text: "Inquests are to provide transparency" - yes, the way it's set up, it's transparent that this process is use to cover up and otherwise validate police excessive use of force or personal and institutional criminality.
   “I am not surprised at the outcome of the inquest jury, said Police Chief Ken Thomas" - neither am I - it was a forgone conclusion as it always is when there's absolutely no one representing the dead and the jury is hamstrung by the rules they are forced to follow, the "evidence" they are allowed to see, and the "testimony" they are allowed to hear.
  "King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will review the information from the investigation, led by Auburn Police, and the findings of the inquest to make an independent determination" - absolute;y impossible and insulting to say this process is independent. Everyone involved, save the dead man, is playing for the same team and depend on each other's cooperation and "professional courtesy" to do their jobs on a daily basis.