OLYMPIA — Doug Baldwin on Monday called for changes to a Washington law that protects law enforcement officers from prosecution after they kill people.
Right now, state law makes it almost impossible for prosecutors to bring criminal charges against an officer, even if there’s a conclusion that an officer wrongfully killed someone.
That’s because the law declares that an officer can’t be charged if he or she acted in good faith during an incident, and without malice.
And so Baldwin, wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, touchdown-thrower in Sunday’s romp over the Eagles — yes, that Baldwin — joined about a dozen others in Olympia to speak out before the Use of Deadly Force in Community Policing joint task force.