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SPD officers suspended after waiting 20 minutes to respond to shooting (www.seattletimes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by GlitzyArmrest to c/seattle

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Two Seattle police officers have been given a day off without pay for their lackadaisical response to a priority report of a shooting at a Sodo nightclub.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That headline hit different as a German. SPD officers? Shootings?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

SPD is Seattle Police Department

Seattle is a big city. Big cities here have shootings. People shoot each other. It's fucked

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I figured after reading. It's just that SPD is also an acronym for Germany's ruling party.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh got it! That would make for a very different article