Ross Reynolds interviews Crosscut reporter David Kroman about Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole's decision to fire Officer Cynthia Whitlatch for her questionable arrest of a 69-year-old black man who was using a golf club as a cane last July.
Some are saying this is a sign that Seattle Police may have turned the corner in the effort to reform under a Department of Justice Consent decree aimed at stopping excessive use of force by the department. But there's still a question of whether the police union will overturn the firing.
