Seattle City Council member Nick Licata says he will draft state legislation that would make it easier to prosecute cops who kill civilians. The state should remove the burden to prove “malice”—otherwise known as “evil intent”—from deadly-use-of-force laws because that is nearly impossible, he says.
“You basically have to prove that a police officer was intentionally out to kill someone,” says Licata. “I think the general public recognizes that this poor wording needs to change—there should be a more active description.”
The proposal from Licata, who doesn’t yet have a sponsor for the bill in the state legislature, comes after the high-profile killing of John T. Williams by Seattle police officer Ian Birk. In that case, King County prosecuting attorney Dan Satterberg refused to press charges, saying he couldn’t prove malice.
Passing the legislation won’t be a cakewalk. Licata would likely need to earn the support of Satterberg and local police unions (or at least pacify them). And city officials throughout the state might balk at a more liberal law “that exposes them to greater liability,” Licata explains. “If we broaden the law to include negligence, does that mean they’ll have more lawsuits against the city? That’s a hurdle that could kill potential legislation.” 
Nick Licata’s no Lefists (but,then again;has Seattle ever had any Leftists on it’s city council?).
If the video tape and eye witnesses mean nothing then the yack from politipiggys means even less.
As I am not a nice guy and not in love with the American circus of clown crap I would have fired the cop and sent him packing at “least”?
but yes the talent pool for street cruisers is slim to say the least so a guy with a knife shuffling down a Seattle street can set off many alarms in many heads of those who have had to deal with the crack head nation of the criminally insane?
The facts are still that the officer used poor poor judgment and risk the lives of many and killed one wood carver as the Seattle Police failed once again to “train” its officers to use a “PROCEDURE”.
Looking at the negative of this sick picture its obvious that Washington State has a Severe problem that makes it a “Danger to Society” as a judge would put it in old school terms.
Nick Licata is yacking about fixing something that is not even there and has not been for so long that the entire State of Washington would not even recognize it.
If intent is impossible to prove, then hate crime laws should be struck from the books too. Get off the bong, Nick.