Deposition of Adrian Diaz

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.

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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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