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Seattle’s controversial ‘poverty defense’ proposal stalls out
Progress on a new proposal that would expand legal defenses for poor and mentally ill defendants has waned in recent months.
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The movement to defund Seattle police is not a personal attack
Chief Carmen Best's resignation must not distract from the work of overhauling public safety and investing in Black communities.
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Police killings in WA should require impartial coroners
Death investigations in some Washington counties are vulnerable to corruption. It’s time to transform them.
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Seattle, be wary of defunding police without building bridges
Lasting change in policing and public safety will not flow from feel-good funding shifts. Social services must be transformed, too.
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The teens found guilty of murder in the Jungle deserve mercy
The young lives of James and Jerome Taafulisia were beset by poverty and neglect when they committed their violent crimes. So was mine.