Washington Passed Insane “Police Reform”; Crime Skyrocketed. So They Changed Their Minds And Are Trying To Take It Back

In 2021, the Washington state legislators passed several police “reform” bills that Governor Jay Inslee signed into law. These new requirements in the state covered everything from police background checks in the hiring process to which circumstances could lead to an officer being decertified. Each of the acts stemmed from activities that started in 2020 after the death of George Floyd. Seattle was one of the cities that saw civil unrest violence and extreme lawlessness. There was even a section of the city that was declared an “autonomous zone”. Police were forced out of their own precinct building and members of the zone’s leadership extorted business owners and residents by offering “protection.” We covered the bills that Inslee signed in May of 2021. It took less than a year for the state to reverse some of those limitations they placed on law enforcement. Even the Democrat lawmakers who sponsored last year’s reform bill said that it went too far and made it harder for the police t...