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		<title>Who killed Pastor Scott?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Who killed Pastor W. Scott Creech in the parking lot of his business in the Spokane Valley on August 25, 2010? Answer: One of Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich&#8217;s deputies, Brian Hirzel, who was allowed to go on vacation immediately after the killing and before being interviewed about the events. And, of course, the Sheriff&#8217;s finest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=592&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of Speech in Spokane &#8212; ACLU and CFJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Settlement Protects Freedom of Speech at Spokane Transit Plaza March 25, 2004 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Justice (CFJ) have reached an agreement with the Spokane Transit Authority to protect freedom of speech at the Plaza in downtown Spokane. The agreement settles a lawsuit challenging restrictions on free speech at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=587&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Rights &#8212; Tin Soldiers and Nixon&#8217;s Coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Author's note: Having just had the opportunity to spend some time this evening with my good friend, Michael Lyons, and in his honor, I am taking the opportunity to reprint this piece I wrote a month after Spokane Police and the multi-agency Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) attacked a group of young people on July [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=575&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just exactly who is Anne Kirkpatrick?                                                                 Annie Got Her Gun now tries to get out of town</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note by author: For readers who may consider the words that follow in this post to be harsh and unfair, consider that even the elegant, upscale Spokane Couer d'Alene Living Magazine, in the Lilacs and Lemons section of its March 2010 issue, gave Chief Kirkpatrick a lemon and reprimanded her, saying basically that if she [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=544&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane City Press Release on Ombudsman Ordinance</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/spokane-city-press-release-on-ombudsman-ordinance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/?p=538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(To read the ordinance fought for by the people of Spokane, approved by the Spokane City Council and to be signed by the Mayor, go to ORDC34609.pdf) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Mayor to Sign Updated Ombudsman Ordinance; Commends Council and Community for Work Release Date: 6/29/2010 4:45:00 PM Contact: Marlene Feist, (509) 625-6740 Spokane Mayor Mary Verner today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=538&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>S-R Letters in Support of Independent Police Oversight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spokesman-Review Letters to the editor July 1, 2010 Trust tied to independence I agree with Bob Apple the ombudsman needs power to investigate. The police force investigating themselves does not work to restore trust in the police. Only independent investigations will do that. Most police have nothing to fear. Those who overstep and use more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=528&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony:  SPD murder of Tyrone Thomas on 8/6/01</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/513/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following is the powerful testimony of Terri Anderson about the 2001 murder of Tyrone Thomas by the Spokane Police. Anderson spoke these personal words at the June 21, 2010 Spokane City Council meeting at which 65 people remained until nearly midnight to testify against the long history of human rights abuses and deaths committed by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=513&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>URGENT: Final Council Vote on Ombudsman Powers?  Monday, June 28 at 6:00 p.m.</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/urgent-final-council-vote-on-ombudsman-monday-june-28-at-600-p-m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t had a chance, please read yesterday&#8217;s front page Spokesman Review article about Bev Saruwatari and her family. It is another sad story about the tragic consequences of the abuse of authority and excessive use of force by the Spokane police. This is what happens when the police investigate themselves. Our sympathies and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=505&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane Ombudsman Ordinance Postponed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>takayanagisan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wee hours of the morning of June 22, 2010, Spokane City Council members decided they needed one more week to decide on an ordinance that will give independent investigative authority to the Office of Police Ombudsman. Council member Bob Apple introduced the original ordinance on May 10 and the matter was deferred until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=498&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End Spokane Police Abuse &#8212; Hold Them Accountable</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[End Spokane Police Abuses &#8212; Flyer pdf End Spokane Police Abuses &#8212; Flyer Word&#60;img<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=477&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Your Story of Police Abuse in Spokane</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Spokane community active in police oversight are gathering stories to strengthen the case that the citizens of Spokane are in need of real and meaningful oversight of the Spokane Police Department. Some very powerful community stories were told at the May 24, 2010 City Council meeting. Those testimonies can be viewed