by Matt Baume
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Mar 17, 2021 at 10:30 am
Police ready themselves on Capitol Hill in June of 2020. PHOTO BY TRISTAN FAIRCHOK
On one side, you have the families of people killed by police officers, a coalition of criminal justice reformers, and the mayor of Tacoma. On the other side: Cops.
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This past Monday, the Senate Law & Justice Committee heard public testimony on one of the highest-profile bills to be introduced in response to last summer’s protests over police violence, and it was gut-wrenching. The bill in question is HB 1267, and it would establish an Office of Independent Investigations in the Governor’s office to investigate deadly force incidents involving police.