On Friday, Galanda Broadman filed an amicus brief with the Washington State Supreme Court on behalf of the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability (WCPA), regarding the disproportionate violence suffered by Indigenous women at the hands of state police officers who are meant to protect them.
Gabe Galanda, Ryan Dreveskracht, and Shelby Stoner filed the brief for WCPA, supporting Jacqueline Salyer’s family’s appeal of a Washington State Court of Appeals’ decision that effectively permits the City of Tacoma to evade liability for its negligent retention of a patrol officer with a history of violence against women.
Jaqueline, a member of the Puyallup Tribe, was killed by Tacoma police officers in 2016.
WCPA is a coalition of families who have lost loved ones to police violence, advocates, experts, and organizations, working together on state-wide policies to reduce police violence and increase accountability.
Over the last ten years, Galanda Broadman lawyers have successfully brought claims against Lakewood, Poulsbo, and Olympia’s municipal law enforcement departments, as well as the King and Snohomish County Sheriff’s offices, for taking the lives of Indigenous men and women.
