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Using “John Doe” pseudonyms, they sued over whether the investigation into their activities should be made public. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in February that they can be identified and that they haven’t shown that public release of their names violates their right to privacy. The state supreme court denied reconsideration earlier this month and lawyers for the four officers submitted a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the names remain protected during their legal challenge.

Four officers who attended events in the nation’s capital on the day of an insurrection claimed they are protected under the state’s public records law. They say they did nothing wrong and that revealing their names would violate their privacy.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 177 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why aren't they proud of what they did? They should put their name behind their actions.

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Sure seems like they they know they did something wrong if they dont want anybody to know about it

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

The only thing they regret is being caught

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They can never get their stories right about anything. First, it was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI working with BLM and "antifa" and no magats were there. Then, you had Marjorie Trailer Queen crying over a fake installation of them in prison and they were declaring they were "political prisoners" because it was just a "day of love", etc...

[–] griff@lemmings.world 13 points 10 months ago

Marjorie Trailer Queen!!!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

That's the thing, they don't have to get their stories "right" about anything. The blatant hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug. It's a complete waste of time to focus on it.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago

That certainly is the logic they use when they cruise around with Stingray devices in their cruisers that honeypot/MiTM every single 4g/5g/Wifi drevice in a 100m+ radius.

iF yOu hAvE nOThInG to HiDE yOU HavE nOtHInG toO WoRRy abOUt

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No. They didn't think they did anything wrong. It's insane, but I'm serious. They are absolutely convinced they are the good guys.

Which is why they believe they don't deserve to have any consequences. But the evil left will "cancel" them if they're doxxed, and that's just not fair since they were doing the "good" things.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Your average MAGA supporter thinks that. These guys are literal psychopaths.

[–] Briaaahn@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They are proud but they work in one of those most liberal cities in america. They know they are incredibly outnumbered.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

No they're not, the city has a large number of Republicans running things. People don't realize how conservative even a liberal place can be. They're just quietly fucking things up behind the scenes.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

They are proud of what they did, but only among fwends.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 62 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Seems like a real easy thing to leak

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 97 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

They have been leaked. It happened pretty much instantly after people found out.

Officer #1: Alexander Everett

Officer #2: Caitlin Rochelle

Officer #3: Jason Marchione

Officer #4: Sgt. Scotty Bach

Officer #5: Vice detective Michael Settle

Officer #6: Jacob Briskey

This is just some complex legal maneuvering for lawsuits from the traitor cops.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

I love it when the Streisand Effect hammers evil people. I didn't know about these four traitors before, but I do now, and now I want them fired.

If they can't be fired, I want them to be surrounded by a giant, vicious crowd, as they beat the everloving shit out of these traitors for hours.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well of course it did.

But I don't understand how clearing the names can protect them from lawsuits - doesn't being a cop pretty much protect them from consequences anyway?

Sounds like you need to be more creative with “consequences.”

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It doesnt protect them. They want to sue other people for releasing their names and for associated "pain and suffering."

This is a legal maneuver so the traitor cops can sue other people.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 23 points 10 months ago

Or even easier to solve with a few airline travel queries ha city employment records.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

WAT? First, I thought this was a false flag from BLM and "antifa". Then they were "political prisoners" and it was just a "day of love" and these assholes all got pardoned.

Why the shame?

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fuck these traitors. Their identities should be public knowledge. And they should lose their jobs and go to prison

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If they didn't do anything wrong, why are they trying to hide?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

They don't want any consequences for their actions.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 29 points 10 months ago
[–] SaintOwlPizza25@lemm.ee 28 points 10 months ago

Nah, you messed around so, we get to find out.

Y'all ashamed or something, cowards?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes, because innocent people always love to hide their innocence. Right.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, there's nothing inherently bad about wanting to keep your identity private. That should be a human right, if anything.

That said, J6ers need to be named and shamed, especially those in positions of power and authority. The latter part should be the single exception for the "privacy is a right" idea.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not just that, cops use the bullshit "if you have nothing to hide..." line all the time

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

Yep. I fell for that exactly once, and looking back on it I was incredibly lucky it worked in my favor (I'm also white, which absolutely helped).

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Except cops are allowed to act with their extended cop powers even when they are not on duty. So they are not just private citizens. If they want to keep those after work powers they should waive their right to privacy in all cases where they are out in public. They shouldnt get to pick and choose whatever is convenient for them-- they need to be fully accountable if they wield extra authority. Those particular J6ers have no right to privacy.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

100% agreed.

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well the question is did they merely “attend the rally”, or did they “participate in the violent storming of the Capitol building”?

Because honestly, there’s a big difference. Not everyone that attended the rally stormed the capitol. So it could be reasonable to not want your name made public just for being there.

Then again they are cops so they probably did storm the Capitol.

Then again, again, the mere fact that I assume that is probably why they don’t want their identities made public - especially if they were never charged for a crime.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

yes, pardoning them does not reset the conclusion that what they did was criminal. Trump lacks the power to reclassify it-- he can only let them out of jail. So it was a crime. Cops have no expectation of privacy while committing crimes-- pardoned for those crimes or not.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Fuck theae assholes, they should be jailed for life and their names should be published and plastered everywhere

[–] griff@lemmings.world 9 points 10 months ago

If they have nothing to hide…why do they want to hide?

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Smells like BITCH to me.

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Jan. 6 "rally"? Uhhhh