SPD Chief O’Toole to Answer Questions About Policing of Protests
On Monday, January 12th at 9:30 am at City Hall, Chief O’Toole and other leading officials from the Seattle Police Department will answer questions from Councilmembers about the SPD‘s policing of the...
View ArticleMLK Day Rally Speech Outside Youth Jail, January 19, 2015
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2015, I gave the following speech outside of our local youth jail. My Sisters and Brothers, Greetings on this day of remembrance for the great fighter and...
View ArticlePress conference with pepper-sprayed teacher
Garfield High School teacher and social justice activist, Jesse Hagopian, announced at a press conference on January 28th that he is filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle and the Seattle...
View ArticleDo Not Evict the Umoja PEACE Center! A Letter to Mayor Murray & Sheriff Urquhart
On March 15, 2017, I sent the following letter to Mayor Murray, Sheriff Urquhart, and Chief O’Toole, opposing the eviction of the Central District’s Umoja PEACE Center. Dear Mayor Murray, Sheriff...
View ArticleMy Speech at the Umoja PEACE Center Defense Protest
Yesterday, I wrote Mayor Murray, Sheriff Urquhart and Chief O’Toole to urge them to immediately halt the physical eviction of the Umoja PEACE Center, one of the pillars of the Central District and...
View ArticleMy Comments on “Police Accountability” Legislation
On May 22, 2017, the Seattle City Council passed “police accountability” legislation. Below are my comments explaining what in the legislation is positive, and how it falls far short of what is needed...
View ArticleQuestions for SPD on the Killing of Charleena Lyles
Earlier today, my office asked the Seattle Police Department (SPD) questions about the horrific killing of Charleena Lyles. Charleena was killed by police in her home, in front of her children. This...
View ArticlePetition: Justice for Charleena Lyles! We demand an independent,...
We, the undersigned, have no confidence that an internal police investigation will find justice for Charleena. We demand Seattle’s Mayor and City Council appoint an independent, community-based...
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