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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (474652)	3/1/2012 9:47:31 PM
From: Neeka	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794265

I have no idea what was going through his head at the time, but if nothing else Norm Stamper is an interesting character. Some "chemical agents" were used to control the crowds, so I do wonder if the Mayor made him stand down? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` "Norm Stamper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Norm Stamper is a former Chief of the Seattle Police Department and an author. He is best known for his role in the Seattle's response to the protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which eventually led to his resignation.[1] Stamper has expressed regret about his decisions at the time. When discussing the use of chemical agents such as tear gas Norm Stamper declared it was a mistake and said "The chief in me should have said, 'For the greater good, we ought not to have brought those chemical agents out. We ought not to have, I think, raised the stakes.'"[2] Since his resignation, Stamper has called for the legalization of all drugs and the case-by-case release of persons incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses.[3] He serves as an advisory board member for LEAP as well as NORML.[3][4] He has also starred in the marijuana documentary The Union: The Business Behind Getting High. Stamper is the author of a book entitled Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing.[5] In response to the Occupy demonstrations, he has reiterated his regret about how he handled the protests in Seattle, and publicly stated the need to create an alternative to what he termed "the paramilitary bureaucracy that is American policing", stating no change will happen "unless, even as we cull 'bad apples' from our police forces, we recognize that the barrel itself is rotten".[6]" en.wikipedia.org

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (474652)	3/1/2012 11:58:54 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794265

Norm Stamper, Seattle Police Chief, was too busy marching in the gay rights parade than in running the PD. Another result of our toxic PC society. en.wikipedia.org I was in the Columbia Center then, outside the tear gas area. A friend and I ventured down to watch the protest outside the King County Jail, but things were quite restrained. A high school pal retired from the Seattle PD a few years ago. His resentment at the restrictions put on the officers during the WTO rioting is a wonder to behold. The cops were on the ball, their leadership not.