Seattle police had a chance to prove abolitionists wrong. They didn’t.
The department s inability to change over the past year has shown that its problems are hardwired into policing, and reform is not working.
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Protesters face off with Seattle Police Department in Seattle s Capitol Hill neighborhood, July 25, 2020. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
Both detractors and defenders of the Seattle Police Department must reckon with this fact: since renewed calls for police accountability began after the murder of George Floyd last year, Seattle cops have been on their best behavior at least, the best that they can manage.
Already under a federal probe that began in 2012 when President Obama’s Department of Justice found the Seattle Police Department repeatedly used force unconstitutionally, Seattle police have been the center of much attention and scrutiny for the past year. In the glare of last summer’s spotlight, Seattle police did not rise to the occasion, but rather reve
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Adrian Diaz, deputy chief of Seattle police speaks at a news conference on Aug. 11, 2020, as Mayor Jenny Durkan looks on at Seattle City Hall on in Seattle. (Karen Ducey/Getty Images, File)
SEATTLE A Seattle police lieutenant will not face discipline for authorizing officers to use pepper spray, tear gas and blast balls on a large crowd of protesters on Capitol Hill last in June 2020, the interim police chief announced Wednesday.
The pink umbrella incident on June 1, 2020, was a pivotal moment during last summer s racial justice protests, and videos of the officers overwhelming use of crowd control weapons were shared widely across the nation.
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