by Paul Kiefer
(This article was originally published on PubliCola and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
Labor leaders, police accountability activists, and elected officials from across the state, including Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold, testified Thursday in Olympia about two State senate bills intended to restructure or streamline the disciplinary process for police. The testimonies from the labor leadership revealed the sharp divide between Seattle’s labor movement, which distanced itself from police unions in June, and the statewide labor movement, which continues to defend police union membership — in their words, both out of solidarity and for self-preservation.
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