Follow up on my testimony on Monday's (11/13) City Council Meeting

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Follow up on my testimony on Monday’s (11/13) City Council Meeting

Prosecutorial Discretion and Racial Prejudice (Part 1)

This is a reposting, originally published via Substack by Jerry Leclaire on May 22nd, 2023. In criminal legal cases (as opposed to civil cases) it is the County Prosecutor’s decision…

Sexual assault, harassment reports at Trent highlight dangerous oversight gaps at Spokane shelters

The city doesn’t have regular quality control measures, or guidance and protection for whistleblowers.

Update: Tenant-Landlord Ordinance C36330 1/20/23

Over the past week, there have been significant changes made to the Tenant-Landlord Ordinance C36330. As of this post, the current document accessible to the public on the city’s website…

Update on the old East Central Library

Council votes unanimously on Resolution 2023-0001, establishing a specified process, timeline, and criteria for a request for information (RFI) from the community to lease the former East Central Library building…

Spokane Tenant Meetings Week 1/3 – 1/23, 2023

Please register in advance of the meeting and the link will be emailed to you. If you cannot attend you can still register so you will receive updates and Action…

Day Two of Consecutive Police Harassment Inside Camp Hope

Yesterday marked the second day of consecutive harassment from the Spokane Police, Spokane Valley Police, and the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. The Spokesman covered some of the errors on Day…

SRLJC Pushing Ahead With New Jail Proposal

When the Spokane Regional Law and Justice Council met on June 8 – the group’s first meeting after the original Council was disbanded and a new, smaller group was formed…

Camp Hope Update and Ways to Help

Camp Hope began in December 2021 at Spokane City Hall as a protest of the city administration’s inaction to provide warming shelters, beds, and social and health services for people…

Spokane County Prosecutor, an Elected Position

In Spokane County, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, working class folks, and poor folks are often harmed when they are caught up in a court system they do not…

Primary Elections! It is time to vote. In-person Voting and Registration until August 2nd.

Not a Drill! It's Time to Vote! Primary elections are held in Washington State August 2nd. These are extremely important yet often overlooked elections. It’s imperative that those of us…

Lesley Haskell isn’t just racist; she organizes racism.

In the last few months, Lesley Haskell and her husband, Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell, have been in the local news due to racist and troubling statements Lesley Haskell made…

Larry Haskell Speaks for Himself

It's not Lesley, it's Larry. Making the case for the systemic/structural racism displayed by Haskell's County Prosecutor office. This is a data-backed reality.

Racial Discrepancies Under Haskell

Spokane County’s criminal legal system discriminates against people of color and those poor enough to need a public defender. Despite continuous claims by elected officials that this information is contested…

The Mayor, the Police, and the Library – What’s Happening in East Central, and Why It Matters.

The Spokane Public Library at Liberty park opened in November 2021. This new state-of-the-art facility featured large floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over Liberty Park, free meeting space, innovative children’s reading…

The Police Chief and the School Board

Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl writes a letter to the Spokane School District Superintendent stating after “learning of” multiple incidents and having reviewed “dozens of police reports, it appears there…

The Patrol Anti-Crime Team (PACT) Disbanded Over False Statements Slide Deck

In December 2021 the Spokesman-Review reported that Spokane Police Chief Meidl suspended the Patrol Anti-Crime Team, known as PACT. Chief Meidl made this decision after U.S. District Court Judge Rosanna…

Spokane Police Department’s Sleight of Hand Undermines Integrity

Spokane Police Officer Scott Lesser’s bad behavior made the news recently, and not for the first time. On Dec. 18, 2021, The Spokesman-Review reported that he and another officer provided…