King County Violence Prevention Chaos

More bad news for King County violence-prevention programs  Dec. 19, 2024 at 5:13 pm

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/more-bad-news-for-king-county-violence-prevention-programs/

Kickbacks/Audit

https://www.kuow.org/stories/secret-payments-damning-audit-king-county-s-youth-violence-prevention-effort-mired-in-scandal

https://www.kuow.org/stories/secret-payments-to-king-county-employee-could-become-issue-in-race-for-county-s-top-job

The Audits

         King County

https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/b44e5d86bed9895bc657416c6e7d64b3.pdf

         Seattle

https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_018abbe3-1aed-4d85-ad43-28244ba42911.html

Editorial on Seattle Audit

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/seattle-is-weary-of-gun-violence-city-auditors-report-is-a-lifeline/

Second CP Shooting

https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-gave-millions-to-no-new-youth-jail-activists-to-help-kids-then-they-looked-away

Church Shooting

https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-church-shooting-suspect-victim-crime-diversion-program

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/victim-of-shooting-at-seattle-church-identified-gunman-at-large

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/man-killed-by-seattle-police-in-white-center-idd-as-suspect-in-fatal-church-shooting

Passageways Embezzlement

https://www.kuow.org/stories/former-seattle-nonprofit-exec-admits-stealing-millions-for-gambling-clothes-and-travel

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/finance-director-of-2-seattle-nonprofits-sentenced-for-embezzlement

https://mynorthwest.com/3889986/former-finance-director-embezzled-3m-seattle-non-profits/

https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-community-activist-indicted-drug-trafficking-ring-boys-and-girls-club-king-county-multistate-organization-corrective-action-crime-matelita-marty-jackson-conspiracy

Investigation uncovers $800K in payments to King County employee’s family members

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/investigation-uncovers-800k-in-payments-to-king-county-employees-family-members/

Interrupters unproven

https://www.vox.com/22622363/police-violence-interrupters-cure-violence-research-study

 

IRS

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/813806946

 

General News

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/as-unsolved-teen-murders-spike-in-seattle-a-father-pleads-for-our-help/

Seattle and DC only cities with increasing violence

https://jasher.substack.com/p/gun-violence-has-mostly-returned

 

Seattle Audit on Gun Violence Increase