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Race must be considered in determining legality of police stops and seizures, WA state Supreme Court rules
Seattle Times ^ | David Gutman

Posted on 06/18/2022 2:38:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: Amendment10

Most primaries have two RINOs.


21 posted on 06/18/2022 3:14:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess they will need to arrest and seize more whites, even if they do nothing wrong. Just to make the statistics.
I do not plant to visit WA anytime soon.


22 posted on 06/18/2022 3:14:34 PM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: rktman

Of course, can you tell the difference?


23 posted on 06/18/2022 3:14:46 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: arthurus
Traffic stops only happen if you feel like it in Washington since last year.

Report: Washington police say drivers are not stopping for them

https://www.q13fox.com/news/report-washington-police-say-drivers-arent-stopping-for-them.amp

In Lakewood, another small city in Pierce County, Chief Mike Zaro said drivers are refusing to stop for his officers on average once a day.

"A lot of times they’re stolen cars; sometimes we don’t know what the deal is," Zaro said.

Steve Strachan, the executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, and others in law enforcement connect the increase in failures-to-yield to passage last year of House Bill 1054, a sweeping police tactics law that, among other things, barred high-speed pursuits except in very limited circumstances.

The law was part of a package of police reforms majority Democrats passed in response to the murder by police of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other high-profile police killings — reforms aimed at addressing racial disproportionality in policing.

Minority Republicans in the Legislature criticized many of the changes, including the pursuit law, and said they jeopardized public safety.

Strachan said he doesn’t dispute the need for statewide rules governing police pursuits, but thinks the new law went too far.

Under the new law, police officers can’t give chase unless there’s reasonable suspicion to believe the driver is impaired or the higher standard of probable cause to believe they’re an escaped felon or have committed a violent crime or a sex crime.

Even then there are restrictions on when officers can pursue. Officers must balance whether the person poses an "imminent threat" and whether the safety risks of the person getting away outweigh the danger of engaging in a high-speed chase.

24 posted on 06/18/2022 3:16:58 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: PROCON
“Being a black, gay, female, immigrant, disabled judge … my perspective is a little different warped,”
25 posted on 06/18/2022 3:19:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”


26 posted on 06/18/2022 3:20:10 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: nickcarraway

Cops can’t tell until they get to the driver.


27 posted on 06/18/2022 3:21:33 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, that’s racist. Systemic.


28 posted on 06/18/2022 3:22:45 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: nickcarraway

What if you identify as a person-of-human?


29 posted on 06/18/2022 3:23:48 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: nickcarraway

We need to get this applied to sex. Men are disproportionally stopped and arrested as well.


30 posted on 06/18/2022 3:25:40 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: Impala64ssa
-- It's EQUITY they seek. --

Not harshing on you, and agreeing that the outcome sought is theft ...

WTF is "equity?" What is the measure of achieving equity?

31 posted on 06/18/2022 3:27:26 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: nickcarraway

Interesting, so since a high percentage of crimes are committed by young Black males it would seem the Cops will not be catching to many bad actors with this new law enacted..


32 posted on 06/18/2022 3:40:43 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Cboldt

Equity is an excuse to discriminate against those perceived to benefit from “privilege” only until so called historically oppressed groups can catch up. Like a repackaged form of affirmative action


33 posted on 06/18/2022 3:43:13 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: nickcarraway

34 posted on 06/18/2022 3:48:16 PM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I get that it is BS. I’m seeking a clear expression of the remedy being demanded.


35 posted on 06/18/2022 3:49:14 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: nickcarraway

Welcome the Washington State of FUBAR


36 posted on 06/18/2022 3:57:55 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: nickcarraway

Washington state is a lost cause!


37 posted on 06/18/2022 4:33:37 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: M Kehoe

Good one M!


38 posted on 06/18/2022 4:35:51 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

And they’re invading idaho and possibly montana as well.


39 posted on 06/18/2022 4:50:23 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Buy JHP ammo, Level 3/4 armor and rifles. Won’t be able to for much longer, and we’re gonna need em)
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To: nickcarraway

Only the serially stupid can tell the ethnicity of the vehicle occupants while driving behind the vehicle.


40 posted on 06/18/2022 5:01:20 PM PDT by Glennb51
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