The Seattle Times Crime section covers law enforcement by police, prosecutors and courts in Seattle, the Eastside, King County, the Northwest and nationwide. Topics include arrests and prosecution of suspects in cases of murder, manslaughter, rape and assault. Other topics are the federal courts; the FBI; Homeland Security; and Justice Department oversight of the Seattle Police Department.
Some businesses were urged by local governments and police to close early and barricade stores ahead of possible looting.
A weekend of protests in the Seattle area that drew thousands to condemn the treatment of Black people by police left some cities reeling, some facing...
In 2013, Officer Mike Wiley was a team leader on a multiagency SWAT team in Pierce County involved in a standoff at Fife home of...
The scope of the damage from vandals and looters may take weeks to fully measure. It could be “millions and millions of dollars in property...
A protest against police misconduct in Bellevue prompts a curfew and request for National Guard after looting of the city's high-end shopping stores.
Undeterred by rain and risks from the novel coronavirus, Seattle protesters throughout Saturday chanted “stop killing us,” “Black lives matter” and “I can’t breathe!”
Following George Floyd's death after an arrest attempt by police in Minneapolis on Monday, the group gathered in downtown Seattle to protest police brutality.