Washington | July 29, 2021
Seattle mayor calls for more police after six shootings in one weekend
Washington | July 29, 2021
Mayor Jenny Durkan said Seattle lost 250 officers over the past 17 months
The mayor of Seattle is calling on the city to rebuild its depleted police force after six separate shootings rocked Washington state’s largest metropolitan area over the weekend.
“As a city, we cannot continue on this current trajectory of losing police officers,” Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said during a Monday press conference. “Over the past 17 months, the Seattle Police Department has lost 250 police officers which is the equivalent of over 300,000 service hours. We’re on path to losing 300 police officers.”
Durkan added that the weekend violence is a “reminder” that there are certain emergency situations that require sworn police officers.
We are creating meaningful alternatives,” Durkan said in reference to efforts in the city being made to redirect funding and manpower to community based groups. “But, as I said last year, the city has an obligation to still continue constitutional policing and respond to 911 calls.
“It is a false choice between community-led solutions and police officers,” Durkan said. “We need both.”
The mayor said she will be submitting a plan to hire more police officers and rebuild the depleted force.
“Not unexpected, losing these number of officers, when city leaders talk about cutting the department by 50%,” Durkan said. “You will lose employees. Families need security. Workers, even police officers, need working conditions that support them. We cannot just cut. We need a plan.”
Over the weekend, six different shootings in Seattle left four people dead and seven injured… (Excerpts from Fox News)
Washington | June 18, 2021
Feds call for peace in Portland after entire police protest unit resigns
Washington | June 18, 2021
Federal officials in Oregon called Friday for a deescalating of tensions in Portland in response to the mass resignation of the 50-member Portland police protest squad after one of its officers was charged with assault.
Acting Oregon U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug and FBI Special Agent in Charge in Oregon Kieran L. Ramsey sought to address the concerns of both Portland police and demonstrators as the city grapples with protest unrest and a surge in violent crime.
The statement said in its entirety: “Communities across the nation have endured many challenges over the past year as they attempt to address racial inequities in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. In Portland, those challenges included large and sometimes violent demonstrations that strained our local resources and repeatedly placed officers in the difficult position of policing large and sometimes hostile crowds….
(Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Washington | May 3, 2021
Woke chocolate shop worker fired after refusing to serve Seattle police; shop owner doing major damage control
Washington | May 3, 2021
Well, it took a few extra days — and a landslide of negative comments on Facebook — but the owner of a Seattle chocolate shop has finally fired a woke employee who refused to serve police last week.
What’s the background?
The hubbub kicked off with a report from the Post Millennial, citing sources within the Seattle police department, that a worker behind the counter at the Chocolati shop on North 45th Street refused to serve an officer and trainee last Tuesday afternoon.
The employee — a white female with green streaks in her hair — said, “No, I won’t serve you,” the outlet reported, after which the officer and trainee departed…
(Excerpts from Braze Media)
Washington | April 26, 2021
Seattle Antifa Hate Group Threatens to Burn Down Church Over Event With Charlie Kirk
Washington | April 26, 2021
A Puyallup, Wash., church has canceled an event featuring conservative speaker Charlie Kirk after antifa activists threatened to burn down all of its buildings and torch the neighbors’ properties too. Motion Church planned an event with Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA and a Christian speaker, on May 2. The church, in a community south of Seattle, ministers to the homeless, lost, and addicted people in addition to hosting regular services and events at the church for families, and those seeking to know Christ more….
(Excerpts from PJ Media)