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Wednesday Marks 1 Year Since Seattle's CHOP Formed - Seattle, WA - The three-week occupied protest emerged after Seattle police abandoned the East Precinct. One year later, some questions remain unanswered.
George Floyd’s murder sparked worldwide protests against police brutality. When it came to new police accountability measures enacted in Washington state this year, the focus was on people killed closer to home.
Seattle police had a chance to prove abolitionists wrong. They didn’t.
The department s inability to change over the past year has shown that its problems are hardwired into policing, and reform is not working.
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Protesters face off with Seattle Police Department in Seattle s Capitol Hill neighborhood, July 25, 2020. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
Both detractors and defenders of the Seattle Police Department must reckon with this fact: since renewed calls for police accountability began after the murder of George Floyd last year, Seattle cops have been on their best behavior at least, the best that they can manage.
Already under a federal probe that began in 2012 when President Obama’s Department of Justice found the Seattle Police Department repeatedly used force unconstitutionally, Seattle police have been the center of much attention and scrutiny for the past year. In the glare of last summer’s spotlight, Seattle police did not rise to the occasion, but rather reve
Hey, you re vaccinated right? Svetikd/Getty Images
Pucker up: The CDC says you can regularly flash your face at strangers if you re vaccinated. In a major shift, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that fully vaccinated Americans can go maskless and give up physical distancing in a majority of cases, both indoors and outdoors. In some places, like airplanes and health care settings, masks may continue to be required. Obviously, the key phrase here is
fully vaccinated, and guidelines differ between states.
The rule is now simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do.
The choice is yours.