United Against Hate: Insights on Identifying, Reporting, and Responding to Acts of Hate and Excessive Force Committed Under Color of Law

‍United Against Hate: Insights on Identifying, Reporting, and Responding to Acts of Hate and Excessive Force Committed Under Color of Law

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Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Rainier Arts Center 3515 S Alaska St, Seattle WA 98118

Agenda and the list of panelists below!

Participating Federal and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

1) United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington

2) Federal Bureau of Investigation – Seattle Field Office

3) King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

4) Seattle Police Department

Agenda

6:05 pm – 6:15 pm Introductions and Welcome

Seattle-King County NAACP

Tessa Gorman, U.S. Attorney

6:15 pm – 6:50 pm Overview of Hate Crime and Color-of-law Investigations Prosecutions

Jessica Manca, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Civil Rights Coordinator

Erika Evans, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Civil Rights Coordinator

Susan Kas, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division Civil Rights Coordinator

Ryan Bruett, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Hate Crime Squad

Yessenia Manzo, Hate Crimes Prosecutor, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Elizabeth Wareing, Detective/Bias Crime Coordinator, Seattle Police Department

6:50 pm – 7:00 pm Community Questions and Answers

7:00 pm – 7:45 pm Panel discussion

Craig Sims

James Bible

Tessa Gorman

Yessenia Manzo

Moderated by: Jessica Manca and Erika Evans

7:45 pm – 8:00 pm Community Questions and Answers

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