Officers used two-way radio traffic to serve as a distraction during the 2020 protests. An investigation determined it could have made a tense situation worse.
SEATTLE Findings about coordinated lying by Seattle police officers at a crucial moment during 2020’s racial justice protests have raised questions and concerns, ahead of a City Council meeting on the matter, about the incident and how it was investigated.
The ruse happened June 8, 2020, hours after the police department abandoned its East Precinct and as protesters were starting to set up the temporary zone that was later called the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.
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