Auburn officer charged with murder in 2019 police killing, testing new deadly force legal standards Auburn Police officer Jeffrey Nelson has been charged with second degree murder and first degree assault in connection with the 2019 shooting death of 26-year-old Jesse Sarey. Liz Brazile
Denied anti-seizure medicine, a knee in the neck. Seattle protesters say they feared death following arrests Protester Samantha Six says she had multiple, untreated seizures while in police custody and jail; Her husband, Damien Boyd, says a Seattle Police officer jammed their knee into his neck, preventing him from being able to breathe. Liz Brazile Ashley Hiruko
Blog: Protests for racial justice in the Seattle area (August 16-20) Demonstrations and protests for racial justice continue in western Washington. The rallying cry of these protests has been to defund the police. Here's what that means. KUOW Staff
Race & Identity Coalition of Black activists reviews the state of Seattle's defund movement ‘We are the experts in what will keep us safe, and what will make us whole.’ Eilís O'Neill Paige Browning
Politics A police chief out and a vice presidential candidate in, this week Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with King 5 reporter Tony Black, Washington State Wire publisher DJ Wilson, and Q13 correspondent Brandi Kruse. Ross Reynolds Sarah Leibovitz
Government Council Member Mosqueda on the Best resignation, rethinking Seattle public safety ‘…this was never personal. This was not about one person.’ Paige Browning Andy Hurst
August 12th | COVID testing Yelp reviews What was your testing experience like, and what would you want potential patients to know? And what’s next for policing in Seattle? Ross Reynolds
Politics Seattle Now: Chief Best steps aside Seattle will rethink its relationship with the police without Chief Carmen Best. She's retiring next month. What happens now? We'll talk about it with Omari Salisbury of Converge Media's Morning Update Show. Patricia Murphy Clare McGrane
Carmen Best and the big picture: Not 'just a story about a police chief resigning' ‘It would be really, really hard for a Black woman within a kind of inherently racist institution, like a police department, to change that police department by herself.’ Paige Browning Andy Hurst
Government Pros and cons of disbanding Seattle's Navigation Team ‘We believe there's a much better model’ vs. ‘I think there is benefit to having police involved in that work.’ Paige Browning Andy Hurst
