Seattleites observing Minneapolis need to internalize that @SeattlePD is still under federal investigation for sustained patterns of racist policing. 2 of their officers once sued *a sitting city councilmember* for correctly calling their dispensation of Che Taylor "murder."
White liberals at the highest levels of government in the city pretend to care about the issue, but then rush to ratify police contracts which reward the same officers who blew away Charleena Lyles--a pregnant Black mother--with impunity.
The Seattle Police Department--with the political cover of a complicit @MayorJenny--are attempting to skirt the federally-mandated consent decree process, using COVID-19 as an excuse. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/i…
No progress will be made in Seattle until we get political leadership--in government, and outside of it--to stand up to police unions like @SPOG1952. We need a firm commitment to defunding the police until they've proven capable of addressing/ending racism in their own ranks.
Everything else is just window dressing.
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