Seattle Protester on Intubator After Police Arrest
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This is Kel Murphy Duford. Kel was violently arrested by Seattle Police last night and is currently intubated and unconscious. Kel is also on the 50 protester lawsuit against the city of Seattle and SPD.
From Kel’s legal team: “We are outraged at the libelous entry on the SPD blog related to Kel Murphy Duford insinuating that he is responsible for the life threatening injuries suffered at the hands of the Seattle police yesterday. This latest unsupportable blog entry is designed to turn public attention away from police misconduct and towards a victim who currently is unable to speak or stand up for himself. Kel’s husband has provided this photo so that people can see what really is going on.
Not that it is anyone’s business. But Kel has diabetes and takes insulin.
The outrageousness of the SPD’s blog entry is magnified by the absolute fact that SPD has not received any information from Harborview physicians regarding Kel’s current condition due to HIPAA. Since Kel is currently intubated and unconscious, he has certainly not given his doctors’ permission to speak to SPD. Nor has his husband.
The SPD Force Investigators have therefore learned nothing about the causation of Kel’s condition that is worth reporting at this time.
We suggest that the SPD stop trying to shift blame. And stop defaming Kel.
We (Cedar Law attorneys) have filed a tort claim (precursor for a lawsuit) for Kel and his spouse and an OPA complaint, too.”
From Kel’s legal team: “We are outraged at the libelous entry on the SPD blog related to Kel Murphy Duford insinuating that he is responsible for the life threatening injuries suffered at the hands of the Seattle police yesterday. This latest unsupportable blog entry is designed to turn public attention away from police misconduct and towards a victim who currently is unable to speak or stand up for himself. Kel’s husband has provided this photo so that people can see what really is going on.
Not that it is anyone’s business. But Kel has diabetes and takes insulin.
The outrageousness of the SPD’s blog entry is magnified by the absolute fact that SPD has not received any information from Harborview physicians regarding Kel’s current condition due to HIPAA. Since Kel is currently intubated and unconscious, he has certainly not given his doctors’ permission to speak to SPD. Nor has his husband.
The SPD Force Investigators have therefore learned nothing about the causation of Kel’s condition that is worth reporting at this time.
We suggest that the SPD stop trying to shift blame. And stop defaming Kel.
We (Cedar Law attorneys) have filed a tort claim (precursor for a lawsuit) for Kel and his spouse and an OPA complaint, too.”
Organizer and beneficiary
Joey Wieser
Organizer
Seattle, WA
Kel Murphy-Duford
Beneficiary
