Thread by @AlyciaRamirez3

*Thread*
1/ Defend SPD, the group who has been organizing/co organizing pro SPD rallies in Seattle are actually racist and anti black and are getting ALOT of assistance from SPD.

Let's take a look at their FB group.

2/ The group goes beyond just being Pro SPD. They are also pushing back against equity and ethics studies at seattle public schools, with the assistance of Safe Seattle

3/ This Defend SPD group *really* doesn't like anti racism. Note: This is one of the organizers of the group and a white woman.

According to this we're "brainwashing" our black children.

4/ Targeting prominent organizers in the local movement.

This is again a post from the defend SPD organizer directed at EDM evening march (a black led group that marches in Seattle every evening), claiming she isn't really a "strong black woman" and comments on her lips....

5/ Organizing with TERFs.

Beth Daranciang is a christian extremist and TERF who co led the now defunct "Mass Resistance WA" which brought armed proud boys to intimidate families attending a Drag Queen Story Hour last summer

massresistance.org/docs/gen3/19b/…

seattleweekly.com/news/tensions-…

6/ SPD officers themselves are in the Defend SPD group. Like North Precinct Officer Dale Umpleby, who thinks "BLM are Marxists" and "Antifa are the real fascists".

Umpleby is also one of 123 officers who sued against the conscent decree in 2014

kiro7.com/news/spd-offic…

7/ Another identifed officer in the group is Detective Alvaro Ferrirra who has been helping them build the group

openthebooks.com/members/employ…

8/ And former SPD officers are also in the group

9/ Defend SPD seems to be targeting BIPOC organizers, here they are targeting BIC

10/ They also are tagged popular protest stream Future_Crystals a popular protest streamer. The day before their Pro SPD event they claimed he had a gun, and would be "warched".

The next day he was physically man handles by attendees.
Footage here: instagram.com/tv/CGLXsTGlrFN…

11/ And to no ones surprise the Defend SPD group also Defends the Kenosha Shooter.
drive.google.com/file/d/1-l7lmb…

12/ SPOG has also been promoting these events on their social media and providing security.

For more snapshots into the Defend SPD group, you can view them here:
drive.google.com/folderview?id=…

Cc:
@ericacbarnett
@spekulation
@BrettHamil
@TheStranger

13/ This isn't just a case of a "few bad apples" the entire SPD Department is rotten to the core.

They actively organize with right wing groups and activists yet beat and brutalize black & brown ones.