at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=464&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attend Council Vote on Oversight of Police Misconduct &#8211; Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 6 PM</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/attend-council-vote-on-oversight-of-police-misconduct-monday-june-21-2010-6-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spokane City Council will vote Monday, June 21, 2010 at 6 PM in the Spokane City Hall Council Chambers, at the corner of Post and Spoakne Falls Boulevard, on an ordinance to expand the duties of the Office of Police Ombudsman to include independent investigation and mandatory reporting of complaints of police misconduct and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=453&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police Lies &#8212; Officer Dan Torok and the SPD</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/police-lies-officer-dan-torok-and-the-spd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short primer, &#8220;When to Lie and How,&#8221; if brought out in an attractive and not too expensive a form, would no doubt command a large scale, and would prove of real practical service to many earnest and deep-thinking people. &#8211; Source: Oscar Wilde, &#8220;The Decay of Lying&#8221; The document does not name any officers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=445&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tyrone Thomas &#8211; shot in the back by Spokane Police &#8211; August 6, 2001</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/tyrone-thomas-shot-in-the-back-by-spokane-police-august-6-2001/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 6, 2001, Tyrone Thomas, an African American student at Spokane Community College, was shot and killed by Spokane Police in a downtown office building. The police accused Thomas of shooting directly at them and that they shot back in self defense. However, the bullet entered Mr. Thomas’s back as he fled down a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=430&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane Police have pals on high &#8212; Sheriff Knezovich former union rep</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/spokane-police-have-pals-on-high-sheriff-knesovich-former-union-rep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spokesman-Review Saturday, January 9, 2010 Letters to the editor Police have pals on high For years we&#8217;ve heard about our local law enforcement&#8217;s disrespectful performance. It&#8217;s the citizens of the city and county at fault. Chief Anne Kirkpatrick serves under the elected mayor and we elected Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. We ultimately end up with supervisors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=426&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane Repression of Free Speech &#8212; Oct 20, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday October 20, 2009, the political discussion group &#8220;Need To Know&#8221; will host Malcolm Haworth, who will speak of pivotal events in Spokane one hundred years ago. In the fall of 1909, Spokane police arrested 500 of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies) following the arrest of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=421&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October 22 Coalition</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/october-22-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation has been mobilizing every year since 1996 for a National Day of Protest on October 22nd, bringing together those under the gun and those not under the gun as a powerful voice to expose the epidemic of police brutality. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=417&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted &#8212; Photos of Spokane surveillance cameras</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/wanted-photos-of-spokane-surveillance-cameras/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally posted at the Spokane Hidden Police Cameras blog.) The e-mail address spokanehiddenpolicecameras@gmail.com is now working. If you have photos in .jpeg or other common formats of surveillance cameras used by local law enforcement, please attach them to an e-mail and send them with a description (detailed is better than brief but anything is appreciated) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=413&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call to Community Action &#8212; Surveillance in Spokane</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/call-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally published at Spokane Hidden Police Cameras) The Spokane Police Department &#8212; tied to numerous cases in recent years of corruption, killing, sex crimes, and human rights abuses committed by a number of Spokane police &#8216;officers&#8217; &#8212; is now deeply involved in spying on the Spokane community. Hidden cameras used by the Spokane Police Department [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=405&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small dogs vs. human beings and civil rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coincidentally, the day after I started a new blog &#8212; Spokane Hidden Police Cameras &#8211; a story hit the airwaves in Spokane. It told of the kind of brutal crime that makes one stop and wonder what has happened to humanity. The sort of story about which people comment to total strangers on the bus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=402&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police try to coopt Environmentalist (Audio/Transcript &#8212; The Guadrian)</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/police-try-to-coopt-environmentalist-audiotranscript-the-guadrian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 07:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jim Camden&#8217;s May 25, 2007 report in the Spokesman-Review, as well as police actions against protesters at Alberto Gonzales&#8217;s June 27, 2007 visit to Spokane, and the Independence day (July 4) 2007 attack by JTTF