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The police officer who told colleagues to “f**k people up” at a pro-LGBTQ+ demo · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 2: Coming up, you're gay. I'll see you in court. First, though,
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  Speaker 2: a police officer at a pro-LGBTQ plus demo in America
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  Speaker 2: who told his colleagues we're here to F people up
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  Speaker 2: has been given a written warning. Queer people are gathered
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  Speaker 2: to protest against an anti-transgender event by the far-right Christian
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  Speaker 2: group Mayday USA at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle last year.
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  Speaker 2: Lieutenant Matthew Didier led a violent police response which saw
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  Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus demonstrators thrown to the ground and more than
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  Speaker 2: 23 arrests.
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  Speaker 1: I'm tracking everything that's happening. We are about to do
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  Speaker 1: some work, but we're going in this time with guns
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  Speaker 1: blazing and all our pieces in place. We are past
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  Speaker 1: talking to people. We're here to fuck people up now.
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  Speaker 2: Seattle Police Department says Didier's written warnings in line with
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  Speaker 2: the principles of progressive discipline they're guided by It does
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  Speaker 2: concede the force is now less trusted by queer people
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  Speaker 2: and they're going to work on improving engagement with the community.
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  Speaker 2: discriminated against gender diverse kids. The woman's tried suing her
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  Speaker 2: ex-husband for 50,000 euros in Italy after he came out
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  Speaker 2: as gay and left her for another man. Argued she
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  Speaker 2: was due the cash because he deprived her of children
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  Speaker 2: court in Tuscany she'd cheated too. Plus, he wasn't going
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