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Head of public defense faces backlash from County after opposing youth jail
Shortly after she became interim director of King County’s Department of Public Defense, Anita Khandelwal did what her predecessor
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Concerns over facial recognition endanger a boring old levy
Sheriff Johanknecht staged a defense of Prop. 1, which would renew funding for King County's fingerprinting system and allow law enforcement to explore new technologies.
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Conservative activists find fuel for anti-union campaign in Seattle
A recent Supreme Court decision and union upheaval have emboldened the efforts of the Freedom Foundation.
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Seattle’s system for predicting bad cops doesn’t work
In 2011, the Seattle Police Department had a problem: It was failing to flag officers who were behaving badly and
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After Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta assaulted, police eye hate crime charge
Update: On Monday night, the 62-year-old suspect turned himself into Burien police. He "was arrested and subsequently released pending