King County Executive joins growing calls for sheriff s resignation
Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht. (KIRO Radio)
A newly-revealed letter indicates that King County Executive Dow Constantine has joined the growing calls for Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht’s resignation.
Calls for the sheriff to resign first began after an internal email from her to her staff surfaced publicly, where she offered support for the deputy who shot and killed 20-year-old Tommy Le in 2017.
Le, a 20-year-old Vietnamese-American student, was killed after being shot twice. Deputies were first called when neighbors reported seeing Le with a sharp object threatening people. Deputy Cesar Molina was the third deputy to arrive and opened fire less than two minutes later, initially saying Le lunged at deputies with a knife and claimed self-defense.
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