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This SPD video was 17 hours too late and false

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Two years later, we’re still untangling the Seattle Police Department’s response to the 2020 racial justice protests.

SPD published a video with information they knew to be false. And that false information made it to national television.

Carolyn Bick, a reporter for the South Seattle Emerald uncovered a mismatch of messaging.

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