June 11, 2020 | 9:14pm | Updated June 11, 2020 | 10:01pm Seattle’s Police Chief told her department on Thursday that it was “not my decision” to abandon a precinct in an area of the city now taken over by protesters — and blasted city officials for giving in to the demonstrators. In a video…
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best (second from left) talks this week with activists Raz Simone (right) and Keith Brown near the spot in the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" where police had earlier boarded up a precinct building. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best (second from left) talks this…
Seattle police are trying to reopen their East Precinct after officers had vacated the building while protesters set up a self-determined “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ) in the surrounding streets. "We're trying to get a dialogue going so we can figure out a way to resolve this without unduly impacting the citizens and the businesses that…
Addressing the takeover of the area surrounding the Seattle Police Department’s abandoned East Precinct building, Chief Carmen Best said in a video addressed to her officers Thursday major chaos had been averted but also that she was “angry about” how the situation unfolded.After days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, Seattle police…
SEATTLE, WA - JUNE 10: The "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David ... [+] Ryder/Getty Images) Getty Images In hindsight, it's easy to understand the situation we’re in. We’ve been ordered to close down businesses and stay indoors for months. Going to church, school, restaurants, clubs, bars, sporting or music events…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…