I thought the same myself. Then, a couple days ago, he started ranting about federal consent decrees, and listed about three cities, including Seattle. After it sunk in I started punting together his claims and pet gripes with the realization that the DOJ began proceedings against the Seattle PD in 2011 and the SPD went through federal restructuring and management beginning in 2013. It went something like this:
aCW Claims
Ex vice cop in Seattle
Hates homosexuals
Hates drug users
Not big on Blacks and hates Hispanics
Hates Holder, Obama and federal consent decrees
Join date at TOL Sept. 2011 with a lot of time on his hands
So I directly asked him if he was released from the Seattle PD, he refused to discuss it and got very defensive. I pressed again and he changed the subject. I even gave him several opportunities to deny it, but he wouldn't. When I considered all this it became quite plausible that he very well could have been a bad cop in a bad police department found guilty of excessive violence and abuse against people on the streets, minorities (homosexuals, Blacks and Hispanics), and the mentally ill. He very closely fits the profile of someone who would seek a position of authority that would allow him to gang up on the populations he hates, especially if he could place them in restraints first. Then considering how losing a job for doing such things often leads someone unwilling to take personal responsibility to blaming their victims, and those who dole out the consequences, his intense bitterness fits.
No, I also found it difficult to believe he was ever a good cop, but a very bad cop in a bad police department makes perfectly good sense, and the puzzle pieces fit.