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Fifth Column
Seattle police chief blasts city officials, says leaving precinct ‘not my decision’
2020-06-13
[NYPOST] Seattle’s police chief told her department Thursday it was "not my decision" to abandon a precinct in an area of the city taken over by protesters — and blasted city officials for giving in to the demonstrators.In a video address published on the department’s YouTube page, Chief Carmen Best said the city "relented to severe public pressure."

"You fought for days to protect [the precinct]. I asked you to stand on that line. Day in and day out, to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened and in some cases hurt," Best told the force.

"Then to have a change of course nearly two weeks in, it seems like an insult to you and our community."

"Ultimately the city had other plans for the building and relented to severe public pressure," she added. "I’m angry about how this all came about."

Her comments came a day after the department said it would try to reopen the East Precinct.



Posted by:Fred

#7  When society puts the margins at the center, this is what you get.
Posted by: charger   2020-06-13 14:08  

#6  relented to severe public pressure

Well isn't that polite.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-06-13 11:03  

#5  I guess she figures Joe is not going to make it and her career has hit that damn glass ceiling. Prepare three envelopes.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-06-13 02:51  

#4  It's becoming crystal clear what is being "affirmed."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-06-13 01:59  

#3  When I see an African-American female police chief, I think affirmative action.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-06-13 01:50  

#2  Affirmative Action hiring and promotion on parade.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-06-13 01:47  

#1  If she really opposed it, then resign and tell the full story. What she wants is to have her cake and eat it too. All she comes off as is a liar or hypocrite.
Posted by: Gleretle Gurly-Brown5685   2020-06-13 01:00  

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