Daniel Beekman

Reporter @seattletimes covering politics and communities / Please send tips to [email protected] Signal: DanielBeekman.44 / @PacNWGuild

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

Back with a post on here only to share this story. Please give it a read.

Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free was supposed to investigate.

https://t.co/LgfdIawsff

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

This story is stunning. Incredible reporting/writing on how police, jail guards and others respond to people in mental health crisis.

Read the three opening scenes. Then, when you're over the shock, keep reading.
@DBeekman @seattletimes
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[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

Back with a post on here only to share this story. Please give it a read.

Two men were arrested in Yakima County while suffering mental crises. The man who went to jail died behind bars. The man who went free was supposed to investigate.

https://t.co/LgfdIawsff

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

No longer posting here. Find my work at https://t.co/tSv0AsBij4. Connect with me via the contact info in my bio.

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

Wrote this on election night last week: “Consider this: In 2021’s citywide general election, all four Seattle races shifted by at least 12 percentage points. Strauss, Morales, Davis and Lewis (barely) were within that window Tuesday night.” Two now ahead. Two within 500 votes.

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

@AlecMacGillis Met both of them more than 10 years ago in the Bronx. Ritchie Torres worked for Councilmember Jimmy Vacca. AOC was trying to start a small business. Both very nice in person.

[Matt Driscoll @mattsdriscoll]

The first time I met Gail Neal she was loading donations into a pickup truck. I've been in awe of her ever since.

What her low-income childcare agency has accomplished in relative anonymity on Hilltop is mindboggling.

Now, it could soon double in size. https://t.co/0KxnWxXxSJ

[Mike Lindblom @MikeLindblom]

West Seattle's light-rail path finally takes shape, at a price

https://t.co/wpN4QYS3Pa

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

When its transit system suspends fares next year, Clallam County will join a surprising # of WA communities where riding the bus is now free. But big-city systems like King County Metro are still collecting millions of $ from riders. https://t.co/Dz8J12veE3 (w/ @mnowlin_seattle)

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

Maritza Rivera's lead on Ron Davis has narrowed to 409 votes, 1.5 percentage points.

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

Tammy Morales just went up against Tanya Woo https://t.co/5O3UzSxmhD

[Charles Boehm @cboehm]

"I was born as a refugee and I'm still a refugee till now, and that will never change."

Sometimes the phrase 'Cinderella story' fails to do justice to a person's incredible life. Even at the tender age of 21, that's very much the case for Bernie Kamungo:

https://t.co/jPQEjH3hhc

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

Background: WA lawmakers seek ‘rent-to-own’ audit, worried about broken promises https://t.co/8auR3fDPS3

[Daniel Beekman @DBeekman]

‘Rent-to-own’ programs will be audited after WA lawmakers raise concerns https://t.co/WsPl5UW6Ah

[Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner]

👀Hearing this announcement may shake up the governor's race, too... stay tuned #waelex

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

Seattle bartender Murray Stenson was a renowned figure in the cocktail world. His legacy, though, will be the way he treated people, says food writer Tan Vinh. https://t.co/MrLHiooAqY

[Dylan McGuinness @dylmcguinness]

Houston, a city with 2.3 million people, garnered fewer votes in its mayoral election than Seattle, a city with 750k people, a third (!) of our size.

Seattle saw 267,414 voters in its November 2021 election. Houston this year: 251,987

Not! Good!

[Joseph O'Sullivan @OlympiaJoe]

NEW: WA's prison nursery is one of only a few in the US to support incarcerated mothers amid simmering debates on crime & drug use.

@amandamsnyder & I went inside WA's women's prison over a few months to spend time w/ 3 mothers & their babies: https://t.co/yhYMCQUfFt #waleg

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

Natalie Smith of Seattle is calling for an end to violence in Gaza after her uncle and aunt were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and seven family members were kidnapped. https://t.co/ljTis6Uez5

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

Two Seward Park synagogues received suspicious packages in the mail, each containing a white powdery substance, Seattle police said Friday. https://t.co/1fRQv8NfS6