August 21, 2015 Ryan Matthew Ferris
29,637 Bookings for Whatcom County Jail covering the 4.5 year period from 1/1/2011 to 7/1/2015. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Human Rights
Local retired librarian injured by police / NorthwestCitizen, Ellen Murphey
Aug 18, 2015 Ellen Murphy ACTION
Bruce Radtke, a retired Bellingham librarian, suffered injuries on Wednesday, August 12 during a violent takedown and arrest by an Olympic National Park ranger, who was assisted by two plainclothesmen, one of whom identified himself as a police officer. Continue reading
Mental Health and the New Whatcom County Jail / Evergreen State Jounal, Bill Walker
July 20, 2015 Bill Walker
It is very sad that at the height of the economic crash of 2008 to 2010 Washington State looked to the mental health field to cut expenses in an attempt to maintain other budgets around the state. Continue reading
Overbuilding a jail and emotional appeals / Facebook post, Joy Gilfilen
Yesterday at 6:20am July 19, 2015 Joy GilfilenWow. The largest regulatory government takeover in Whatcom County’s history is being trivialized and turned into a soap opera by our government administrators. To effectively steal taxpayer money right in front of our noses using emotional manipulation. Continue reading
Kudos to Our Police / NorthwestCitizen, Dick Conoboy
Use of Force Model from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 5:38 am Dick Conoboy
On July 7, two Bellingham police officers confronted a homeless man with a knife outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Bakerview Rd. You can read the Herald article on this incident here. In many communites in the U.S., that man would now be lying in a morgue, a victim of bad police training and a “shoot first” mentality. Continue reading
Symbols Honoring Pro Slavery Leaders in Washington State / Reading the Washington Landscape, Dan Mcshane
Sunday, June 21, 2015 Dan McShane
Matthew Yglesias discusses the memorials to leaders that defended and fought for slavery: vox/things-named-after-confederate-leaders. Continue reading
County prosecutor plays cruel games / Northwest Citizen, John Servais
Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 6:00 pm John Servais
First posted at 7:51 am. See 6 pm update half way down.
In 2011, Luba Pekisheva was convicted in Whatcom County District Court by judge Elich of assault and theft. In truth, she probably committed neither. But Pekisheva had defied a good ol’ boy from the county and our Whatcom County justice system – judges, prosecutors and public defenders – seems to have shown extra zeal in convicting Pekisheva and making it stick. Continue reading
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