Legislature fine-tunes police laws | State Government - The News Tribune

Lawmakers finished much of their work Tuesday on what has been a major thrust of this year??s session in Olympia: dealing with the fallout from November??s tragic deaths in a Parkland coffee shop.

Several ideas sparked by the shooting deaths of four Lakewood police officers are headed toward becoming law, though not all are as far-reaching as originally conceived.

??I??d say maybe a home run, not a grand slam,? said Rep. Troy Kelley, D-Lakewood, who pushed several bills. ??I think we got a lot.?

Most prominent was a state constitutional amendment that will take its place on the November ballot. Voters will be asked whether judges should be allowed to deny bail for certain violent offenders facing a potential life sentence. Maurice Clemmons was released on bail on a charge of child rape before killing the officers.


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The constitution is for protection from the government for we the people, not protect the government from we the people...:wtf::wtf::wtf:
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