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Polarizing Seattle police union leader stepping down

Mike Solan, the high-profile president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), announced last week that he will step ...
Seattle Times

Zohran Mamdani’s been called a communist who’ll defund the police. Here’s where he actually stands

President Donald Trump calls him a “communist.” His critics say he wants to defund the police. Zohran Mamdani insists he’s just a guy trying to make New York City more affordable. Mamdani ‘s ...
Idaho State Journal

Defund the police candidates stumble in liberal Seattle

SEATTLE — Seattle’s downtown business community celebrated Wednesday after the moderate candidates it backed took commanding leads in the races for mayor, city attorney and a key council race over ...
The Stranger

For the First Time Since 2020, Seattle's Police Union Is Throwing Their Dollars into City Politics

Since the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) has taken every opportunity to blame progressive policymakers for our city’s ills (see their “This is Seattle” ...
Seattle Times

Seattle police recruits’ training takes them beyond warrior-vs.-guardian

The debate on whether police are warriors or guardians has dominated policing reform conversations for over a decade. But this binary no longer fits the complexity of modern law enforcement or the ...
CNN

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed scrubbed past support for ‘defund the police’

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat running for the US Senate in Michigan, has quietly erased thousands of old social media posts — including a dozen tweets that championed the “defund the police” ...