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Adrian Diaz, deputy chief of Seattle police speaks at a news conference on Aug. 11, 2020, as Mayor Jenny Durkan looks on at Seattle City Hall on in Seattle. (Karen Ducey/Getty Images, File)
SEATTLE A Seattle police lieutenant will not face discipline for authorizing officers to use pepper spray, tear gas and blast balls on a large crowd of protesters on Capitol Hill last in June 2020, the interim police chief announced Wednesday.
The pink umbrella incident on June 1, 2020, was a pivotal moment during last summer s racial justice protests, and videos of the officers overwhelming use of crowd control weapons were shared widely across the nation.
Advocates, law enforcement examine the future of policing in Seattle
Following the verdict in Minneapolis, what changes and reform will look like when it comes to policing is still an open ended question. Author: Kalie Greenberg Updated: 10:06 PM PDT April 21, 2021
SEATTLE One day after the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, Seattle s Community Police Commission is pushing for change at the Seattle Police Department.
The police commission says 66 of the 277 recommendations sent to the Seattle Police Department from the Community Police Commission, Office of Police Accountability, and Office of Inspector General have been fully adopted.
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The National Accountability Bureau has accused Maryam Nawaz of committing money-laundering through investments of variable heavy amounts being the main shareholder of Chaudhry Sugar Mills. Pakistan’s anti-graft body on Wednesday reopened a money-laundering investigation against embattled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz and summoned her on March 26.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has accused 47-year-old Maryam of committing money-laundering through investments of variable heavy amounts being the main shareholder of Chaudhry Sugar Mills. It said she was involved in money laundering with the help of some foreigners during the period of 1992-93 when her father was the Prime Minister.