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The city of Seattle has agreed to pay out nearly $2 million over the death of 48-year-old William Yurek, a father of four who may have survived a heart attack were it not for the city's mismanaged system that blocked first responders from saving him,
Seattle's blacklist system is real, and is also both flawed and outdated. The city basically just flags certain names and addresses on grounds that whoever lives at a given address has a history of hostility towards police and other officials; if a medical unit happens to be called to an address on that list, it's required to wait until law enforcement arrives to escort the team into the property.
It's worth noting that this isn't the first time Seattle's blacklist has forced the city to cash out. In August, the cityto a former 911 call center operator who claimed they were unfairly penalized for calling attention to the failures of the system.
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