From ThePostMillennial.com…
One week after a series of new police reform laws went into effect in Washington state, residents have become victim to the horrific consequences of the reformed laws paseed by Democratic Washington state legislators and signed into law by Democrat Governor Jay Inslee.
“Washington state legislature you need to fix this before someone gets hurt! This is not a partisan issue, this is a public safety issue. I don’t care if you have an R or D by your name. Fix it,” Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney said in relation to a horrifying incident that occurred in Whatcom County because of these new laws.
Early Friday morning, a Whatcom County man showed up to his mother’s home and threatened to kill a woman, her two young children, and his mother. Despite having probable cause to arrest the suspect, a new requirement under the state laws, Bellingham police officers were not authorized to pursue the suspect after he fled the scene in a vehicle.
“While apprehending him was crucial, and obviously incredibly important to the victims, the new law prevented our officers from doing so,” Lt. Claudia Murphy told The Bellingham Herald. “This is one of the unintended consequences stemming from the passage of the law.”
