MY EDMONDS NEWS
Posted: July 18, 2021
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Major changes are coming at the end of this month for police in Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace. The Washington State Legislature has outlawed chokeholds and neck restraints; limited how and when officers can chase suspects; how much force they can use to subdue people; prohibits “no-knock’”warrants and severely limits the use of tear gas. The laws also create mandatory statewide standards to “decertify” or fire officers. My Edmonds News’ Bob Throndsen examines what the changes mean for officers — and you.
A Lynnwood police officer came face to face with a distraught man who had tied a machete to his wrist and was daring officers to shoot him. Lynnwood Police Chief Jim Nelson said the man wanted “officers to help him commit suicide by shooting him.”