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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      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.

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        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.

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        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?

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          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.