Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders posted something on Facebook this weekend that sums it up perfectly: “A murder suspect let out of jail now shooting at police from a stolen vehicle in a pursuit 10 months later is a headline that can easily sum up Washington’s criminal support system.”
Criminal support system. Not criminal justice system.
Here’s what happened
A 16-year-old boy was involved in a prison riot at King County’s Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center on Feb. 14. He allegedly barricaded a classroom door with other juveniles and punched three detention officers.
He was released. Days after a prison riot…