Debate: Should Washington voters change the state's deadly force law?
Should Washington state change the law and change the training around police officer's use of deadly force? Voters will decide this November with a vote on I-940.
When a police officer kills someone, how do we know whether they acted illegally? Do prosecutors have to prove they had malicious intent? Or just that a reasonable officer would have acted differently?
Ballot Initiative Debate 940 - Police Use of Force
I-940 would change Washington state law so prosecutors would no longer have to prove a police officer acted with "malice" in order to charge that officer over their use of deadly force. It would also require officers get de-escalation and mental health training. We talk with Monisha Harrell from De-Escalate Washington in favor of I-940 and Teresa Taylor from the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs, who opposes the measure.
We talk with Monisha Harrell from De-Escalate Washington about why she supports I-940 and Teresa Taylor from the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs about why she wants voters to vote no on I-940.
KUOW's Amy Radil also joins the conversation to explain how the initiative made its way to the ballot.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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Amy Radil
Reporter
Amy Radil is a reporter at KUOW covering politics, government and law enforcement, along with the occasional arts story.
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