Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is talking with counterparts in other cities about staging a West Coast summit on youth gun violence, but heard a loud, clear message Thursday night at the New Holly Gathering Center: The valley is restless. Murray is a dogged, deliberate, step-by-step politician who is facing what he calls an immediate “epidemic” of youth shootings, and a hard reality: “Seattle does not have an integrated, concentrated approach to public safety.” Murray and Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole are promising to begin fixing that immediately. O’Toole, three days on the job, took two initial actions on Thursday. The chief announced that a Seattle Police officer has been relieved [...]
Reported by SeattlePI.com 23 hours ago.
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