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Photos: US Detective Suspended With Pay Over ‘All Lives Splatter’ Post Mocking Dead Protester

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A 40-year veteran of Washington’s King County Sheriff’s Office has been placed on administrative, paid leave and had all of his police powers suspended after he posted a disturbing meme mocking the death of Seattle, Washington, protester Summer Taylor.

An internal investigation was launched against Mike Brown, a detective with the King County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday following reports that he had shared a meme which read “All Lives Splatter. Get your a** off the road,” and depicted a truck barreling through a crowd of people.

© YouTube/KING 5Facebook posts allegedly issued from the account of Detective Mike Brown, of the King County Sheriff's Office in Washington.
Photos: US Detective Suspended With Pay Over ‘All Lives Splatter’ Post Mocking Dead Protester - Sputnik International
Facebook posts allegedly issued from the account of Detective Mike Brown, of the King County Sheriff's Office in Washington.
According to the Washington Post, Brown allegedly shared the meme on his Facebook page just hours after Taylor, 24, was struck by a car on Saturday and later died in a hospital. Another demonstrator, 32-year-old Diaz Love, was also hit by the vehicle in question and has severe injuries from the incident.

Dawit Kelete, the 27-year-old driver of the car, has been charged by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving.

Kelete’s lawyer told the Associated Press that “there’s absolutely nothing political about this case whatsoever” and that it was a “horrible, horrible accident.”

“That guy needs to be fired now,” Matt Taylor, father of the late 24-year-old, told the Seattle Times - referring to Brown. “I think anybody who was liking it, sharing it or doing anything else with it should be fired. I think that’s beyond obvious. It’s disgusting and it’s unfathomable to me.”

Following Sunday reports from netizens, the sheriff’s office is now investigating three of Brown’s social media posts, reported Seattle-based outlet KING-TV.

“I see a couple of people got infected with COVID-19 from the hood of a car on I-5 last night,” he reportedly said in one post observed before his account was taken down.

He also appeared to mock the shooting death of 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson, who was killed during Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP).

“Say what? The CHAZ/CHOP have renamed Cal Anderson Park the, ‘Lil Renz’s Last Stand Park,’” he allegedly said in the post.

Democratic Washington Governor Jay Inslee said via Twitter on Tuesday that he was “deeply disappointed” in his cousin Brown and rejected his “inflammatory comments about recent protests.”

“We value all members of our community and are committed to serving everyone equally, with dignity and respect,” Sheriff Mitzi G. Johanknecht said in a Monday statement issued by her office.

Brown, who has been a member of the department for more than 40 years, was assigned to executive protection detail prior to his suspension.

“The heart is the center of your character, and that is his character,” Reverend Harriet Walden of Mothers for Police Accountability told local news outlet KIRO-TV. “So now, let’s find out how many complaints he has. The door’s open.”

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