How an outspoken Snohomish vigilante became a deputy -- then was fired
EVERETT — When the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office hired Calvin Walker as a probationary deputy in April 2021, his background check missed red flags, top administrators have concluded.
The deputy who conducted the check — his first one — learned Walker was among the armed vigilantes who lined First Street in Snohomish a year earlier in a self-proclaimed bid to “defend” the downtown from a rumored far-left riot, according to documents obtained by The Daily Herald this month in a public records request.
That information alone wasn’t disqualifying for a job at the Sheriff’s Office.
There were other signs online that suggested Walker, 23, of Marysville, had poor judgment — and allegations that he had ties to the violent hate group the Proud Boys.
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