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A Seattle police department internal email said officers aren’t using enough force and that the softer approach could endanger both the police and the public, local media reported. The letter, obtained by local television news network KIRO 7, comes amid a national dialogue on excessive force by law enforcement in the wake of racially-charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white officer, Darrell Wilson, on Aug. 9. Read More |