Seattle City Council Votes 9-0 to Allow Police to Shoot Protesters but Federal Judge Blocks: Bonus Feature –Sat. Night Riots

Who thinks that headline is inaccurate? Slight exaggeration — maybe. Inaccurate — no. Yesterday, I wrote about the Consent Decree that was entered into in 2012 between the Obama Justice Department and the City of Seattle as a result of allegations of unlawful use of force by Seattle PD officers based on bad policy and bad training. Under the Consent Decree, the City of Seattle was prohibited from making any changes to its use of force policy for the Police Department without obtaining prior approval of DOJ and the Court Monitor overseeing the Decree.-- More...