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Taylor Riley

Taylor Riley is a public health researcher and organizer with Defend the Defund in Seattle.

Op-Ed

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Prisons & Policing

DOJ Intervention Didn’t Stop Seattle’s Police Violence. It Gave Cops More Money.

Seattle learned the hard way that federal oversight via “consent decrees” mainly served to increase police budgets.

By: Angélica Cházaro ,; BJ Last ,; Taylor Riley ,; Truthout

May 28, 2023