Doug Baldwin discusses policy change to deadly force law with legislators

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin met with a legislative task force at the Washington state capitol to discuss an amendment to a law that allows police to avoid being charged with a crime when using deadly force.

The current provisions stipulate that officers can avoid charges if they acted without malice, or in good faith. Baldwin wants these terms to be taken out of the current law.

"The major part of it is that it sends a message to the community that law enforcement and the agencies that represent law enforcement, that they're serious about the gravity of their decisions and about the standards that they hold themselves to," Baldwin said to ESPN's Sheil Kapadia.

"And it sends a deep message to the community of just that. And an olive branch, if you will, that they're willing to work with the community. It heals a much-needed relationship. As far as being able to prosecute police officers, obviously that's not the intent. We're the only state in the country that has the malice clause, so it's catching up with the times if we're moving it. The police officers, they are still protected to the full extent of the law for use of deadly force in which it is justified under the law."

Baldwin spoke with Governor Jay Inslee, pantomiming the touchdown pass he threw in Sunday's win against the Philadelphia Eagles.