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by Rich Smith • Mar 1, 2021 at 10:20 am Carrying small amounts of drugs is legal in Washington now. The next moves happen under this roof. Lester Black A major front in Washingtons war on drugs suddenly evaporated last week when a majority of the justices on the state Supreme Court declared the states felony drug possession law unconstitutional. The move essentially decriminalized the act of carrying small amounts of drugs. The ruling created big wa...

Armed carjacking suspect arrested after 75-mph chase through Seattle streets KOMO News Staff © Provided by KOMO-TV Seattle SEATTLE -- An armed carjacking suspect was arrested in Seattle Wednesday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase through the city that ended in a multi-car crash. Seattle Police received a 911 call around 7:45 a.m. from a man who said another man armed with a shotgun had just stolen his truck in Ballard, according to Det. Patrick Michaud with Se...

The Office of Police Accountability recommends Seattle police change its policy on using blast balls after complaints about officer conduct during summer protests.

Seattle’s police watchdog agency finds ‘multiple’ offenses in officers’ response to racial justice protests By Lewis Kamb, The Seattle Times (TNS) Published: January 16, 2021, 5:52pm Share: Seattle police used improper force when officers separately hurled a tear-gas canister at a TV news crew and blast balls that injured two people during demonstrations against racial injustice on Capitol Hill last June, the city’s police watchdog announced Friday. And in another semin...

A substitute teacher in Seattle is now the subject of an indecent-exposure investigation by Seattle police, according to a police spokesperson.The teacher, who has not been identified, was participating in a remote middle-school class for Catharine Blaine K-8 School students on Tuesday.CITY