How Seattle Police in 1999 Set the Terrible Example Others Have Followed Ever Since

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In some ways, all this started at the 1999 WTO meetings. The top cop who gave the tear gas order there regrets it now.

Published Jun. 13 2020 4:58AM EDT

Even as new protests in Seattle have Donald Trump engaging in his usual bluster, Norm Stamper, the former police chief in that city, has watched the recent images and videos of cops

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How Seattle Police in 1999 Set the Terrible Example Others Have Followed Ever Since

In some ways, all this started at the 1999 WTO meetings. The top cop who gave the tear gas order there regrets it now.

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Harry Cheadle