directed law enforcement on protesting youth, we know that Spokane Police and other law enforcement units engage in espionage, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=395&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lies encouraged in police Special Investigations Unit &#8212; 60 Minutes, June 1, 2008</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/lies-encouraged-in-police-special-investigations-unit-60-minutes-june-1-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Cop: Lies Were Encouraged May 30, 2008 (CBS) Indicted Chicago police officer Keith Herrera says his superiors knew and encouraged him to lie on reports so questionable arrests would stand up in court. In his first interview, Herrera, who also admits to stealing money, takes Katie Couric inside the Special Operations Section, an elite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=387&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Former Spokane Police Officer and Military SpecialOps veteran replaces non-Spanish speaking member of Governor&#8217;s Hispanic Commission</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/hispanic-commission-replaces-non-spanish-speaking-member-with-military-specialopspolice-veteran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington State Hispanic Commission has chosen to replace its non-Spanish-speaking northeastern Washington representative (covering Spokane and surrounding counties) with a veteran cop and military special ops &#8220;expert&#8221;. Bob Cepeda is a former Spokane Police Officer and comes to the Governor&#8217;s Hispanic Commission at a time when the Spokane Police Department is involved in extensive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=384&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Northwest Gang Investigators in Spokane, May 19-22, 2008</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/northwest-gang-investigators-in-spokane-may-19-22-2008-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So-called “gang experts” from the Northwest Gang Investigators Association will invade Spokane from May 19 to May 22, 2008, bringing their ever blessed light to shine upon the allegedly serious problem of gangs in Spokane. It is especially disturbing to see this organization coming to Spokane at this time given the fact that Spokane Police [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=382&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Separate Societies: One in Prison, One Not &#8212; (Op-ed: Washinton Post)</title>
		<link>http://spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/two-separate-societies-one-in-prison-one-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com Two Separate Societies: One in Prison, One Not By Marie Gottschalk Tuesday, April 15, 2008; Page A15 Forty years ago, the Kerner Commission concluded in its landmark study of the causes of racial disturbances in the United States in the 1960s: &#8220;Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white &#8212; separate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=381&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>North Central High counselor working hard on behalf of U.S. military recruiters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Umphrey, a counselor at Spokane&#8217;s North Central High School, has been hard at work on behalf of U.S. military recruiters. Here (click here for PDF file) are some documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Request to Spokane School District 81 in September 2005 and January 2007. The letter from Russell J. Vaucher from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=378&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police say they use taser on non-violent people</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://noworldsystem.com/2008/03/11/police-say-they-use-tasers-on-non-violent-people/ Police say they use Tasers on non-violent people Internal documents show the weapon has been employed simply to get some suspects do what they are told The Vancouver Sun March 8, 2008 Vancouver police regularly use Tasers to subdue people who are unarmed and non-violent, according to internal reports released by the force. On [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=376&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>URGENT CALL &#8212;  Spokane Campaign Against Violence Motivated by Hate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arroyoribera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CAMPAIGN AGAINST VIOLENCE MOTIVATED BY HATE Working together to address the increase in random acts of violence against homeless individuals in our community. We hope as a community we can put an end to this appalling and frightening trend. Central United Methodist Church 518 W 3rd Tuesday March 18, 2:00 pm Please RSVP with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=375&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane Police Complaint Forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first two are police internal affairs forms described by Spokane Police Internal Affairs Sgt. Jim Faddis as &#8220;unnecessary&#8221;.  They were obtained from by me from Sgt. Faddis and a colleague at the Police Internal Affairs Office located at the time in the Monroe Court Building in downtown Spokane.  Faddis had initially refused to provide [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=371&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deputy dumps quadriplegic from wheelchair in front of jail camera and colleagues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement in the United States has become a threat to public security. Take Spokane, Washington, where law enforcement beat, tasered, hog-tied and suffocated a disabled and innocent man, Otto Zehm, who later died. Spokane, Washington where suicidal Josh Levy was subject to 18 hours of police tactics prior to a botched tasering which prompted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spokanepoliceabuses.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1379157&amp;post=369&amp;subd=spokanepoliceabuses&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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