In a shocking move, Seattle’s police chief has resigned after the city slashed her salary and defunded other parts of the department..Seattle has been the scene of weeks of Black Lives Matter rioting following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis..Anarchists also set up their own autonomous zone for several weeks before it was taken back by police..Chief Carmen Best, Seattle’s first black, female chief, even had her home surrounded by BLM protestors..“This was a difficult decision for me, but when it’s time, it’s time,” Best wrote in an email to her 1,400 officers, hours after the Seattle City Council voted to cut SPD’s budget by $3 million, including 100 sworn officers, the SWAT team, Navigation team, and her own salary..“I am confident the department will make it through these difficult times. You truly are the best police department in the country, and please trust me when I say, the vast majority of people in Seattle support you and appreciate you.”.Mayor Jenny Durkan who wrote to SPD staff members in an email late Monday night said: “While I understand the Chief’s reasons, I accepted her decision with a very heavy heart.”.In her 28-year career, Best rose through the ranks from a patrol officer to sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and deputy chief..Best said it was not her decision to have officers flee the East Precinct in rioting in June, when the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” took over several blocks surrounding the building for weeks..After two people – including a 16-year-old boy – were shot and killed around the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone – police moved in on Canada Day and cleared up the area..CHAZ was just 24 hours a day of protesting, music, dancing and communing without a cop in sight. They quickly run out of food, putting out a plea for “vegan meat alternatives” and other soy-based food donations..At the heart of the CHAZ is a Seattle police precinct, abandoned by officers and now being used by gun-tooting warlords who have established themselves as the new keepers of law and order..They had a list of demands, including the “abolition” of the Seattle Police Department and its attached court system, free college for all people in the state, as well as “the abolition of imprisonment, generally speaking, but especially the abolition of both youth prisons and privately-owned, for-profit prisons.”. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .The streets were apparently controlled by a hip hop artist-turned-warlord by the name of Raz Simone, who has established an armed private police force that does not hesitate to dole out beatings to communal scofflaws..U.S President Donald Trump and Durkan engaged in a war of words over the Zone..“Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will,” Trump warned Durkan and Washington state governor Jay Inslee – both Democrats – in a tweet, calling the protesters “domestic terrorists” who have taken over Seattle..“This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped (sic) IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST,” he said in another tweet..Durkan replied, telling Trump to “go back to his bunker” a reference to when Trump sheltered in the White House bunker after D.C protests and riots got too close..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
In a shocking move, Seattle’s police chief has resigned after the city slashed her salary and defunded other parts of the department..Seattle has been the scene of weeks of Black Lives Matter rioting following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis..Anarchists also set up their own autonomous zone for several weeks before it was taken back by police..Chief Carmen Best, Seattle’s first black, female chief, even had her home surrounded by BLM protestors..“This was a difficult decision for me, but when it’s time, it’s time,” Best wrote in an email to her 1,400 officers, hours after the Seattle City Council voted to cut SPD’s budget by $3 million, including 100 sworn officers, the SWAT team, Navigation team, and her own salary..“I am confident the department will make it through these difficult times. You truly are the best police department in the country, and please trust me when I say, the vast majority of people in Seattle support you and appreciate you.”.Mayor Jenny Durkan who wrote to SPD staff members in an email late Monday night said: “While I understand the Chief’s reasons, I accepted her decision with a very heavy heart.”.In her 28-year career, Best rose through the ranks from a patrol officer to sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and deputy chief..Best said it was not her decision to have officers flee the East Precinct in rioting in June, when the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” took over several blocks surrounding the building for weeks..After two people – including a 16-year-old boy – were shot and killed around the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone – police moved in on Canada Day and cleared up the area..CHAZ was just 24 hours a day of protesting, music, dancing and communing without a cop in sight. They quickly run out of food, putting out a plea for “vegan meat alternatives” and other soy-based food donations..At the heart of the CHAZ is a Seattle police precinct, abandoned by officers and now being used by gun-tooting warlords who have established themselves as the new keepers of law and order..They had a list of demands, including the “abolition” of the Seattle Police Department and its attached court system, free college for all people in the state, as well as “the abolition of imprisonment, generally speaking, but especially the abolition of both youth prisons and privately-owned, for-profit prisons.”. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .The streets were apparently controlled by a hip hop artist-turned-warlord by the name of Raz Simone, who has established an armed private police force that does not hesitate to dole out beatings to communal scofflaws..U.S President Donald Trump and Durkan engaged in a war of words over the Zone..“Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will,” Trump warned Durkan and Washington state governor Jay Inslee – both Democrats – in a tweet, calling the protesters “domestic terrorists” who have taken over Seattle..“This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped (sic) IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST,” he said in another tweet..Durkan replied, telling Trump to “go back to his bunker” a reference to when Trump sheltered in the White House bunker after D.C protests and riots got too close..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
