Comments on: Lawyer for West Seattle man goes public with video of client biting police officer, then being hit by him

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:43:10 +0000

I wish the people who went to law school would have some common sense just once in a while.
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All our judges and public defenders are lax, and Seattle now has a national reputation for being soft on criminals, so they run here from all different parts of the country.
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It’s a safe haven because our entire legal system has a hug-a-thug mentality and ZERO compassion for victims.

By: Boone

Boone — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:06:07 +0000

I am AMAZED at the number of people judging this situation without thinking about it first.

Officers arrive and see a car idling outside a business. Said business is often robbed, with suspects fleeing into idling vehicles.
ISAAC does not have contact information for the cars owner, (who is not him).
ISAAC has TON of keys, which is typical of burglars and car thieves.

While police are questioning him under (VERY) reasonable suspicion, he continually tried to reach for his keys, which are often used as a make shift weapon, while becoming more and more upset and agitated.
For the officers safety they “take him to the ground” which is pinning the suspect in order to put cuffs on him.

Was this man innocent? Yes, he did not steal a car, nor from the business.
Did he act in the way of most career criminals, and resist arrest after reaching for a weapon? Yes.

Being a cop means making decisions on the fly and above all, keeping yourself safe. Police work is dirty and awful.

If they had let him go and it was a stolen car, we’d be commenting about how they don’t do enough.

Before you cry “bullies” consider the actual situation. It’s really easy to say you would do different when you’re comfortably at your desk, but until you’ve had multiple people try to attack you with keys, sticks, and anything else around, you have NO CLUE how dangerous routine stops like this can be. Police work is extremely stressful, the expectation they should be all smiles and rainbows when dealing with suspicious persons is ludicrous, and frankly- unsafe.

Next time you’re being robbed, raped, stabbed, or followed by someone shady, remember its a cop putting their safety on the line to help YOU. A cop is the one being deposed and SUED because he thought he was HELPING.

People are so backwards now, it makes me truly sad.

By: WSB

WSB — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:55:59 +0000

Just FYI, we do not allow multiple comments under different names from the same IP. You don’t have to use your real name here, but you do have to stick with one name per thread. Thanks.

By: All for nothing

All for nothing — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:58:06 +0000

Funny how the posting is “lawyer-for-west-seattle-man-goes-public-with-video-of-client-BITING-police-officer-then-being-hit-by-him” but video clearly shoes the cop stuck his hand in his mouth felt teeth then hit the kid. Failure by the s.w. precinct next time find someone w no teeth to take your aggression out on

By: D

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:57:27 +0000

“I would make the assumption here that all the people who are commenting about bad police behavior have been involved in that experience?”

Yikes. This attitude is so disturbing.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:18:33 +0000

This kid’s got a history of school lunch fights who cares?! A person can’t be prejudged all their life because of stupid childhood events..

By: Westside

Westside — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:49:09 +0000

Smart thinking Sara… People are so dumb!!! Anybody who is against Isaac is somebody who knows him personally and they’ve been waiting on a chance to trash on him their whole lives. Enjoy it people! Soon you will all go back to hiding in your house and spying out the window.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:04:58 +0000

I noticed a lot of the defendant court dates for Isaac were in 2010/2011. Guessing these are the appearances he had to make in which he was prosecuted for assault in biting this man’s finger.. in which it was DISMISSED.

By: Brin

Brin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:34:46 +0000

T-Rex. Yup – any time a cop tells you to do something DO IT. And that’s why we have Hitlers, Stalins, Pol Pots, Idi Amins, Saddams, the list is depressingly long. It’s because sheep like you do whatever the despots tell you to do, and then scream bloody murder when they come for you. But by then it’s too late. Not thanks, Pal, I’ll never stop questioning the abuse of power, and keep a close eye on people like you at the same time.

By: T-Rex

T-Rex — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:30:27 +0000

With his record, I highly doubt he will get anything except more attention from the Seattle PD.

When a cop tells you to do something, DO IT. No questions asked. And yes sir and no sir no longer mean a young adult is showing respect. I am sure he does not normally say that to his elders. Loud screaming is common practice with some people to give witnesses the impression they are being hurt.

I would make the assumption here that all the people who are commenting about bad police behavior have been involved in that experience?

Just saying….

By: wsmom

wsmom — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:15:38 +0000

This cop and those involved should be fired. This could be anyones child, He should have been asked to move and given a ticket. Not harrased and assualted repeatedly. I’m dissapointed in all the people whom you could see walking by and those who did nothing for this poor kid.

He deserves every dime is he is going to get, He will win. The video shows it all. If this isn’t a bully and harradment I don’t know what is.

I know several seattle police officers, I know they would never be ok with this behavior. For the most part we have good cops but there are several rotten ones as well.

I don’t want cops like that out on the streets looking for kids to take there aggression out on.

By: T-Rex

T-Rex — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:39:36 +0000

I am with Bob on this one….

Now he is looking to make a quick buck. How American.

By: WSratsinacage

WSratsinacage — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:30:09 +0000

The same lawyer is also representing a guy who got punched in the eye after spitting in a cops face.
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Less and less of a law enforcement fan but .. Don’t want to get punched? Don’t spit in a cops face or bite him/her.
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I also hate when people park like that! It is selfish and dangerous.

By: anonyme

anonyme — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:16:57 +0000

This was a calculated assault. The first cop interrogated the guy from behind, so his natural inclination would be turn around – thereby removing one hand from the hood of the car. This was no accident, and was used as one flimsy excuse for violence. It’s also disturbing that the cops dragged the guy out of range of the dash cam to escalate the attack. What’s truly outrageous is that the police department unfailingly justifies these actions.

By: stylinred

stylinred — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:09:59 +0000

both parties are to blame; the police for being bullies and the civilian for resisting

seattle or that is washington state police have had a lot of bad press in recent years this isn’t going to help it