‘I don’t know that you have a right to privacy’: Seattle cops at Jan. 6 riot try to hide identities

Current and former Seattle police officers who attended former President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to keep their identities confidential in public court records.

Even though Ursula Reutin, co-host of “The Gee and Ursula Show,” is suspicious about the officer’s motivation in attending the rally, she understands why they wouldn’t want their names published.

“I understand their point, what is it going to do to release their names? Other than to potentially have people say, ‘these officers are terrible because they attended this rally,'” Ursula said.

Seattle cops seek to hide names after attending Jan. 6 rally

Four officers who were in Washington, D.C., on the day of the Capitol insurrection argued that they are protected by Washington state’s public records law. They maintained they did nothing wrong and claimed that disclosing their names would violate their right to privacy.

KIRO Newsradio contributor Angela Poe Russell pushed back, claiming that if you choose to attend a public event, you can have public photos taken and your identity can be easily revealed.

“If you attend a public event where anyone, any reasonable person in the area, can see you, I just don’t know that legally you have a right to privacy,” Poe Russell said.

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