Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best says she will retire amid protests, City Council cuts

[brooklynite]

Source: Seattle Times

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best will step down, she has announced, in the wake of protests against police brutality, criticism over the Police Department’s response and votes by the City Council to shrink the police force and cut her wages.

“This was a difficult decision for me, but when it’s time, it’s time,” Best wrote in a Monday night message to Police Department employees.

Best and Mayor Jenny Durkan have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday, the mayor’s office said.

The news about the chief was first reported Monday night on air by KIRO radio’s Dori Monson and on Twitter by Q13 reporter Brandi Kruse, citing anonymous sources.





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[oldsoftie]

1. Take the money & run. There's going to be a lot more of this soon.

Especially in the big cities. And who will replace them....

[rpannier]

2. Likely do what they always do. Hire someone who was a police officer from another city

[oldsoftie]

4. Who'd want to move there NOW?

Our semi-smaller (70k) city has recently had a lot of applicants from bigger cities wanting to move HERE. 5 new positions were announced.

[dubyadiprecession]

3. With all that is going on in Seattle...

You’d think it was located in Alabama or Mississippi?

[SpazzTheCat]

5. I don't follow

can you explain what you mean by this statement?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Check out Twitter on this topic.

Some of the vitriol is scary. An awful lot of sexist comments from supposedly left leaners.

Aren't you struck by the irony that a city that's 70% white drives a black female police chief from office for the cause of Black Lives Matter?

[SpazzTheCat]

8. Frankly

My head is spinning these days trying to figure out what is going on.

I would think Chief Best would be a role model for both women and people of color.

I do think we (Democrats) are tying ourselves up in knots with all the Social Justice "rules". Should I be happy that Seattle (I am not) is doing this or should I be upset (I am) about the loss of a black woman in a leadership position? It is all very confusing anymore.

[dubyadiprecession]

7. Why does there seem to be less hate and racism in those two states..

Than in Washington? Is Seattle the new Montgomery, Alabama?

[Steelrolled]

9. Who would want to be a cop these days?

I expect we will see a further decline in the quality of cops, not unlike what has happened with politicians over the last few decades. They are jobs that fewer and fewer people want.