Janelle Griffith is a national reporter for NBC News focusing on issues of race and policing.
Seattle’s embattled police chief has been removed from his post, Mayor Bruce Harrell said Wednesday, just days after an assistant police chief was placed on leave and amid lawsuits from at least six officers alleging discrimination against women and people of color.Harrell said Chief Adrian Diaz has been replaced in the interim by Sue Rahr, a former sheriff of King County, where Seattle is located. Rahr most recently led the state’s police academy.
Sumeer Singla, the attorney for the four women, said in an interview Thursday that Diaz’s dismissal further legitimizes their claim. Singla said that the day after it was filed, the police department insinuated in a statement that his clients were liars who had individual grievances that were driving media headlines. “Fast-forward 30 days later, the chief of police is being reassigned,” he said.
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