Op-Ed: Walking Away from the Empty Promise of Seattle’s Consent Decree

Seattle is still struggling for justice and constitutional policing 12 years into federal monitoring via the consent decree. More than 12 years ago, 34 Seattle community organizations wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) asking them to open an investigation into a pattern of excessive use of force used by the Seattle Police Department (SPD), … Continue reading Op-Ed: Walking Away from the Empty Promise of Seattle’s Consent Decree