"As terms of the standard practice of law enforcement of disclosing basic elements of crime and the location, I don't think there's any change in that," Johnson said.

New crime data from the Washington Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Association found hate crime incidents statewide have decreased from 576 in 2023 to 477 incidents last year.

Besides providing politicians with new superlatives in their rhetoric, there are two benefits to classifying terrorism as either a crime against humanity or genocide. First, it allows large-scale acts ...