John Williams

Death by Force

On a late summer afternoon in Seattle, on August 30, 2010, a 50-year-old First Nations woodcarver named John T. Williams was walking near the intersection of Boren Avenue and Howell Street. Williams, a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth tribe and a seventh-generation carver, was carrying a piece of cedar and a small carving knife, tools of his trade. He had a history of alcoholism and was hearing impaired in one ear.

At approximately 4:15 p.m., Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk, 27, spotted Willi ...Read More

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