Recent protests revive push for WA to speed up police reform
When Annalesa Thomas read about another fatal shooting of a Black man by a Lakewood police officer, her heart sank. She knew that officer. He was part of a police team that used explosives to blow off the back door of her son’s home, and then killed him. And yet this officer, who was ruled by a jury to be liable in her son’s death, still was in a position to shoot and kill someone else. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Matt M. McKnight)
Feds provide grant to Washington state to boost unemployment pay for jobless
More money is coming to Washington state’s unemployed, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA announced Monday the state has been approved for a grant under a lost wages assistance program. The grant funding will allow the state to provide $300 a week in jobless benefits to those who are unemployed due to COVID-19. Continue reading at The Bellingham Herald. (Jeff Chiu)
Spokane community leaders, activists look to road ahead after Wisconsin police shooting
When Kurtis Robinson, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, heard about the shooting of Jacob Blake, he thought, “Here we go again, they’re shooting us in the back.” Blake, 29, was shot by police Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after police said they were responding to a domestic dispute. A widely shared cellphone video made by an onlooker showed Blake, who is Black, being shot in the back while leaning into his SUV where his three children sat. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Morry Gash)
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