Washington

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21847265

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https://www.everettwa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/33164/Police-annual-report-2021?bidId=

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Dave Upthegrove won his primary by 51 votes. The manual recount was just completed.

One vote was incorrectly counted for Jaime Herrera Beutler. Therefor, Dave Upthegrove still won by 51 votes against the third place candidate, Sue Kuehl Pederson.

Update: The final vote count was a 49 vote difference.

In a settlement reached with the family of a 37-year-old Black man shot and killed by Olympia police in 2022, the city will pay $600,000 and has agreed to ban officers from the “personalization” of their equipment, effectively bringing to an end the display of polarizing symbols like the “thin blue line” flag.

Details of the unusual settlement of a wrongful death tort claim filed by the family of Timothy Green were announced by lawyers Monday.

The agreement also requires that Olympia Police Chief Rich Allen, his deputy and assistant chiefs and the four officers involved in Green’s death complete state training “on the historical intersection between race and policing.” Furthermore, the city agreed to demands that all Olympia police officers receive more training on crisis intervention.

As part of the settlement, the police department is required to update its policy within one year to broadly prohibit officers from decorating their equipment, no matter the subject matter, rather than banning any particular symbols. During the fatal encounter with Green, officers had displayed Blue Lives Matter emblems and a sticker reminiscent of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag.

The trainings and policy changes were required by Green’s family members, who were prepared to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city if their demands weren’t met, the lawyers said.

I just found that out from my local store. What a weird system.

Initiatives 2109, 2117, and 2124 will be on the November ballot. All of them are sponsored by Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh, funded by millionaire hedge fund manager and California transplant Brian Heywood.

All votes counted and Dave is in the top two position by 51 votes, out of 1.9M ballots.

Deficiencies of First Past the Post on full display.

Edit: pending certification

The restaurant would be the first In-N-Out in the state, according to planning documents submitted to the city of Ridgefield. The company plans to build near the under-construction Ridgefield Costco at Union Ridge Town Center on Pioneer Street, just west of Interstate 5.

The company hasn’t given the city any indication of when the new restaurant would open, Stuart said.