On the afternoon of June 2, 2018 Seattle Police dispatch received a 911 call regarding a male at the corner of 8th Avenue and Republican Street. According to the caller, the male was yelling and cursing, throwing bottles… and also throwing a kitten. Officers Oliver Murphy and David Passarella were dispatched to the call.
According to Murphy, he approached the male, who was later identified as Michael Stewart, and immediately noticed that Stewart was “extremely agitated in a manner consistent with someone who is under the influence of a large amount of methamphetamines.” (Note: since “methamphetamine” denotes a specific compound, “methamphetamines” is a meaningless – though common – pluralization.)
According to his report, Officer Murphy “then noticed the kitten, laying on the pavement behind the bench. The kitten appeared injured, and seemed lifeless. I went behind the bench and bent down to retrieve the kitten. When I did so, Stewart became agitated and screamed “that’s mine!” and reached for the cat as well. I grabbed him by the arm to prevent him from further injuring the animal, and while holding his arm, quickly retrieved the kitten from the ground. I left Stewart with Officer Passarella while I placed the kitten in the passenger seat of my patrol vehicle.”
“Post-Miranda, Stewart stated that he had used about $20 of meth before this incident unfolded (about .2 grams), which he said was double what he normally uses.” … “Stewart was booked into King County Jail for assault, and animal cruelty.” The victim stated that she would cooperate in his prosecution.
Stewart has a long history of getting himself arrested for assault and harassment. At the time of his arrest for the kitten incident he was already on – and in violation of – probation for assault, harassment, a totally separate assault, and indecent exposure. For the kitten incident Stewart was charged with one count of cruelty to animals and one count of assault, and was released on a $1,000 bond with a condition that he complete mental health treatment. He (a) didn’t do that, and (b) also missed a couple of court dates, which led to the issuance of a warrant for his arrest.
On 8/22/18 Stewart showed up to the courtroom building and signed in, but decided to leave before his case was called. Another bench warrant was issued, accompanied by six other warrants for various probation violations. When Stewart was located a bit less than a week later. the court ordered him held and also ordered a competency evaluation. On 9/12/18 all parties agreed that Stewart was competent to stand trial, and plea negotiations began. After more than a month in jail, on 10/23/18 Stewart pleaded guilty to the charges of assault and cruelty to animals. For the crime of cruelty to animals Stewart was sentenced to 90 days, and for the assault charge Stewart was sentenced to 364 days with 184 suspended. The sentences were to run concurrently, for a total of 180 days in jail, with credit for time served
On 7/22/19, in a separate matter, Stewart was convicted yet again of assault. In that case he was sentenced to 364 days in jail, with 309 days suspended, and a fine of $5,000 with $5,000 suspended.
Now, enough about Stewart. What happened to the kitten?
The male shorthair kitten was taken to Seattle Animal Shelter on 6/2/18. He was evaluated by a veterinarian and was assigned a guesstimated birthdate of 4/20/18. The following day he was adopted.
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But that lady is definitely a cat karen
All I heard from this guy was a bunch of vowels and the occasional “ what the fuckâ€
lol this guy has motor mouth
hmm really hard to decide who to believe 🙄
this dude is giving me a headache
Don’t even have to touch somebody for an assault in Seattle. Cops were just pushing for another felony charge
Damn dude coulda made 100 bucks instead ended up in jail, and lost the cat too.
dont grow up to be a tweaker like Michael kids
7:48 That sounds like Dreamcast noises
"when you throw a bottle and somebody FEELS like its going to hit them…and it FRIGHTENS them…its assault!" yeah, I won't be living in WA state y'all fucky up over there
Whoa, is that an appropriate tattoo for a police officer to show in public on duty?
Another day another video of some psycho from Seattle.
Seattle cops are the nicest guys. Certainly don’t deserve the treatment they’ve been taking by their city council.
Thank god he saved the cat lmao
This guys body cam is every way but straight
My names ghost can u call me ghost? Lol wtf
I was homeless in seattle the summer of 2018 and I personally knew this dude from shelters unfortunately. He had the same clothes and everything. Weird to see a familiar face here….He was fucking crazy. I was with another dude walking downhill and we passed him. my friend asked him for a cigarette and this michael guy freaked out and said we were fbi trying to kill him yada yada. Typical tweaker babble. Then he sped downhill as hard as he could on one of those community electric bikes and kicked my friend in the back on his way down, breaking his screen of a laptop in his backpack and knocking him over. He sped off before we could do anything. My friend was homeless too, so that computer was one of the only items to his name. Glad this dude is put away. Hes a complete trainwreck.
Also, I got off the streets a few months later, got a good office job, fixed my car and got an apartment. Very grateful not to be homeless anymore
It's not against the law to be high in public.
Welcome to Seattle.
Thank God the kitten survived! I hate this guy. How much you wanna bet he was looting stores last week in Seattle. ..
7:08 Kitten is ok! 😸
Meth too be cringy, with the right kitty, sometimes, you gotta be cruel too be kind. Meth motto. He needs torture and isolation room while detoxing
Typical trash of Washington.
Don't worry Michael Stewart if I ever see you around Seattle, I'd gladly kick your ass.
Was reading the video description looking for info on what happened to the cat. Thank God that poor cat found a home and they didn't euthanize him
I'd like to throw his tweaker a**…don't help him get up…"that's mine"
I feel like that woman might be a worse option for that kitten 🙁
.2 is nothing I'd go through and 8 ball in a week. 3.65g
I really wouldn’t have guessed this guy was doing amphetamines
Didn't know they arrest alinity
He has all the hallmarks of a serial killer in the making, did they bother to evaluate him for that also? 🤔
I love the cop wearing the body camera! Mad chill & cool
One word "meth"
They both have ugly gang tattoos
What an evil prick!
The Kid with the cool tattoos is a good cop-hope his patience doesn’t run out. Great job, even if it’s a kitten.
I know a guy who is like this all the time but he has severe ADHD and it is so frustrating trying to have a conversation with him
Cop1: “I’ll get the latex…â€
Cop 2: “if you cooperate I’ll do everything to make this as painless as possibleâ€
This guy needs to get Carole Baskin'd. Cat justice
They had to call ACO DeWitte to take the cat to the J.DeWitte Memorial Animal shelter
Another Seattle crackhead. This city is full of lowlifes like him.
Good job for Jeremy fuckwitte where's him when you need him
So 1.I think being high should be legal in the USA but ONLY in your home and not in public like being drunk for this exact reason.
2. A person who does stuff like this should be band from any recreational drugs. If your not acting like a stand up person in public you shouldn't be able to enjoy the same luxuries as people who handle their S***. 3. Animal abuse/cruelty … well lets just say I shouldnt say what I want to say…
cellulitis and sepsis are worlds apart. been there done that-plenty of cellulitis scars.
9:27 "No Pets" I hope they got him on that too!
What really happened: She's a crazy cat lady (she even admitted that) and wanted to buy his cat. He said no. She then thought that if she calls the police and tells that he threw around the cat and that he assulted her, nobody would believe his story but everybody's gonna buy her story. He would go to prison and she could keep the cat for free.
orange cats are the best
Police: Why are you so turned up?
Guy: TURN DOWN FOR WHAT??
From police impersonators to vile animals impersonating human beings. RWP never fails to produce.