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Washington Cops Forced To Allow Violent Criminals To Flee Crime Scenes After New Police Reforms

The bills were passed by the state’s Democrat-controlled legislature.

Mairead Elordi
Washington Cops Forced To Allow Violent Criminals To Flee Crime Scenes After New Police Reforms
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A slew of new police reforms in Washington state force police officers to allow suspects to flee crime scenes in many cases, even if they are suspected of committing a violent crime.

Democratic Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a dozen police reform bills into law in May, saying “we have a moral mandate to uproot systemic racism in our society” and that he believes Washington can become an “anti-racist state.”

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