The Ninth Circuit, the petition contended, was so far off the mark legally that the Court should consider swiftly overturning the decision without further written briefs or oral argument. The ...

SEATTLE — When Seattle Police Department officers used pepper spray and crowd control devices known as flash bangs Wednesday night, it was the first time the officers had done so in a large ...

Seattle also needs to sort out its crowd control policies to help end federal oversight of the police department under the consent decree, which has been in place ever since the Department of ...