Tag: Crime, Local News, Local Politics

Washingtonians would be automatically eligible to vote after they are released from incarceration under a bill that was introduced in the state House last week.  If passed, an estimated 10,000 people in Washington would immediately regain their right to vote, the bill sponsors say. As the law currently stands, those convicted of felonies are not […]

A Washington legislative committee Tuesday heard testimony on a sweeping bill that would ban a range of police tactics, from chokeholds, neck restraints and tear gas, to use of military gear and no-knock warrants. It’s part of an ambitious push by Democratic lawmakers and community advocates seeking accountability in the deaths of people of color […]

TACOMA — At least two previously unidentified law enforcement officers participated in restraining Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died in Tacoma police custody after his airways were restricted, investigative records from the Washington State Patrol on Wednesday revealed. In addition to the four Tacoma police officers who remain on leave during the investigation into […]

A Thurston County judge on Monday ordered a 25-year-old Shoreline man to be held on investigation of assault in connection with Saturday’s shooting on the Capitol campus in Olympia that injured a demonstrator, court and jail records show. The suspected gunman remains in custody in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail, according […]

OLYMPIA — One person was shot Saturday as clashes and violence erupted between pro-Trump demonstrators and counterdemonstrators in what is becoming a regular weekend occurrence at Washington’s Capitol campus in the wake of a bitter election season. The shooting came after a couple of hours of on-and-off skirmishes at and around the Capitol, where supporters […]

The state of Washington on Monday began its court case against Tim Eyman, alleging that over the better part of a decade, the serial initiative filer and conservative activist solicited kickbacks, laundered political donations and flouted campaign finance law in an ongoing scheme to enrich himself and deceive his political donors and the public. “Tim […]

Contending public officials in Seattle and elsewhere have failed to keep all citizens safe during ongoing racial injustice protests, a group of law enforcement unions announced Monday they’re pushing a statewide ballot initiative that would require Washington cities and counties to create and enforce detailed plans for regulating free-speech demonstrations. Calling themselves Team Blue – […]

The Seattle LGBTQ Commission has called on Mayor Jenny Durkan to resign after a close vote on the issue, joining the Seattle Human Rights Commission in taking that stance. The commission’s vote on Oct. 15 was 6-5, with one abstention. In a letter to Durkan and the City Council this week, the LGBTQ Commission said […]

On his first day as the city’s top cop, interim Seattle police Chief Adrian Diaz announced Wednesday he is moving more than 100 officers and supervisors out of specialty units and into patrol, with the goals of improving response times to 911 calls, reducing the department’s reliance on overtime pay and providing some stress relief […]

In a single 24-hour period this week, three separate demonstrations revealed a lot about the direction of the protests in the Seattle area.  All three called for an end to racial injustice. On Monday morning, about 50 protesters marched into downtown Seattle, stopped traffic, played music and chanted demands to reduce police funding and redirect […]