(OLYMPIA, Wa) – The State Office of Independent Investigations is charged with investigating fatal police shootings. The idea is to have an impartial agency responsible for determining what happened, and not a police department that is likely to have a conflict of interest. But several years in, the OII is barely up and running. We’ll talk to the agency’s director.
PLUS: Can Donald Trump actually deport 11 million undocumented immigrants?
AND: How trans rights have become a flash point at the US Capitol.
Guests include Crime and Terrorism Analyst Brad Garrett; Roger Rogoff, head of the Office of Independent Investigations; and ABC’s Steve Roberts.
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Protesters hold signs at a rally after the verdict was read during the trial of three Tacoma Police officers in the death of Manny Ellis, at Pierce County Superior Court, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Maddy Grassy)
