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Public comment urges independent audit of Seattle police oversight offices after inquest findings
Summary
A public commenter told the City Council that multiple deaths in contacts with Seattle Police Department had been declared lawful while a King County inquest jury found criminal conduct in an SPD case; the speaker urged an independent audit of oversight entities that has not occurred in eight years, the commenter said.
Howard Gell, a public commenter, urged the Seattle City Council on April 29 to pursue independent audits of the city's police oversight agencies after a King County inquest jury reached findings in an officer-involved death.
“Last month, the SPD killed the nineteenth person in a period of less than 14 years who was brandishing either no weapon or only an edged weapon in their hand,” Gell said during public comment. He said each of those killings was declared “lawful and proper” by city oversight…
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