A police officer in a Seattle suburb was found guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree assault for the 2019 shooting death of a man, marking the first conviction under a Washington State law aimed at holding officers accountable for unjustified use of deadly force.
The guilty verdict reflects the impact of Initiative 940, passed in 2018, which created a new legal standard focusing on what a reasonable officer would do in similar situations, removing the need to prove malice in such cases.
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