Seattle officials vowed but failed to reform off-duty police work. In the system left in place, SPD can’t reliably enforce its rules. Employers pay wildly different rates for off-duty cops. One of the biggest customers? The city itself.
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Attorneys for Sedrick Altheimer have filed a $5 million claim for damages, alleging the Black newspaper carrier's constitutional rights were violated during a Jan. 27...
Most of the staff at acclaimed chef Edouardo Jordan’s restaurants quit on Sunday, after The Seattle Times published an investigation detailing 15 women’s allegations of...
Multiple people told The Seattle Times that James Beard Award-winning chef Edouardo Jordan groped or behaved inappropriately toward women in the restaurant industry. Jordan denies...
For Seattle's 2019 and 2020 budgets, Mayor Jenny Durkan's administration rejected proposals by staff to fund text archiving projects.
DOC Secretary Stephen Sinclair's retirement in January was framed as voluntary. But records show he was forced out by Gov. Jay Inslee amid continuing revelations...
The King County End Youth Homelessness Now campaign was launched with public fanfare. A year later, it was suspended via an internal email from the...
The family of John Kleutsch will receive a $3.25 million settlement after the state Department of Corrections admitted fault. Washington has faced withering criticism for...
Even his home town, Manuel Ellis' killing by police went largely overlooked. Then his sister, Monet Carter-Mixon, went looking for answers. Her quest ended Thursday...
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday that three Tacoma officers have been charged in the March 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, whose case...
In a case testing Washington’s narrow criteria to take away an officer's badge and gun, a state agency stripped the peace officer certification of former...
