SEATTLE — Before descending on a crowd of counterprotesters at a religious rally last year at Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park, a Seattle police officer said “we’re here to f— people up,” according to new police body camera video obtained by KING 5.
“We’re going in this time with guns blazing and all our pieces in place,” said one Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer around 2:17 p.m. on May 24, 2025. “We are past talking to people, we’re here to f— people up now. We’re done with these guys and the sh– they’re doing. They’ve pushed the envelope and now they’re going to get the full [unintelligible].”
The officer appears to be giving instructions to at least 10 other officers at the MayDay USA event, a religious rally held by On Fire Ministries. KING 5 identified the officer as a member of SPD’s crowd control top brass…