When @ChristinAyers5 and I met George Floyd’s cousin at a WA protest in July, her chants for racial justice rang loudly.
But quietly, Shayla Zartman, a biracial Black woman, had been suffocating under the pressure of her own years-long racial reckoning. https://t.co/6U8db3ykco
New: A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000. https://t.co/TePwhYUdwZ
A federal jury just ordered NaphCare to pay $25 Million to former Pierce Co. inmate, Javier Tapia. My @KING5Seattle investigation found NaphCare used unqualified medical staff to treat inmates in jails across WA, including Tapia, who lost his leg in jail. https://t.co/ZPzD4xzjBw
Thanks @seattletimes, @DBeekman and @sydbrownstone for citing my last @KING5Seattle investigation in your story this morning. You have both done an outstanding job reporting on WA jails.
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As I wrap up my final days at @KING5Seattle, here's one more investigation in my series about the lack of protections for people suffering in WA jails. This story reveals the $60+ million price tag taxpayers bear for a system that operates w/o oversight. https://t.co/gpsTczc7bg
🚨 After nearly a decade as a @KING5Seattle investigative reporter, my job was eliminated. I’m proud my reporting has changed policies, laws & lives. I don’t want to stop. Got a great investigative gig in print, digital or TV? LMK. I can do it all! 📹✍️📷🗞️https://t.co/m1VhzjL9Md
In multiple WA jails, low-level nurses who lack the training and legal authority to assess patients are making pivotal medical decisions about inmates.
Inmates and their families say it’s led to lifelong injuries and unnecessary deaths.
https://t.co/ZPzD4xzjBw? @KING5Seattle
Here’s a snapshot of concerns raised by members of the King County Sheriff’s Office and the Snoqualmie Police Department about repeated security incidents at Echo Glen Children’s Center.
Read full story here: https://t.co/8MQsqovRA4
Watch video to see how the teens escaped.
Newly obtained surveillance video from the May escape of 7 teens from Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie shows the inmates at the state-run juvenile detention center were completely running the show. Police emails show first responders were fed up. https://t.co/Mmq4CfmNcw
Workers a King Co. landfill are worried exposure to arsenic is affecting their health. As King County violated rules that exist to protect the environment & public health, landfill employees accused their bosses of failing to inform or protect them. https://t.co/oemc7Pe5Gl
#BREAKING: Yet *another* jail break at this juvenile center.
We'll bring you the latest on KONG at 10, and KING 5 at 11, but in the meantime, please watch this excellent investigative piece by @TaylorMirf for background:
https://t.co/71dH8mXS2Z
We had a great time last night at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in NYC! Grateful for the opportunity to be there in the company of such incredible journalists (including my wonderful @KING5Seattle coworkers @CJIngalls and Eric Desrosiers). 🙏🏼 @newsemmys
Our @KING5Seattle investigative team is expanding! Come work with me + the best coworkers @SFrameK5@CJIngalls & @Kellenphotog. We have support from @JulieWolfe to pursue stories that dig deep, expose injustice & drive change. Also, WA is paradise.🌲🌊🏔️🏕️ https://t.co/KFLp1JSuOR
New calls to fire the head of Washington's child welfare system. @TaylorMirf@K5Investigators and I have reported for years on serious problems within @waDCYF:
https://t.co/6vWxZfQOjA