The condensed version of former University of Washington professor Hubert Locke’s argument for the confirmation of John Diaz as Seattle’s police chief: all you people saying we need an “outsider” to clean up this department are crazy. Outsiders are what we’ve had for 30 years! For the longer version, check out his piece at Crosscut.And for those that think Diaz still has to answer for the jaywalking cop-punch that happened during his time as an interim chief, your rebuttal can be found here.