Seattle City Council bars police use of tear gas, chokeholds The Seattle City Council has voted unanimously to bar police from using tear gas, pepper spray and several other crowd control devices after officers repeatedly used them on mostly peaceful demonstrators protesting racism and police brutality. KUOW Staff
From CHAZ to CHOP: Seattle protest makes a change It was a busy weekend in Seattle for antiracism protests. And that six-block area on Capitol Hill called the CHAZ? Well, people are still there. But they've given the area a new name. Report Casey Martin laid out the reasons with KUOW’s Angela King. Kim Shepard
Seattle Black clergy defend SPD Chief Best, condemn 'circus' on Capitol Hill Members of United Black Clergy gathered Sunday to tell Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best she has their support. Amy Radil
Friday politics: How does Jenny Durkan dig out after the Seattle protests? Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best sent a video message to her officers. Meanwhile, tension continues between the City Council and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. C.R. Douglas with Q13, and Joni Balter with Civic Cocktail discuss with KUOW"s Angela King. Angela King
School’s almost out – but only for the summer Students will be back on campus this fall; school resource officers will not. Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Seattle police use tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protesters Black Lives Matter activists have been organizing protests in Seattle for multiple days since the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis. What start out as peaceful protests of racial injustice have ended with police dispersing crowds with multiple non-lethal weapons. Casey Martin
SPD faces officer shortage as Seattle grows. But there's some progress In 2018, the Seattle Police Department hired dozens of officers. But so many left that same year that the department suffered a net loss of 41 people. Kate Walters
How can 3rd and Pine become safer? Seattle's former police chief has some ideas Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle's former interim police chief Jim Pugel about the recent fatal shootings in downtown Seattle. Kim Malcolm
Seattle Police Chief identifies, denounces officer fired for social media posts. Seattle Police Chief identifies, denounces officer fired for social media posts. Kim Malcolm
Serial rapists targeted women on Aurora. This woman got justice In June 2017, Robin Curtis lived in a tent one block away from busy Aurora Avenue in Seattle. Kate Walters
