Seattle Police Killing Us With Kindness

If you got caught in traffic today because Aurora was closed for five hours, you've got your friendly Seattle cops to thank:

Just after 1:30 a.m. Monday, officers were called to an apartment building in the 1500 block of Aurora Avenue North following a report that a man there had thrown a knife at his girlfriend and threatened two other people in the apartment with a rifle...

Police closed northbound lanes of Aurora Avenue and a seven-block section of Dexter Avenue North shortly after the call came in, Whitcomb said. Aurora Avenue was reopened after 7 a.m., and Dexter Avenue was reopened to all traffic at 7:45 a.m.

The man finally made contact with police negotiators shortly after 5 a.m., Whitcomb said. He surrendered peacefully at 6:35 a.m. and is being held on suspicion of felony domestic violence assault.

Where are the cops who "don't play by the rules" and are always getting investigated by "internal affairs", and getting threatened to be "busted down to traffic duty"? Maybe we need a couple of these guys on the force--you'd have a few minutes of guns blazin', and then traffic (and, possibly, blood) would be flowing.