06/09/2026
The Road to Justice
Is a Road for All
I am writing this letter with deepest sincerity to the Puyallup Tribe, our local and state communities and to all the victims of police involved homicides. If anyone knew Jackie Danielle Salyers, she was one of the sweetest girls anyone would ever want to know and love and she deserves her day in court; with that being said, there is no guilty verdict or monetary value that can measure the loss of our beloved Jackie. My sister Jackies’ mother Lisa Earl Rideout has done everything in her power under the law to bring attention and justice for our Jackie. Her appeals throughout the court system have fallen on deaf ears, we have now exhausted the appeals process here in Pierce County. It is now ten years later, and we are in process of going to the Washington State Supreme court to seek justice for our Jackie. On June 11, 2026, two days from today the Washington State Supreme court will finally hear her case. This case does not only represent Jackie but everyone who has been victimized by police and law enforcement brutality and homicide. In 2019, I met with then Vice President Kamla Harris and asked her, “why is it the victims’ families who have to do all the work in seeking justice for those who have been killed by law enforcement and to address the system that is obviously not serving us all equally”? She was taken to the obvious answer of not having a direct answer to my question and or an answer to all the families impacted by this tragic circumstance. But she then turned and with compassion and humility asked me, “how is my sister and how is she holding up’? I replied, “thank you for asking”, and people on those levels never ask how she is doing personally: She appears to be strong which she is, but broken, and our lives have been changed and altered forever because of the decision of two officers Scott Campbell and Erin Joseph. Their compulsive reactive ill warranted untrained decision turned a simple act into a life ending tragedy.
To her credit former Vice President Harris wrote me a few months later and thank me for the work I had done and the galvanizing of the Puyallup Tribe, local and other statewide communities and creating the Road to Justice in honor of our beloved Jackie. Former Vice President Harris called me and asked me if I and my sister Lisa could come to Washington D.C and to the White House to be part of the signing of then President Biden’s signing of the Executive Order of and for Police Reform in honor of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor and our beloved Jackie. This event was Ms. Harris, the Biden administration best effort to address Police and Law Enforcement homicides and police brutality.
We are hoping all that can will join us in court this Thursday June 11, 2026, in Olympia Washington at the Washington State Supreme Court Building.. Please know if you cannot attend that proceeding in person, you are all with us in mind and spirit and we love and thank you all. With deepest sincerity I personally would like to thank everyone involved from the beginning to this time, we couldn’t have come this far without all of you.
Time:9:00AM
Address: 415 12th Ave., Olympia, WA 98501
Sincerely,
James Jim Jim Rideout.
