So, I was minding my own damn business, heading off to run some errands, and came upon a gaggle of people (4 or 5 men, 1 woman), bundling someone into one of three cars. I pulled a u-turn, stopped minding my own business, and asked them what they were doing. They told me they were bail enforcement.
I asked them for ID. They refused. I explained that times being what they are, I wanted to be sure that they were actually bail enforcement. They got defensive and condescending and told me to move along. I continued my request for some sort of identification, and that was when the threats of tear gas started. They claimed I was blocking them; I moved my car. They continued to threaten to gas me. The upshot is that they drove off, I never saw any ID, and one of them not only threatened repeatedly to gas me (but didn’t).
I talked to Seattle PD non-emergency, and was told that yes, they were bail enforcement, but no, they don’t have the right to threat to tear gas me.
It was a scary and infuriating experience. And bail enforcement, particularly when they have side arms and other weaponry should damn well be required to identify themselves.
PS Just want to acknowledge that it seems likely that they didn’t gas me because I’m a middle-aged white woman.
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