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June 15th
2015
To:
King County Prosecutor's Office
c/o Jennifer
Nelson-Ritchie
via electronic mail
jennifer.nelson-ritchie@kingcounty.govFrom:
CD
Re:
Bellevue Police Case #REDACTED
Hello,
I spoke with Jeff Tory at
the Bellevue City Attorney's office on Tuesday,
June 9th 2015, and he
informed me he now has a request in to the Bellevue
Police Department for
more information on this case. The case appears online
under a crime mapping
utility with a description of "Disorderly Conduct",
which the Senior Officer
threatened to charge all parties involved with.
At the time of the
incident, I insisted I had been seriously assaulted, had
my injuries
documented, and filled out a sworn statement given to the police
in person
during their visit (despite the Senior Officers attempt to leave
without
it).In addition, I have a full first person video of the incident
proving
what I claim is true.
The Senior Officer told me to "Shut up" and that
she "was done with me" and
my brother and i can "mail in
statements".
Of the 4 officers present, 2 watched the video. Of those 2,
only Officer C.
Wyche inquired whether we (my brother and I) would aid in
prosecution, which
we affirmed. My brother was a victim of battery on the
video.
I believe the Senior Officer (Peach?) made an error and was
unwilling to
correct it in front of her peers, due to her misunderstanding
of the 2-party
consent law. She also made several sexist comments in the
presence of my
brother, which he and my mother will testify to. It appears
she essentially
considers any fight between males to be mutual combat; that
was not the case
here, nor do I think that is a healthy attitude for a
police officer to
have.
I do not know why the police have not
finished with the case, when it was
stated the day of the incident by the
Senior Officer that the investigation
was going to continue at a
prosecutor's office. I believe the officer may be
using administrative
delays to obstruct this case and avoid questions about
her conduct; no one
has contacted me or my brother requesting any
information.
How long
do the police have to forward a case, if they cannot decide what
charges, if
any, should be filed? Again, I am willing to assist in any
prosecution of
this juvenile suspect.
The full unedited video of the assault was given
to an officer on their
personal thumbdrive, a Red body with silver
plastic.
You may view copies via the links below:
VIDEO 1- UNLISTED
(ACCESSIBLE BY LINK ONLY)
LINK:
REDACTED (Twenty
minutes prior to the assault)
Driver ran stop sign in violation of RCW
9A.36.021.
VIDEO 2 - UNLISTED (ACCESSIBLE BY LINK ONLY)
LINK:
REDACTED (Second
Degree Assault)
RCW 9A.36.021
Assault in the second degree.
(1) A
person is guilty of assault in the second degree if he or she, under
circumstances not amounting to assault in the first degree:
(e) With
intent to commit a felony, assaults another; or
(g) Assaults another by
strangulation or suffocation.
I was being choked unconscious via blood
restriction and oxygen deprivation,
after the suspect had knocked the camera
out of my hands and struck me with
a closed fist in the left side of the
head above my ear.
His blow disoriented me completely and I was on the
ground when he recovered
his momentum and grabbed me from behind to assault
me again. In my written
statement I even say I do not know who struck me..
only after speaking with
my brother and watching the video could I piece
things together. The Senior
officer certainly did not go even this
far.
Striking someone over concrete with a closed fist could have
resulted in
serious injury or death. Choking me, the same.This use of deadly
force was
unwarranted and only stopped after the very restrained and well
communicated
directive from my brother to cease or face harm.
I
applaud my brother for his restraint and regret ever having put him or
myself in such a situation. That does not excuse the violence and the Senior
Officer's conduct.
I had to call the police on May 22nd, the Friday
after the assault, because
the juvenile suspect was harassing me by driving
by, revving his engine and
blasting music. I have several instances on
video, including him running the
stop sign again. I kept a log of incidents
which stopped for a period when
the juvenile suspect apparently left the
area. Now I see him on crutches,
and I suspect the ferocity of his attack
actually resulted in an injury to
his knee because of his size.
Jeff
Tory states he prefers not to email, and when I emailed the Bellevue
Police
I got a call back from an Officer McElia (McElyea?) where he left a
message
with my brother saying I "wasn't going to like what he had to say".
I really
prefer not to communicate verbally at this point unless there are
witnesses.
Your office is the only one who has responded promptly (I
never received a
response from my email to the Bellevue City Attorney via
their reception).
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
CD
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