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• King County Prosecutors Decline to Charge SPD Officer for Killing Pedestrian

  21-02-2024 21:08 via thestranger.com
  
  The Office of Police Accountability must now complete its investigation into whether Dave violated any department policies when he hit Kandula, and whether those violations amount to a fireable offense.by Ashley NerbovigOn Wednesday, King County Prosecutors announced their decision not to bring charges against Seattle Police Officer Kevin Dave, who struck and killed 23-year-old college student Jaahnavi Kandula while she crossed in a crosswalk in January 2023. Dave remained on duty with the depar
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Cherry Glazerr, Shabaka Hutchings, Once More Just For You, Alfred Kainga, Joy Harjo

  21-02-2024 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 2/21  
  The Kids Aren’t Alright: Troubled Teens on Screen
  (FILM) Teen movies really hit their stride once the youngins started hanging out in malls in the early '80s. Suddenly, teens were more visible, and with that visibility came more complex and rebellious young roles on screen. Local filmmaker Jeremy Cropf will chat about some of the most enduring teen films of the last 40-odd years in this series, whic
  
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• Blurred Lines

  21-02-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Better yet, just get rid of the cars and give us trains. That would really solve everything, and I do mean everything.by AnonymousSeattle, did you know that the lines on your highways, roads, streets, and stroads are literally fucking invisible??? 
  In recent years, the City appears to have added some reflectors to the lines. Excellent choice. Now we can all see the lines at night when it's raining and dark, which happens to be much of the year. Hooray! Problem solved, right? WRONG. PRO
  
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• The Five Anti-Trans Bills That Didn’t Survive This Session

  21-02-2024 17:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Let Us Now Dance on Their Gravesby Vivian McCallAt the halfway point of Washington’s short 60-day session last week, every bill that didn’t pass out of its chamber of origin died on its heels.
  The dead include all five of Washington’s fledgling anti-trans bills, nearly all of which purported to protect children, and none of which got more than a reading in the House or Senate. Woo! Excuse me for grave-dancing. I can’t say I’m surprised, though. These ill-fated
  
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• Slog AM: Ceasefire Rally in Olympia, Report Calls WA Prisons "Modern Day Slavery," Alabama Says Frozen Embryos Are Children

  21-02-2024 17:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallYes, Bruce, give us nothing: Hannah covered yesterday’s State of the City address and, boy, it was one of the speeches of all time. Mayor Bruce Harrell told Seattle that he’ll be going back to basics, innovatively, which translates to doing the bare minimum and satiating the conservatives that built our new city council. The biggest news was his announcement of his “One Seattle” comprehensive plan, which he will release
  
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• Mayor Bruce Harrell Promises to Deliver Bare Minimum at 2024 State of City Address

  21-02-2024 00:38 via thestranger.com
  
  In his annual speech, Harrell framed conservative policy priorities such as austerity budgeting, the maintenance of current car culture, and hiring more police as "the basics."by Hannah KriegIn his third State of the City Address, Mayor Bruce Harrell said he wanted to go back to the “basics” while still “innovating.” However, given the next moves he said he plans to make, he seems most interested in doing the bare minimum and regressing to please the conservative forces t
  
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