Deposition of Adrian Diaz Estate of Taylor, et al. v. City of Seattle December 21, 2022
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Estate of Taylor, et al. v. City of Seattle
Adrian Diaz
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felt that that was a better process than the -- than
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conducting an after-action review on a paper document.
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So would it be fair to say --
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And --
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Sorry. MR. GROSHONG:
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I'm sorry, Counsel.
don't think Chief Diaz was finished with that answer. A
As well as in conducting the sentinel review,
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actually getting recommendations that incorporated
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community input into that.
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Understanding that you decided when you became
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the interim chief in August of 2020 to go the route of
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sentinel review, weren't AARs required from May 30,
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June 1, June 2, every single day that protest activity
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and use of force occurred between May and August? MR. GROSHONG:
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Form.
It would have typically been, yeah, covered --
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an AAR should have been part of that process, but,
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again, because of the events, it was for us to look at
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it in a more dynamic approach and including community
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into that.
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after-action.
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The sentinel review replaced that
So instead of doing an AAR after every day of
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protests and getting immediate input into that
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process, you waited until the protests were done and BUELL REALTIME REPORTING, LLC 206.287.9066 l 800.846.6989
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