Stories by Maggie Quinlan for the Spokesman-Review

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Spokane task force search results in AR-15, heroin

UPDATED: Wed., June 17, 2020

A Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force search of a man convicted of three prior felonies led to the discovery of a semiautomatic rifle and four grams of heroin, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s press release.

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Downtown Spokane shooting leaves one hospitalized

UPDATED: Tue., June 16, 2020

Spokane police responded to, but have not made an arrest in, a downtown shooting that left one person hospitalized early Saturday morning.

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Are some police racist or is the whole system? A Black Spokane cop and his daughter discuss, disagree

Sun., June 14, 2020

As a Black teenager growing up in Chicago, Ed Richardson often feared the police. But that didn’t stop him from becoming one of them.

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Black Spokane residents are 5 times more likely to be arrested, new data show

UPDATED: Tue., June 16, 2020

Over the course of a year, a Black person in Spokane is over five times more likely to be arrested by Spokane police than a white person, according to a Spokesman-Review analysis of recently released data.

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Parade for pride, Black lives powers through rain

UPDATED: Sat., June 13, 2020

In rain boots and with a rainbow pinwheel in hand, Oliver Schindler, 4, looked up in awe at a row of over 40 multicolored balloons fastened to Patrick Devine’s white pickup truck.

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Spokane County deputy dragged by suspect accused of evading arrest

UPDATED: Fri., June 12, 2020

A Spokane County sheriff's deputy was dragged from a vehicle at speeds reaching between 20 and 30 mph on Friday evening, after pulling over a man suspected of having plates that did not match his vehicle.

News > Education

Calvillo draws inspiration from brother’s success as EWU graduate

Sun., June 7, 2020

Miguel Calvillo, 23, spent his childhood in the orchard town of Sunnyside, Washington, where drive-by shootings were a monthly occurrence. In middle school, Calvillo’s neighborhood friend heard shots and came home to bullet holes in his bed. Miguel is the first in his family of Mexican immigrants to attend college, and June 13 he will be the first to graduate, earning his B.S. in electrical engineering from Eastern Washington University.

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Spokane police will limit controversial knee-to-neck technique; some protesters say it was employed on them last weekend

UPDATED: Sat., June 6, 2020

Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl told The Spokesman-Review this week his department will limit when officers can employ a controversial technique for detaining suspects by kneeling on their necks, which was used in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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‘They gotta stop killing us’: Hundreds participate in Spokane’s Vehicle Procession for Black Lives

UPDATED: Sat., June 6, 2020

Over 200 cars flashing hazard lights and decorated in signs participated in Spokane’s Vehicle Procession for Black Lives, a socially distanced event hosted by the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane.

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‘We can’t breathe’ projected on Spokane County Courthouse

UPDATED: Fri., June 5, 2020

A small team of activists used a projector to shine “We can’t breathe” on the tower of the Spokane County Courthouse this week in the aftermath of large peaceful protests against police brutality.

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‘I want you to feel me’: Woodward, Meidl hear youth speak at downtown protest

UPDATED: Wed., June 3, 2020

For Spokane’s fourth straight evening of protests following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by Minneapolis police, teens took the mic and spoke directly to the city’s leaders and a crowd of about 200.

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Tuesday protest remains peaceful in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., June 2, 2020

Two gatherings merged in the Red Wagon meadow during the evening Tuesday, with protesters sharing pizza and baked goods while expressing concern about police brutality.

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The virus isn’t political, but masks have become a fraught symbol as officials urge people to wear them

Sun., May 31, 2020

To some, the debate over wearing masks has made it easy to tell conservatives from liberals – just check their face for a mask.

News > Idaho

With reduced capacity and few guests in masks, Silverwood opens ahead of almost all other theme parks

Sun., May 31, 2020

Less than 10 minutes after Silverwood Theme Park reopened Saturday, dozens of children splashed in the wave pool at Boulder Beach, adults lay out on lounge chairs and no one in sight wore a mask. Silverwood, which has been drawing thrill seekers to North Idaho for decades, is one of the first theme parks in the nation – and by far the largest – to open since the pandemic shut the industry down.

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Police arrest man suspected of repeatedly selling heroin and meth

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2020

Spokane police officers arrested a suspected drug dealer Wednesday, about two months after he was arrested for selling heroin and meth.

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COVID-19 positive man who refused to self-isolate after jail stay turns himself in

UPDATED: Thu., May 28, 2020

The Spokane man who exposed six Spokane police officers to COVID-19 and refused orders to self-isolate turned himself in Thursday afternoon.

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High-speed chase ends in man’s arrest on eight counts

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2020

A traffic stop escalated into a high-speed chase Monday that ended when a K-9 tracked and bit a suspect hiding in a woman’s garden.

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Man stabbed his dog, dumped pet in garbage bin, police say

UPDATED: Thu., May 28, 2020

Spokane arrested a man suspected of animal cruelty Wednesday after he stabbed his dog and threw it in a dumpster to die, according to witnesses.

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Man suffering delusions sentenced for stabbing 7-year-old boy

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2020

A Spokane judge sentenced Bruce Landahl to 13 years in prison last week for the random stabbing of a

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Spokane area malls look to future as limited reopenings see sparse shopping, fraction of retailers

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Spokane’s malls began reopening this week with hand-sanitizing stations, disease-prevention posters and reduced seating but with only a fraction of the retailers and without the crowds that might overwhelm safety measures.

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