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Athens, Ga. rockers Lullwater maintain community standards! (2011 Video Interview, Live Performance)

@LullwaterMusic Happy Birthday to Lullwater musician John Strickland!... more

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Unite The World in 'Can't Hold Us' Video

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Cops Fire 20 Bullets At Unarmed Man In His Bed! Then Call It Justified!

A mediation hearing aimed at averting a costly lawsuit against the King County Sheriff's Office and the Washington Department of Corrections failed to produce a settlement, according to attorneys who participated. The case involves a 2012 incident where 28-year-old Dustin Theoharis was shot 16 times while in bed. Theoharis had not committed a crime--police entered his room to search for weapons after arresting someone else at the Auburn home.
"Unfortunately, no settlement was reached," said Theoharis's attorneys, Erik Heipt and Ed Budge of Seattle, following a lengthy mediation Monday. "Although Dustin had sincerely hoped to avoid the need to file a lawsuit, he may be left with no choice." they said in a written statement.
The Feb. 11, 2012, incident is currently being reviewed by an outside investigator. But official determinations that the officers involved acted appropriately is posing a test for King County's newly elected sheriff and his promise to reform the department's use of force procedures and to increase accountability across the ranks.

It started when team of sheriff's deputies and a Washington Department of Corrections officer entered an Auburn house to arrest a convicted felon who had violated the terms of his parole.

After the team arrested the man they were after, two officers proceeded to search the rest of the home for firearms. They were told that another man -- Dustin Theoharis -- was also in the house in the room he rented.

The officers -- DOC's Kris Rongen and Deputy Aaron Thompson -- fired nearly 20 times after entering Theoharis' room, hitting him 16 times. Miraculously, he survived, but was left with a shattered jaw and shoulder, a fractured spin, and damage to his limbs and organs.

The officers said they fired because they believed Theoharis was reaching for a firearm.

"He looked back and forth at Kris and I and Kris asked him if he had any weapons. And he said yes," Thompson said in a recorded statement describing the shooting.

"Both of us were shouting at him, 'Put your hands up! Put your hands up! Put your hands up!'" Thompson continued. "And he stopped and looked at us and then he jammed his hand like he was reaching. I thought he was probably reaching between the mattress and box spring to get something and that's when we started shooting."

Theoharis did not have any firearms. He may have been reaching for a flashlight, investigators later determined.

Then-Sheriff Steve Strachan defended the shooting. "He [Theoharis] made reference to having three guns, and the deputy and the officer felt threatened."

Full Story: http://www.king5.com/news/investigators/Police-shooting-could-cost-taxpayers-millions-200657821.html

http://youtu.be/xUwqeIui7tkA mediation hearing aimed at averting a costly lawsuit against the King County... more

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Classic pre-war speech in America - George Galloway

Pre-Iraq war George Galloway delivers a great speech in Seattle.... more

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Dash Cam Video Shows Seattle Police Officer Punching Man In Face Raw footage (Warning: full video contains graphic language)

SEATTLE — A Seattle man filed a formal complaint against Seattle police Friday,... more

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Cheers, New Year's Eve-style countdown as pot use becomes legal in Washington state

The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early... more

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Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages

(Reuters) - Washington state made history on Thursday as the first in the nation to... more

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Seattle Street Art Preservation

300 original photos taken within city limits over many years to help preserve the... more

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Dying Woman Humiliated By Revealing TSA Pat-down

SEATTLE — A dying woman says a a security pat-down at Sea-Tac Airport left her... more

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Seattle Cops Retaliate Against Man That Complained About Seattle Police

SEATTLE -- A local man claims he wound up facing criminal charges simply because he... more

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Fall From Grace - 18 & Out

Fall From Grace video, '18 & Out' from the 2012 album, The Romance... more

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Be part of the Seattle Street Art book project!

I self published a book last year that was an original photographic document... more

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The Ready Stance plays songs in their Damndest interview yet! (Video)

Three live, acoustic songs performed by Kentucky rockers The Ready Stance exclusively... more

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An amazing music video made by children at Seattle Children's Hospital

This is really inspiring. The song is by Kelly Clarkson http://youtu.be/ihGCj5mfCk8

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Seattle Mayor Uses Emergency Powers To Expand Police Power

May 01, 2012 Northwest News http://youtu.be/87h7-u8HjSI

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Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Thursday

Unexplained dolphin strandings continue in Mass. Congress reaches payroll tax-cut... more

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Seattle library lets man watch porn on computers despite complaints

A Seattle library is making news after refusing to remove a man who was watching... more

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Athens, Ga. rockers Lullwater maintain community standards! (Video interview, live performance)

A video interview with and live performance by Athens, Georgia-based rockers Lullwater... more

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Alien Dog Rides the Snow

Snowboarding crow? I'll up the ante with a sledding dog.... more

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Black Seattleites score poorly compared to Immigrant Imports

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