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Police commission calls for ban on blast balls
A civilian police advisory commission is calling on the Seattle Police Department to temporarily cease carrying blast balls, which are
David Kroman
David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e
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