According to King 5 News (August 1, 2018) the motorcyclist who had a gun pulled on him by a King County deputy is suing the Sheriff's Office
Detective Richard Rowe, who was in plainclothes and driving an unmarked car, pulled over Alex Randall in August 2017. On footage of the incident, Rowe is seen walking up to Randall with a gun pulled close to his chest pointed at Randall.
The suit claims Rowe did not properly identify himself. The suit alleges Rowe used excessive force, and King County’s training policies did not adequately train their officers to handle these daily occurrences.
"The Sheriff’s office clearly demonstrated that they feel no need to hold Deputy Rowe accountable for his actions, that violated Sheriff's office policies as well as my 4th Amendment rights," Randall said in a written statement.
"That’s why I’m following through on this lawsuit, it’s my only recourse to try to [elicit] any change to the King County Sheriffs Department, and in doing so protecting myself and other King County residents from dangerously unstable officers," he said.
Randall is asking for punitive damages and for a correction to King County’s policies that violate state law.
Rowe was placed on administrative leave after the video surfaced in August, and he was suspended in April for five days without pay.
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In an August 2017 video by KIRO 7 News the King County Sheriff stated that he was going to use the video of this traffic stop to train recruits in what not to do.
Motorcyclist Alex Randall stated that if he had not had the camera on his helmet that there would have been no evidence of this police misconduct. How many others in King County have been the victims of this kind of misconduct with no evidence to back them up and no recourse to resolve the matter after the fact.
The King 5 News video Police Misconduct: King County Sheriff's Department 8/16/17 is also available on YouTube.
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