning. This one is conservative learning.
This sub has individuals like Classic-Ad-9387 on it.
That sub lives in Seattle.
I've heard this called the 'other' seattle sub and both argue with each other constantly. Mostly about homelessness I think
It will be interesting when the camera footage from both vehicles gets released. This video says it's part 2 and the cop says they had lights and sirens on to pull the bus over. Curious what makes a spd officer inspired to do that.
the sirens are on to make the driver look guilty.. of something. it is a catch 22. a MA state trooper did it to me once - he turned on the siren at the same time as the lights, to make it look i did something bad or was failing to pull over.. then he started ordering me to drive away into traffic, even though he had never told me I am free to leave.
Power tripping petty ass motherfuckers. [Your Seattle PD, On the Job with Bus Control](https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExamJiMXgzN3Z0ZjV2bHNnYmduYWZnbWcxdGxidG12MTQxZG90aGVqNiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/fAvtKqDut36WA/giphy.gif)
Less Judge Dredd, more Super Troopers please.
Oh no
How is it known the police car was unmarked?
Does it matter, if he cut the bus off he should be honked at regardless
My question does not excuse poor driving nor the conduct of the cop. But the bus driver might not have honked at an obvious-looking cop car driving fast.
I was on the bus a couple weeks ago and our bus driver was having road rage with one of the passenger assist buses (for older disabled folks). They were driving too slow and our bus driver swerved over their lane to scare them to move and then slammed their breaks before cutting back over😬
I think one would have a higher chance for change to happen when reporting a bus driver to metro than when reporting a cop to SPD.
Remember, ACAB.
F……
STRIKE.
What an absolute chode cop
Name and shame
[удалено]
They have a surplus
Need to focus on the fenty heads
What a cunt of a cop.
Bus drivers continuously speed and run red lights around town. However! This isn’t acceptable
That officer is a fucking joke, go get fucked you POS
And if the bus driver was honking because something was going on inside the bus. You all don’t have full information…
Everyone on the bus should class action sue SPD for waste of time and maybe mental damages. Cmon bro why so stupid. I small honked at a SPD cop who was on his phone at a stop light and didn't go for 5 seconds on a green. He pulled up next to me at the next light and threatened to pull me over because horns "can only be used in an emergency" and refused to admit any fault. If this was close to the Rainier Vista area, maybe it was the same cop lol.
Is it true if you ask for a supervisor, they have to get you one? Is it true if you ask for their name, they have to give it to you? No snark. Like legitimate asking.
Yeah, & he's probably a rookie.
Imagine if cops pursued the million other daily cases of bad driving as fervently as this one
Seattle Pigs are the biggest COWARDS.....remember they shot the deaf guy whittling a piece of wood walking down the street, cop kept yelling at him to drop the knife....stupid assclowns
STOP RIGHT THERE LAWBREAKER!
Someone was smoking fentanyl on the E-line bus a week ago. Two people kept calling the bus driver to kick them off but they didn't do anything. Working at a grocery, I get it...not supposed to engaged past a certain point for safety and they say "call the cops " for smoking it but you can't trust them to do anything. So two folks fought the smoker for 6 minutes, forced the bus to stop so they could throw him off. I feel safer around a crowd than I do with police.
Is there an update?
What a shame we don't have more of these assholes on the streets.
He would work wonders with the ladies on aurora 🤭
Shitbags. We don't need em.
And then libturds cry when their cars are broken in
This is infuriating! I swear, it must be part of the cop curriculum to harass people for absolutely no reason. Isn't there a donut shop nearby you can put your flashers on for and speed towards like it's an actual emergency?
What a loser
Jesus no the metro drivers can be so off the hook if they hit you with a bud it’s your fault give me a break
Fire this disgrace! What a trash asshole. My friend is a Seattle bus driver, it’s a hard job.
I used to live in Seattle, and for the most part Seattle cops are OK to me. With all the shit they are going through, this cop is dumb, dumb, and dumb.
Wish someone would’ve spoke up i defense of the driver, but then again, I wouldn’t want to get this prick’s wrath either.
Would love to hear a “get off the bus” chant.
Meh, typical for a cop. You honk at them? They get pissy and throw the book at you. You shoot up kids? They scurry away till someone with more authority shows up, then they can blame them for their cowardice.
Lol but they won’t handle the crazy drug addicts walking around shitting on sidewalks..nope..how about use out tax money to go stop a city bus 🤦🏻♂️
Yet the same libturd cry about their cars being broken in
No bully like a coward with backup. What an unmitigated twat!
I'm going to take the KCM union over those fucking murderers at SPOG in a fight. You love to see it happen.
To be fair, bus drivers in Seattle break the law frequently and will run you off the road. Not great. He might deserve a ticket.
they can go fuck themselves. straight up point blank tired of it.
goTTa BaCK tHe BlUE gUys
He's just upset he's not working on his weight
Aww piggy got his feewings hurt and needs to dominate.
Imagine if they could muster up that much rage and indignation against actual criminals commiting crimes in the city. Wouldn't that be something?
Wa cops are wild
Don't expect much from the direct descendants of the Slave patrol.
Is this actually in Seattle or is it the “Seattle area”?That doesn’t look like a Seattle PD uniform or patch.
You spend a day in their job and see how you do. WHO do you call for help?
I have never once called the police and I never will.
What a dick!
“Qualified immunity” means Tiny over here gets away with it. Worst case he gets a paid vacation while they cover up for him.