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Saturday Special: Seattle police at Jan. 6 Trump rally say they witnessed no violence, Seattle sees an uptick in people stealing and vandalizing public art, and more love for Ichiro Suzuki as the Mariners retire #51

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

News, Daily News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… After years of legal battles, the city of Seattle has disclosed the names of all of the Seattle Police officers who attended President Trump’s rally on January 6th, 2021. It’s been almost a year since the statue Sadako and the Thousand Cranes was stolen from a park in the University District. The city has seen an uptick in other public art being tampered with. And T-Mobile Park has a new plaque - one that honors Ichiro Suzuki, and retires his number #51… We’ll hear from people who attended his jersey retirement game on why he means so much to Seattle.

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0:00.0

I'm Dyer Oxley, and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, find out how Dungeons and Dragons could save the nation.

0:07.1

With lies on social media traveling faster than reason, could this nerdy role-playing game be the answer to combating disinformation?

0:15.3

Listen to Meet Me Here on the KUOW app or wherever you get your podcast.

0:21.2

Hey, good morning. Patricia Murphy here. It's Saturday. This is Seattle now. Today, we're

0:27.0

bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom. We'll start with an update on the Seattle police

0:32.2

officers who attended President Trump's rally on January 6th, 2021. After years of legal battles, the city of Seattle has

0:40.7

disclosed the names of all of those officers. The city has also released records, including

0:45.8

interviews, where the officers say they knew nothing of the violent siege going on inside the U.S.

0:51.1

Capitol. Amy Radle has this story. All six Seattle police officers say they attended

0:57.6

at least part of President Trump's speech near the White House that day, in which he falsely

1:02.1

claimed the election had been stolen. That's where a married couple, officers Alex Everett and

1:07.1

Caitlin Rochelle, say they posted a photo that was spotted and reported by a colleague triggering SPD's investigation.

1:14.3

In Alex Everett's interviews with Seattle's Office of Police Accountability that spring,

1:19.0

he tells investigators he's aggravated because he's been the subject of media attention and death threats.

1:25.5

I have to spend hours scound on the internet

1:28.6

stoop websites that hyperpersonal information

1:31.3

is to scrub this stuff off because my family's list on there.

1:35.2

My wife's list on there. I have to work on my family

1:37.3

potentially be an attached to this.

1:39.2

Everett says he and his wife are facing punishment for nothing more

1:42.6

than wearing MAGA hats in public.

1:45.0

He describes walking towards the Capitol that afternoon and seeing peaceful crowds waving flags

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