Embattled OLEO Director Faces Growing Calls for Removal as King County Enters Major Leadership Shakeup

Embattled OLEO Director Faces Growing Calls for Removal as King County Enters Major Leadership Shakeup

With Executive-elect Girmay Zahilay preparing to restructure county government, critics say the political transition offers the ideal moment to replace civilian oversight director Tamer Abouzeid amid accusations of antisemitic and anti-police social-media posts. With a new King County executive preparing to reshape the government’s top ranks for the first time in 16 years, the future of Tamer Y. Abouzeid, director of the Office of Law Enforcemen…

King County Executive-Elect Girmay Zahilay Thanks Constituents For Telling Him He’s Working With A War Profiteer, But Doesn’t Kick Him Off The Team

King County Executive-elect Girmay Zahilay told The Burner he’s grateful to his constituents for raising concerns in a recent community letter about his decision to prop up Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith as one of four co-chairs on the team guiding his transition to office. Zahilay joined them in condemning “the facilitation of human rights violations in Gaza,” but he did not commit to the chief demand of the letter: Removing t…