A New Agency Seeks to Hold Washington’s Killer Cops Accountable

Family members who have lost loved ones to police violence hope a new statewide oversight agency will end the practice of police investigating police.by Will CaseyCharleena Lyles. John T. Williams. Manny Ellis. More than two years after thousands flooded streets across Washington to #SayTheirNames, police accountability advocates are finally seeing the state’s response to their demands for impartial investigations of cops who kill on the job.
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