King County pays $12M to settle lawsuit over deadly eviction
Dec. 1—King County has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff's deputies failed to follow through on the eviction of a dangerous Seattle resident who went
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Dec. 1—King County has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff's deputies failed to follow through on the eviction of a dangerous Seattle resident who went
King County deputy David Easterly was injured while serving an eviction notice at a Ballard apartment on March 20. Easterly spent over a month in the hospital.
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Three King County Deputies were serving a final eviction notice and were shot at by the resident. The deputy that was shot is David Easterly.