Westneat - Police chief’s decision to quit may have just saved Seattle from itself

GreenRiverGatorz

But on the morning of the budget committee vote on Aug. 5, Sawant put in an amendment to cut the salaries of Best and her command staff. It was so new it wasn’t listed on the agenda, and it hadn’t yet been vetted much by council staff (the amount of money to be saved was at the time listed as “$XX” because staff hadn’t even had time to calculate it).

After only a few minutes of questions about whether it was legal to modify employment contracts midstream (council staff wasn’t sure of that either, while Sawant insisted it was), the council backed the pay cuts with a 6 to 3 vote.

This was extremely haphazard policymaking. It was also setting a political bomb, which, predictably, soon went off. You cut someone’s pay 40 percent, you’re not just disrespecting them, you’re seeking to break the relationship.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/police-chiefs-decision-to-quit-may-have-just-saved-seattle-from-itself/

GrundleStiltzkin

“Best’s actions … were guided at all times by loyalty to the status quo and willingness to do the role of police under capitalism: defend deep inequality through ongoing repression of poor, marginalized, communities of color,” Sawant said, after the dust cloud she caused had cleared. “The fact that Best is herself Black didn’t change that underlying reality.”

w,jw

RaceBannon

We are doomed if even Black people are virulent racists against people of color

SFGbob

RaceBannon said:

We are doomed if even Black people are virulent racists against people of color

Enforcing the laws against black people is racist.

Black criminals even when they are shooting at the cops and resisting arrest shouldn't be apprehended or shot at by the cops.

GreenRiverGatorz

RaceBannon said:

We are doomed if even Black people are virulent racists against people of color

Then we will never be doomed, because black people cannot be racist.

thechatch

Sawant is probably the most dangerous politician in the state of Washington, if we’re being honest. Everyone complains about Inslee and Durkin, who are really nothing more than useful idiots for the DNC.

Sawant is straight up dangerous for the people of Seattle. She lives for conflict and class warfare. It is in her best interest that the streets remain in total chaos, because it’s how she mobilizes her base constituency.

hardhat

Danny 'the dork' Westneat is such a little weasel. There isn't going to be some great awakening, and it isn't just Sawant. There are enough woketards in Seattle to keep this going even further. I'd like to see Danny go on a ride-along on the graveyard shift around Rainier. All of the city council should.

PurpleThrobber

GrundleStiltzkin said:

“Best’s actions … were guided at all times by loyalty to the status quo and willingness to do the role of police under capitalism: defend deep inequality through ongoing repression of poor, marginalized, communities of color,” Sawant said, after the dust cloud she caused had cleared. “The fact that Best is herself Black didn’t change that underlying reality.”

w,jw

Black, female, over 50.

Ka-CHING protected class/hostile work environment suit.