Seattle is reckoning with the news that at least 6 Seattle Police Department officers were in Washington D.C. on the day of the Capitol siege — the largest group of officers from a police department in the nation.
On January 11, 2021, SPD Chief Adrian Diaz said the Seattle Office of Police Accountability would investigate to determine whether SPD policies were violated and “if any potential illegal activities need to be referred for criminal investigation.” businessinsider.com/seattle-police…
Despite its liberal reputation, Seattle’s politics are more complicated. The tension between the police department, city leadership, and progressive activists in the city often garners national attention. businessinsider.com/seattle-police…
A day after the Capitol riots, current officer and president of the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild, Mike Solan, quote-tweeted a right-wing provocateur, which suggested that Black Lives Matter and antifa activists infiltrated the pro-Trump rioters. businessinsider.com/seattle-police…
The OPA initiated an investigation into Mike Solan’s tweets and all nine Seattle council members have called for Solan’s resignation.
Seattle City Council President and mayoral candidate Lorena Gonzalez told Insider knowing 6 officers were present in DC “sets us back.”
Knowledge that 6 officers were in DC on Jan. 6 has only further strained the relationship between SPD and the city.
The OPA is currently working on dozens of investigations into unauthorized use of force against Black Lives Matter protesters last summer. businessinsider.com/seattle-police…
Names of the 6 implicated officers haven't been disclosed, but a legal battle has been brewing since late February.
A hearing, originally set in the Appeals Court for April 2, was declared moot. There is no future date set for the next hearing. businessinsider.com/seattle-police…
Seattle educator and activist, Jaiden Grayson, said the events of January 6 have held up a mirror to a troubling side of Seattle’s identity. businessinsider.com/seattle-police…
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The conventional wisdom blames social media for the widening divide as the timing lines up. But scientifically, it's been surprisingly hard to make the charges stick, Adam Rogers (@jetjocko) writes. ⬇️
Maybe the problem isn't that social media has driven us all into like-minded bubbles. Maybe it's that social media has obliterated the bubbles we've all lived in for centuries, Rogers says.
According to a model developed by Petter Törnberg, a computer scientist at @UvA_Amsterdam, social media twists our psyches and clumps us into warring tribes for two simple reasons.
We sort ourselves into two camps with sharply drawn lines, Roger writes.
Rebecca Hessel Cohen's tunnel vision — a world of parties and parasols, confetti and Champagne — is what turned LoveShackFancy into the success it is today.
But as it grew to a bona fide fashion empire, its founder’s blind spots turned glaring. 👇
LoveShackFancy has never needed to be anything other than exactly what it is: pretty, pink clothes for skinny, rich girls who want to have fun, no matter what's happening in the world around them. Which is, of course, a statement in itself.
"I was struck by the imagination and creativity of that," said the 60-year-old, who asked to be referred to as "Your Excellency" or "President Baugh," during a phone interview with @thisisinsider.
🗝 One of the most powerful legislators in modern US history acknowledged to @leonardkl that President Ronald Reagan, while conducting a meeting at the White House, once seemingly forgot who he was. 🧠
What's the hardest college in America to get into?
You're probably thinking it's @Harvard, which admitted just 3% of applicants this year, but you're wrong. It’s @Tulane, whose official acceptance rate is 0.7%.
The only way Tulane can afford to reject 99% of its applicants in the regular round is if it's confident it has already locked down most of its class through early decision.