Seattle's first Black female police chief announced her resignation after the city council voted to cut the department's budget and ax dozens of jobs https://www.insider.com/seattles-black-police-chief-carmen-best-resigns-after-budget-cuts-2020-8 Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced her resignation on Monday, effective September 2. Best, who is the city's first Black female police chief, decided to quit hours after the City Council passed cuts to her department's budget. The Seattle Police Department's $409 million budget was reduced by $3.5 million for the rest of the year, which will likely result in about 100 officers being laid off. The cuts amount to far less than the 50% sought by Black Lives Matter protesters. The police chief of Seattle announced her resignation on Monday, hours after the City Council reduced her department's budget by nearly 1%. In a department-wide email, Chief Carmen Best — who was the first Black woman to lead the Seattle police — said her resignation would be effective September 2. "This was a difficult decision for me, but when it's time, it's time," Best wrote in the email, according to KOMO. Best went on to say that she is "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," she said, according to KOMO. Earlier Monday, the Seattle City Council approved amendments to the current city budget, reducing the police departments $409 million budget by $3.5 million, according to Reuters. The cuts were made to top officers' salaries and eliminated the Navigation Team and SWAT Unit, according to KOMO. "Why on Earth – for the people who've worked so very hard – would we ever consider not having the best of the best and compensating them fairly?" Best said at a press conference about the cuts last week. "I find that absolutely shocking and quite frankly – I think it's punitive and not well thought out. And that's exactly how I feel about it." These cuts amounted to less than 1% of the police budget, which is far less than the 50% Black Lives Matter protesters have been calling for. However, City Council members have suggested that bigger cuts are on the way for 2021. The latest cuts could result in about 100 officers being eliminated through layoffs or attrition, according to KIRO 7. Best's resignation comes after months of turmoil in Seattle, which became a focal point of Black Lives Matter protests after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the end of May. For weeks in June, protesters took control of the area around the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct building and designated it a police-free zone, which they named the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP. In late July, President Donald Trump sent federal agents to the city to quell the unrest, but they were removed within days. On August 1, protesters also tried to stage demonstrations outside of Best's home, where they were met by her armed neighbors. The demonstrators told local news station KING 5 they did not want to cause trouble, but wanted to ask Best about the police's method of crowd control. While Best did not explicitly explain her reasons for leaving the department after 28 years, she is expected to speak about it more at an 11 a.m. local time press conference with Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle on Tuesday. Chris Daniels, chief political reporter at KING 5, attributed Best's resignation to "council actions, including a proposed massive pay cut, plus the council's refusal to denounce marches to her house."
Here is the proper way for neighbors to deal with protestors. Get out the guns and tell them to leave or else. Protesters say they were met with guns at Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best's home Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best wrote a letter to city council after a group of protesters went to her Snohomish County residence. https://www.king5.com/article/news/...home/281-81bd85dd-97b8-4891-a063-1aeb62e20d6c Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said a “large group of aggressive protestors” targeted her house late Saturday night in Snohomish County. In a letter to Seattle City Council, Best said her neighbors were concerned by the group, but “they were successful in ensuring the crowd was not able to trespass or engage in other illegal behavior in the area, despite repeated attempts to do so.” Best urged the city council to “stand up for what is right” and asked council members to call for an end to these tactics used to target elected officials and civil servants. Best said the actions are “out of line with and go against every democratic principle that guides our nation.” Click here to read Best’s full letter to Seattle City Council. Protesters that were there that night said they are disappointed in Best’s letter. They said they disagree that they were aggressive, and instead, said the aggressors were the neighbors Best praised. “All we were doing was walking and they met us with guns, I don’t know who the aggressor is at that point, but I don't think it's us,” said Nicole Gitaka, a demonstrator with “Every Day March.” Gitaka and her fellow protesters said less than 100 people went to the Snohomish County neighborhood and that they did not go there to destroy or cause trouble -- they wanted to ask the chief some questions regarding the Black Lives Matter movement in Seattle and the police departments use of crowd control measures. The group said they were met by Best’s neighbors who blocked the road and displayed guns. They said they attempted to talk to the neighbors, explain what they were doing there and get them to move out of the road but they reportedly refused. The protesters ended up leaving the neighborhood when they felt unsafe. “Nobody from us approached that situation with aggression, nobody went there like were going to mess up the neighborhood,” said Gitaka. “Our main objective, the only thing we're going to do was march down to Chief Best’s house, make some noise, ask some questions, and go, that’s what was going to happen.” For the most part, council members did not publicly respond to Best's request, except Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales who objected to Best's neighbors confronting the protesters. "I take exception to the response by our police chief who celebrated that her neighbors met with these young people with guns," said Morales. Protesting at leaders' homes has been happening for years, but the protests have grown in recent months, in the wake of the national protests of the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis and amid the calls in Seattle to drastically cut the police budget and reinvest those resources into other services. Last week, local tribes denounced the continued protests at the home of Councilmember Debora Juarez, who is one of the two councilmembers who did not commit to a 50% defunding of police. Juarez, who is a member of the Blackfeet tribe, is the only Native American councilmember. In June, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant joined a large group of protesters outside the now-disbanded “Capitol Hill Organized Protest” zone before leading a march to Mayor Jenny Durkan’s home. In a statement, Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney said he was notified of a group of about 200 protesters at Best’s residence in unincorporated Snohomish County around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. He said he spoke with Best on the phone, who was not home at the time. “I assured [Best] that the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office would deploy whatever resources were necessary to protect her, her family, and her property,” Fortney said in the statement. “I am pleased to report this group decided to disperse and there were no other incidents [Saturday night]. Fortney added that the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has been “supportive and accommodating” to all peaceful demonstrations, but said protesters targeting an individual’s home is a “bullying tactic.” “If this group or any other group wants to protest the government, we would ask they do so at a government building and not at any individual’s private residence,” he wrote. This is not the first time protesters targeted the homes of law enforcement or elected officials. A Puyallup Police Department officer recently found a derogatory message written in chalk in front of his home. Puyallup Police Chief Scott Engle posted a message on Facebook defending the officer, describing him as a U.S. Army veteran, husband, father, and an officer who wants to serve and protect. Engle went on to say the police and community need each other, adding, “We are all in this together.”
