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By MARK Z. BARABAK and MICHAEL A. MEMOLITribune Washington Bureau (TNS)
PHILADELPHIA — Luminaries of the political left, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, led a highwattage lineup of speakers, including first lady Michelle Obama, to try to rally Democrats behind Hillary Clinton after a long and bitter primary fight that spilled into a raucous opening day of the party’s national convention.
Leaked emails revealing a proClinton tilt at the Democratic National Committee threatened to distract the event from lavish testimonials to Clinton and scathing speeches assailing Republican nominee Donald Trump.
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By STEVE MILETICHSeattle Times staff reporter
In a setback for Seattle PoliceChief Kathleen O’Toole, a King County Superior Court jury on Monday found that O’Toole retaliated against two of three officers who were transferred out of the South Precinct amid a dispute over the handling of overtime pay.
The 12member jury found O’Toole retaliated against a veteran sergeant, Ella Elias, and Capt. David Proudfoot, who was the precinct commander. The jury ruled that O’Toole did not retaliate against the third officer, Lt. Steve Strand.
The jury awarded $1.9 million to Elias, the central figure in the case, and $932,000 to Proudfoot.
During the twoweek trial, the jury heard allegations that O’Toole retaliated against Elias, beginning in 2014, after she complained that lucrative overtime pay had been improperly steered to four favored black officers.
Jurors also heard claims thatO’Toole, in early 2015, transferred Proudfoot and Strand, who was the precinct’s second in command, because they opposed the department’s plan to transfer Elias, who is white, to another precinct.
Jurors had deliberated for a day and a half before reaching their verdict early Monday afternoon.
The three officers were not present when the verdict was announced in the Seattle courtroom of Judge William Downing, but arrived together soon
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$2.8M verdict against SPD chief
JURY SEES RETALIATION IN 2 POLICE TRANSFERS
Officials: Hostile precinct workplace had to change
Chief Kathleen O’Toole: “I took the high road”
Sanders declares: ‘I amproud to stand with her’
By JOSEPH O'SULLIVANSeattle Times Olympia bureau
OLYMPIA — Incorrect language on acourt sentencing form improperly shaved off community supervision and treatment time for at least 73 Washington state sex offenders participating in a special program.
It’s unclear whether any offenders actually were released early from su
pervision, or whether the longrunning problem was fixed by correcting the dates, according to state court officials and the state Department of Corrections (DOC).
This mistake isn’t related to the software error revealed in December that may have freed up to 2,700 felons early between 2002 and 2015. But state officials early this year found themselves scrambling to fix both problems.
The incorrect form had been used
since 2008, but officials only became aware of the problem in January, according to Merrie Gough, a senior legal analyst with the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts.
The court form was used for the Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative (SSOSA) program, which is designed to lower the chance for a repeat crime by certain firsttime felony sex offenders considered a low risk
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Since 2008, at least 73 offenders received shorter treatment, but a
few were monitored longer due to the mistake
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Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders takes the stage Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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First lady Michelle Obama delivers a strong speech that many called the most personal and heartfelt of the night.
By JIM BRUNNERSeattle Times political reporter
PHILADELPHIA — From morning to night, Washington’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention on Monday heard appeals from party leaders urging them to coalesce behind the party’s presumed nominee, Hillary Clinton.
But in a group packed with supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, many said they were not yet ready to buy in.
“It is far from unified,” said Jessa Lewis, a Seattle delegate for Sanders, standing in the Wells Fargo Arena on Monday night as boos repeatedly rained down from some in the crowd after mentions of Clinton from
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Many Sanders state delegatesfinding it hard to really let go
BOOS AMID SUPPORT FOR CLINTON
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