Last week, the Seattle School Board voted 5-2 against reviving the School Resource Officer program at Garfield High School, which would have overturned one of the few, lasting policies won during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. And the vote didn’t just prevent one temporary contract for one officer. According to public records, it may have stopped the City’s plan to use dollars designated for education to put 15 cops in schools around the City. In March, Deputy Mayor Tiffany Washi...
