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Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best speaks plainly about being 'Black in Blue' in new book

Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best started her law enforcement career the same year Rodney King was brutally beaten by Los Angeles police officers. She ended her career in 2020, just a few months after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. And the intervening years were marked with too

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Jenny Durkan on the decision to leave East Precinct, and those missing texts

Homelessness, economic recovery, policing – these issues don’t wait for an election. They’re being addressed – or not, depending on your perspective – in real time.

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Is Black and Asian solidarity possible? These artists say yes

Inspired by a bold mural by Vietnamese artist Tân Nguyen and Black Seattle artist Moses Sun, KUOW's Kristin Leong saw the potential these communities held if they could come together for a common cause. But that meant overcoming two particularly steep challenges: that a lot of people just don't want to talk about race, and that there is long-standing tension between the Asian and Black communities.

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Looking back at Seattle's CHOP, one year later

It’s been one year since people in Seattle protesting police violence marched to the East Police Precinct - and found Seattle Police all but abandoned the area. What remained was a protest zone that garnered national attention.

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'You are only defeated if you stop fighting'

Marcus Harrison Green is the publisher of the South Seattle Emerald and columnist for the Seattle Times. He's a Black man who grew up in South Seattle. And he spoke to KUOW's Morning Edition about how this city has changed - after George Floyd was killed but also long before that.

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The Ellis case and Washington's rocky path to independent investigations of police

Washington State’s Attorney General has taken the unprecedented step of filing murder and manslaughter charges against three police officers, over the death of Manuel Ellis. But champions for Ellis’ case were far from celebratory.

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The murder of George Floyd and the movement that lives on in Seattle one year later

As the world marks one year since George Floyd's murder, Seattle is preparing for another anniversary: the creation of the CHOP, or the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest. Through both events, a familiar voice in the Black community and Seattle Black media emerged as a trusted guide to people around the globe.

Black Lives Matter Fights Disinformation To Keep The Movement Strong

Calls for racial justice and an end to police brutality still fill social media platforms a year after George Floyd's murder. But Black Lives Matter says posts targeting it are full of disinformation.

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Outcry over deadly police encounters fuels successful legislative push in Washington

Last year’s protests against police killings and calls for racial justice have resulted in a landmark legislative session in Washington State.

One's Antifa. One's In A Militia. How An Ancestry Match Led To An Unlikely Bond

Two distant cousins connect online, only to learn that one is a militant leftist and the other is in a right-wing militia. Their story shows the complexities of a timely question: Who's an extremist?