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‘Justice for Jackie’ gets police use of deadly force bill onto Washington ballot

September 17, 2018 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Frank Hopper

byFrank Hopper  Sep 10

Puyallup supports the law limiting the use of deadly force by law enforcement in Washington state.  When Puyallup Tribal member Jacqueline Salyers was killed by a Tacoma Police officer in January 2016, her cousin Chester Earl made a promise to Salyer’s mother, Lisa Earl.

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Washington State Initiative 940, the Police De-Escalation Bill, will require law enforcement to receive training in de-escalation, in mental illness, and in providing first aid at the scene of police incidents. It also requires independent investigations of police shootings, mandates the inclusion of tribal governments when tribal citizens are shot, and, perhaps most importantly, makes it easier to prosecute police officers who misuse deadly force.

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