Washington State
Paul Jonathan Bittner hit the 6th grader over race, Washington State cops said.
It’s been four years since Manny Ellis died in police custody, yet still, his death could possibly become a catalyst for change in Washington state.
Shawn Kemp's arrest and subsequent release from jail with charges dropped for an alleged drive-by shooting spotlights Washington state's self-defense laws. Videos from the shooting have gone viral.
William Cunningham, a racist white man in Washington state, is facing a felony hate crime charge after a video shows he used racial slurs and threatened to kill a Black student at Monroe High School who was in a physical altercation with Cunningham's allegedly racist daughter and her boyfriend.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his office filed felony charges against the officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis, a Black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was ruled a homicide.
Rapper Nelly was arrested in Washington State early Saturday morning after a woman reportedly accused him of rape.
About 25 demonstrators in front of Oly city hall. Yelling:No justice, no peace. Live update at noon. @KING5Seattle pic.twitter.com/vH30qfCxDt — Drew Mikkelsen (@drewmikk) May 21, 2015 Protests erupted outside of the Olympia, Washington City Hall Thursday, after a White officer shot two unarmed Black male skateboarders accused of trying to steal beer from a local grocery store, […]
The Seattle Post Intelligencier is reporting that an Asian man and a Black man were charged with a hate crime for beating a white teen. Two men accused of beating a teenager and blaming it on white oppression were charged Tuesday with a hate crime and first-degree robbery. Prosecutors allege Ahmed Mohamed, who is black, […]