The responses I’m receiving about last Friday’s acquittal of Jay Olsen – the boozed-up off-duty cop who shot Shonto Pete in the head after a wild chase two years ago – can be filed under two categories. 1. Purple-faced anger and … 2. What the “BLEEP!?!” disbelief. Then we have Lee, a 47-year-old North Side Spokane resident, who took a more subtle approach, thanks to a diabolically creative mind. Lee, by the way, doesn’t want his full name in the paper because of fears of reprisal. Whatever. I’m more interested in what came out of his disgust with the aforementioned verdict. And that is the Shonto Pete Bulletproof Hat/Doug Clark, SR. More here.

Related: Police launch Olsen inquiry/Karen Dorn Steele, SR

Question: Why do the cops in Spokane seem to get in a lot more trouble than their counterparts in North Idaho?

Item: Cop faces trial two years after wild shooting chase/KREM2

More Info: After two years and numerous delays, a Spokane police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man in the head is finally in a courtroom facing trial. Opening statements are set for today at the Spokane County Courthouse. Jay Olsen is charged with shooting Shonto Pete after a chase through a Peaceful Valley neighborhood in 2007.

Juror Issue: Based on how long jury selection takes it could run into the NCAA men’s basketball tournament that starts March 19.  Olsen’s attorney did ask the judge if the court can take a recess during Gonzaga’s games and the judge said he’d consider it.

Question: Should the judge allow recesses during March Madness, so jurors can watch ballgames involving the Gonzaga Bulldogs? (Vote in KREM2 poll)