SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s Democratic-led Legislature is sending an ambitious package of police accountability legislation to Gov. Jay Inslee. The bills would restrict the use of tear gas, chokeholds and neck restraints and ban no-knock warrants; create an independent office to review the use of deadly force by police; require officers to intervene if their colleagues engage in excessive force; and make it easier to decertify officers for bad acts. The measures are a response to the police killings of Black people in Washington and across the country, including the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Slew of police reform bills headed to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk
