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Video released of paraplegic man fatally shot by Federal Way police, family demands answers

An independent investigation team on Thursday released security footage that captured the death of Malik Williams, a 23-year-old Black man who was paraplegic.
By
Ashley Hiruko

Feb 21, 2020 at 4:44 pm
KUOW Newsroom

Downtown Seattle business owners and residents call for new safety plan in neighborhood shaken by shootings

In the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in downtown Seattle, business owners and residents rally at Westlake Park under the banner, "Enough is enough."
By
Amy Radil

Jan 24, 2020 at 3:55 pm KUOW-FM
All Things Considered

Coaxing Cops To Tackle Cybercrime? There's An App For That

Local police often don't feel equipped to investigate cybercrime. The NYPD is trying to teach patrol officers to ask the right questions about IP addresses, Bitcoin and phone spoofing.
By
Martin Kaste

Jan 16, 2020 at 9:27 am NPR
SoundQs

How prohibition forever changed policing in Seattle

On a recent SoundQs segment we learned about historic bootlegger Roy Olmstead. Today we do a deep dive on another larger-than-life figure from that time, black business owner Doc Hamilton. Both men dealt in illegal alcohol, but had wholly different experiences with the temperance movement and the law.
By
Deborah Wang

Alec Cowan

Dec 19, 2019 at 12:04 am
KUOW Newsroom

Washington state revamps police deadly force investigations

New rules are coming for independent investigations when police use deadly force in Washington. They require more power for civilians, and more help for families of the slain person.
By
Amy Radil

Dec 04, 2019 at 5:14 pm
KUOW Newsroom

Before protest hashtags, there was the WTO and Indy Media

Twenty years ago this month tens of thousands of activists flooded into Seattle protesting the World Trade Organization. No demonstrations since have come close to the level of violence that ensued. One thing activists learned from those protests was how wield a brand new technology: the Internet.
By
Casey Martin

Nov 23, 2019 at 3:57 pm
KUOW Newsroom

After WTO: Seattle police navigate May Days, political brawls and blocked streets.

The fallout from Seattle’s WTO protests in 1999 became a case study in what NOT to do for police departments nationwide. SPD officials say they've also drawn lessons from those events.
By
Amy Radil

Nov 21, 2019 at 12:50 pm
KUOW Newsroom

A cop shot this wooden bullet at me at the WTO protests in Seattle. Here’s the story it tells

During the WTO protests, a police officer shot a wooden bullet at me. It bounced off the wall, and landed at my feet. It didn’t hurt me. But it shattered something: A myth about what Seattle was in 1999 and what it could give to the rest of the world.
By
Joshua McNichols

Nov 19, 2019 at 8:28 am
KUOW Newsroom

'It's gotta change, I wanna see more action.' 160 Seattle businesses call for increased public safety

Dozens of Seattle business owners and residents are demanding that the City Council invest in tougher crime-stopping measures in next year's budget.
By
Casey Martin

Oct 23, 2019 at 7:13 am
KUOW Newsroom

She was raped 15 years ago. Her rape kit was finally tested and turned up a match

15 year-old J.D. was so embarrassed what had happened, she didn’t tell her father on the car ride home that she had just been raped.
By
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Oct 22, 2019 at 5:33 pm