from Crosscut: “Following the Seattle WTO protest in 1999, Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper resigned from his position. Now, 16 years later he has become a writer and activist on police reform and justice. Stamper comes to Town Hall (from his home on the San Juan Islands) to read from his latest book, the enlightening,stirring To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police. Starting with the history of policing in the U.S., Stamper builds up from this flawed foundation to paint the police force we see today — one, that in many cities, is plagued by corruption, militarization and increased violence against society’s most disadvantaged…”