I would love to see a group of Antifa punks and then give them a beat down that they would remember forever. The problem is, these entiltled punks only hang around liberal area’s where there is no resistance.
Seattle is big on listening to women, especially women of color. OR NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She just resigned. Seattle Police Chief Best: Council hasn’t invited me to the table https://mynorthwest.com/2078006/seattle-police-chief-best-council/
The solution is straight-forward.... hire armed security and every state/city should have Castle Laws which apply to hired security as well. Private security does not have to mess around by applying non-lethal methods in dealing with violent rioters. If you break into the property or threaten them -- it goes straight to lethal force. In the same way a homeowner or business owner can use lethal force on their properties in states with proper Castle Laws. If the police are merely going to "de-escalate" and not protect your property & life then it is time for merchants and homeowners to hire armed private security firms who will protect your life and property. Chicago Store Owner Describes His Fear As He Said Looters Threatened To Kill Him https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/0...ar-as-he-said-looters-threatened-to-kill-him/ New video from Chicago police shows the challenges of stopping widespread unrest overnight. It shows dozens of looters and fewer officers to stop them outside the Nordstrom just off Michigan Avenue. Other businesses around the city had similar stories. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole spoke to one store owner afraid for his life. A male on a Divvy bike blows through a red light and is hit by a car. He rolls up onto the hood and windshield before limping away. He seemed to be part of a group of four breaking into a convenience store frightened away by CBS 2 cameras. Seconds earlier, the group was apparently threatening to take the life of the store’s owner Adel Elbiaadi. “I was scared. I shake. I shake,” said Elbiaadi of Tut’s convenience store. “They said ‘get away. We have to go inside.’ I said no. And they said ‘if you don’t go we will kill you.'” Throughout the downtown area, windows were smashed, stores were robbed and shop owners and staff once again rushed to the scene to pick up the pieces. Pharmacies with their ATMs and controlled substances seemed to be targeted, along with high end stores like Nordstrom, where escalators were littered with the goods looters dropped on their spree. Steps away, police stood guard by a shattered lobby window. Andy and his fiance live steps away. They spent the morning cleaning debris from the surrounding sidewalks. “It’s like seeing your backyard get trashed. Ultimately we had to do something to help out,” Andy said. “I think you can let adversity impact you in a negative way or a positive way. And this is how we are trying to make a positive impact,” Andy said. Back at Adel’s convenience store, neighbors were helping him clean up and board up once again. The store was targeted by looters earlier in the summer and closed a few months before that because of a COVID-19 scare. In a tough moment, Chicagoan pulled together to show they care. “He’s been closed for pretty much the whole year and he’s been trying to get back on his feet,” said River North resident Brian Dogotch. “And now another setback.”
Black Lives Matter Chicago organizer says looting is 'reparations': 'Businesses have insurance' https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/11/ariel-atkins-blm-chicago-organizer-says-looting-is/ A Black Lives Matter Chicago organizer said Monday that the mobs who vandalized and looted downtown businesses the night before did nothing wrong, calling it “reparations” for Black suffering. “That is reparations,” Ariel Atkins, an organizer, told NBC Chicago. “Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance.” Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside the South Loop police station Monday night to show support for the more than 100 individuals who were arrested during the looting Sunday night. Police said 13 officers were injured in the unrest, which was in response to the police-involved shooting of an armed Black man earlier in the day. (More at above url)
"Actually the majority" has one example. Translation, it's not really a majority, GWB just doing his thing.
If there are no consequences then the rioting, destruction, violence, arson and looting will continue... District attorney says he will refuse to prosecute Portland rioters for a list of offenses, including rioting The new DA will decline to prosecute a list of offenses https://www.theblaze.com/news/portland-da-rioters-refuse-prosecute Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that his office would decline to press charges against protesters and rioters in the demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. Schmidt made the announcement Tuesday at his first media briefing since assuming the office on Aug. 1. (More at above url)
You? you are a little old woman. Antifa only hangs around areas where nobody minds them being there but too scary for you. Got it.
If there are no consequences then the rioting, destruction, violence, arson and looting will continue... Chicago Mayor Calls On Kim Foxx To Prosecute Looters As State’s Attorney Reportedly ‘Drops More Cases https://newsone.com/3992691/chicago-looting-police-shooting-mayor-lightfoot-kim-foxx/ The mayor of Chicago delivered a fiery diatribe against people who were seen on video looting establishments in the city’s Magnificant Mile upscale shopping area early Monday morning, describing the scene as “straight-up felony activity.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke in no uncertain terms while addressing the media hours later, according to a local news reporter who live-tweeted the press conference. Lightfoot also called on Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Kim Foxx, challenging her to prosecute those arrested for the looting on the same morning that the Chicago Tribune published a scathing report saying the city’s top law enforcement officer has dropped a growing number of felony cases. Social media video showed dozens if not hundreds of people in downtown Chicago breaking into everything from a shopping mall to a car dealership. At least two people were shot, more than 100 people were arrested and at least 13 officers were injured, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. (More at above url)