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