Christopher Bayley on Seattle Police Payoffs

Former King County prosecutor Christopher Bayley talks about his book, “Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle." In July 1971 Bayley obtained indictments on charges of criminal conspiracy for his predecessor as King County prosecutor, a longtime city council member, the head of King County’s licensing department, a former sheriff, a former police chief, and 13 Seattle and King County police officers. It was the beginning of the end for the institutionalized corruption system that had operated for decades.

Bayley also describes the progressive Republican local wave in the 60s and 70s focused on reforming. Bayley says today, he tells possible candidates for city office not to run as Republicans.

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