Seattle police outraged by TV for accused cop killer

BY Chris Sullivan  on October 19, 2012 @ 5:05 am (Updated: 5:38 pm - 10/19/12 )

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Accused cop killer Christopher Monfort will be the only inmate in the ultra-security area to get his own TV. (KIRO Radio/Josh Kerns) | Zoom
The Seattle Police Department is up in arms over reports an accused cop killer will be getting his own television in his cell at the King County Jail.

Christopher Monfort, who is accused of killing Seattle officer Timothy Brenton on Halloween night 2009, will be the only inmate in the ultra-security area to get his own TV.

KIRO TV reports he's getting the special treatment for health reasons and because he's lonely.

Monfort has been awaiting trial for nearly three years.

He is also paralyzed below the waist so he doesn't have the same access as other inmates to television.

The jail director says Monfort needs some kind of stimulation while awaiting trial.

In a statement released Friday afternoon, The Seattle Police Department said it "strongly opposes any accommodation being provided to a charged murderer."

"It is our understanding that Christopher Monfort is currently being held in isolation. He is awaiting trial for the murder of Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton and the attempted murder of Seattle Police Officer Britt Sweeney. We disagree with the jail psychologist that Mr. Monfort needs a television. Mr. Monfort should spend less time complaining and more time reflecting on the crimes he committed.

With the third anniversary of Officer Tim Brenton's murder fast approaching, he is missed more than ever. No TV for Christopher Monfort," said the statement posted on the Seattle Police Department blotter.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    GD IT!!!
    October 19, 2012 5:34 am
    "Lonely"?!?!?!?! "LONELY"!!!!!! I bet Officer Brenton's family is "lonely" too. This state is out of control. ASSBACKWARDS! The lowest form of scum gets the best treatment.
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  • imanegro wrote...
    Because he's lonely?
    October 19, 2012 5:38 am
    This has to be a joke. Spend 2 minutes thinking about what he did- this guy doesn't deserve a TV or anything else.
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  • calapete wrote...
    who cares about a tv?
    October 19, 2012 6:01 am
    Why does he have to wait years for a trial? That is more interesting than a tv.
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    When are we going to make prisons
    October 19, 2012 6:06 am
    back into prisons.
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  • truthwillsetUfree wrote...
    Cop Killer
    October 19, 2012 6:13 am
    Has anyone told him to go read a book?
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  • Ted Bundi wrote...
    "needs some kind of stimulation while awaiting trial"
    October 19, 2012 6:24 am
    Hire a male hooker to stimulate him.
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  • dillifutz wrote...
    Please!!
    October 19, 2012 7:04 am
    Another Sad inmate @ Prisney land! Some heads need to roll over this. How is this even possible! Our tax money hard @ work.
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  • gomariners wrote...
    LONELY AND NEEDS STIMULATION?!?!?!?!?!?
    October 19, 2012 7:06 am
    Just when you think KC can't get any lower or more anti-police. Good god this is sick. The electric chair is all the stimulation he deserves. He certainly is getting plenty of food - fat ahole! They have the gun, his car with bullet holes, the firebomb materials = guilty. KILL HIM. Thankfully it was not two SPD killed that night and it was just the beginning of a dark, horrible time Halloween to Christmas in 2009. Is callous to put this story out right before the anniversary of Off. Brenton's murder.
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  • Aaron in Sammamish wrote...
    "Oops!"
    October 19, 2012 8:21 am
    That is what an officer pushing Monfort's wheelchair should say. Near a long flight of stairs.
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  • chellesbelles wrote...
    @Aaron...
    October 19, 2012 8:55 am
    I LOVE it! That is the best idea I've heard so far. Piece of garbage shoots down an innocent man in cold blood and he gets a tv? The only thing he should get is a lethal injection.
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  • cop4hire wrote...
    Oh, I don't know....
    October 19, 2012 9:15 am
    Now that he has a TV I think we should all have input into what he is forced to watch. I'll start by suggesting "The View" 24/7
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  • RnD_Fan wrote...
    just a couple channels...
    October 19, 2012 6:37 pm
    "The View" is a GREAT start, heck he'll off himself before the trial!

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  • Lonestar wrote...
    Aaron
    October 19, 2012 9:17 am
    They tried that with OJ Simpson in Naked Gun but he still didn't learn his lesson!
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