King County, Washington is in the midst of a violent crime spike as the office of Prosecutor Dan Satterberg is reporting the first six months of the year saw more people shot than in any of the previous four years over the same time period. There is no small irony in this, because King […]
Gallup: Nearly Half of All Americans Think News Media ‘Very Biased’
Say it ain’t so; nearly half of all Americans think the news media is “very biased,” according to a new “study of attitudes toward the press” by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, the Associated Press is reporting. According to the AP report, “Eight percent of respondents — the preponderance of them politically conservative — think […]
Question for WA Sheriffs, Police: If People Can Give Blood, Why Not Fingerprints?
The Seattle Times reported that Bloodworks Northwest, an independent, non-profit organization that conducts blood drives to supply more than 90 Northwest hospitals, has set up so-called “pop-up blood drives” in several locations, while unintentionally raising a question for some police and sheriffs’ departments. If people can give blood safely during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, why […]
Mass. Gun Rights Lawsuit Mirrors Growing NW Frustration
A federal lawsuit filed recently in Massachusetts reflects a growing frustration among gun owners as far away as the Pacific Northwest, where law enforcement agencies have “suspended” the application process for concealed pistol licenses. The Massachusetts lawsuit was filed by the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) on behalf of Thayer Eastman against the City of […]
Seattle Police Supporters Push Back Against Defunding Effort
For weeks, members of the Seattle City Council led by Socialist Councilwoman Kshama Sawant have pressed for slashing the city’s police department budget by 50 percent, but now there’s an online petition opposing the effort and it has gathered more than 40,000 signatures over the course of a few days. The story has gone national, […]
Are NW Police Getting Bad Rap? Seattle Petition to Stop Defunding Effort
Are police in the Pacific Northwest getting a bum rap? The Portland Oregonian ran a story headlined “New Polling shows most Oregonians support Black Lives Matter, many don’t approve of the job their local police are doing.” The story’s lead paragraph stresses the negative of a survey done by DHM Research, stating, “Forty-five percent of […]
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