Shon Barnes at a Seattle City Council meeting sitting at a table

New Seattle Police Department Chief Shon Barnes outlined his strategy in a presentation to the Seattle City Council, pledging the department would put scandals behind it and forge ahead with new resolve.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/04/c...

Seattle City Council approves police use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas during protests The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by tho...

The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas, and pepper balls by police for crowd-control purposes.

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Tacoma Police official cites racial bias in resignation amid ethics probe The top-ranking civilian under Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore has resigned. Former Chief of Staff Curtis Hairston said he left due to racial bias the same day he was cleared in an ethics investigatio...

Original story from November: www.knkx.org/tacoma/2023-...

KNKX Public Radio reported last year that Hairston resigned from TPD on Oct. 11, citing racial bias. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...

Excessive force, racial bias lawsuit against Tacoma police will end with $300K settlement Tacoma officers searching a park singled out Zimmeri Contreraz sitting alone at a picnic table and detained him, saying he matched the description of a Black suspect.

Heard first on KNKX: Excessive force, racial bias lawsuit against Tacoma police will end with $300K settlement www.knkx.org/tacoma/2024-...

Mayor Brandon Scott responds to racially-charged ‘DEI’ label “We know what these folks really want to say when they say DEI mayor,” Scott told The Banner.

Baltimore’s mayor responds to social media posts labeling him a “DEI Mayor.”

“They really want to say the ‘n’ word,” Mayor Scott told the Baltimore Banner. “But there is nothing they can do and say to me that is worse than the treatment of my ancestors.”

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The Safest City in America After the officers charged with killing Manny Ellis are acquitted, how does the city of Tacoma move forward?

On the finale of The Walk Home from KNKX… After the officers charged with killing Manny Ellis were acquitted, how is the city of Tacoma moving forward? www.knkx.org/podcast/the-...