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[Rachelina]

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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan called to rebuild the city’s police force after the area recorded six separate shootings over the weekend.

a man talking on a cell phone: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan addresses the crowd at the Seattle Office of Emergency Management as protesters rally against police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Seattle, Wash., June 2, 2020.© Lindsey Wasson/Reuters Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan addresses the crowd at the Seattle Office of Emergency Management as protesters rally against police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Seattle, Wash., June 2, 2020.
“As a city, we cannot continue on this current trajectory of losing police officers,” Durkan said during press conference on Monday. “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.”

She noted that while the city has focused on “creating meaningful alternatives” to policing by redirecting funding to community-based groups, that 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,” she said. “We need both.”

Durkan announced that she plans to submit a proposal to hire more police officers.

“Not unexpected, losing these number of officers, when city leaders talk about cutting the department by 50%,” the mayor 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.”

Speaking at the press conference, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said he needs more officers and support from the city.

He said the city should be “making it clear to officers, current and prospective…that they will have our support, financially and otherwise, to do this job well and know they will not be laid off due to budget cuts.”

The call to action came after a weekend of shootings left four people dead and seven injured. Crime in the city has been on the rise, with data from the King County Prosecutor’s Office showing that the total number of shootings countywide this year is 33 percent higher than during the same time period between 2017 and 2020.

The progressive city was thrust to the forefront of conversations over defunding police last summer when protesters took over a section of the city and declared it an “autonomous zone.”

Durkan vetoed a resolution by the Seattle City Council last year that would have stripped funding from law enforcement but angered many police officers by downplaying protests and failing to give control of the so-called “autonomous zone” back to law enforcement for many days, even as violence erupted.

Seattle’s police chief ultimately quit last August over a “lack of respect” for police officers in the city.

[Unique_Carpenter]

I just wonder how many politicians from both parties are going to have law and order planks in their elect me election platforms

[dilbert firestorm]

this is her last year as mayor. lets hope seattle voters don't re-elect her.


she's trying to walk it back on the police issue. so looks like she's running for cover. polling must be bad for her.

[oeb11]

let's hope both mayor jenny of seattle and Mayor ted of Portland get re-elected - and assume a mandate for maoist DPST ideology in action.

they will flush their cities down the sewers with violence and non-prosecution of criminals, and Defund-Disarm-Destroy their Police Depts into oblivion - with predictable resutlts.



Let seattle and Portland be the poster child for 2024 elections - showing clearly what happens when maoist corrupt DPST ideologues take over. It is communism without the NKVD/KGB to keep order - and anarchy will result.

[Rachelina]

Simone Biles talked about how her mentality towards gymnastics changed before pulling out of the team event;

just live in Lostin

[Jacuzzme]

Originally Posted by Rachelina

Simone Biles talked about how her mentality towards gymnastics changed before pulling out of the team event

The media fawning over her quitting is ridiculous. Stress is part of being an elite athlete, or any other occupation for that matter. Imagine what would happen if Brady or Mahomes said ‘fuck it, too much stress. I’m outta here.’ and walked out in the middle of the Super Bowl. They’d be crucified, and rightly so.

[matchingmole]

Originally Posted by Rachelina

Simone Biles talked about how her mentality towards gymnastics changed before pulling out of the team event;

just live in Lostin

Lostin Floridian.........

[rexdutchman]

Anti-reality world

[dilbert firestorm]

too bad rachelina got banned.

[winn dixie]

One of the best avatars Ive seen!

[bambino]

Originally Posted by winn dixie

One of the best avatars Ive seen!

It’s better in person.