Start your Independent Premium subscription today. City one of many in nation facing calls to defund police forceFollowing a number of incidents in which reporters and other observers covering Black Lives Matter protests were arrested or else subjected to crowd control weapons such as pepper spray, the city agreed its police force should not target such individuals. they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Best made the choice to step down amid protests related to police brutality and racial injustice. The mayor also criticized the city council for targeting Best with budget cuts while refusing to make cuts to their own salaries or other departments. {{#replies}} Last month, police in the city declared a riot on July 25 after a protest called against the deployment of federal agents to cities such as Portland, Chicago and Seattle, descended into violence. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when
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"What is important is you have remained committed to being the best to continuously improving and innovating," she added. “I was not a threat, I was not dangerous, I was not breaking anything, or hurting anybody,” she said in a sworn statement. Seattle police chief resigns in wake of 'personal' budget cuts to departmentFlorida sheriff forbids staff, visitors from wearing masksKamala Harris receives strong marks as Joe Biden's VP: POLL Another 963,000 workers filed for unemployment insurance last week Police Chief Carmen Best discussed steps to help combat police brutality and protect the rights of Black residents. Given a nurse was sprayed in the face with pepper spray after she went to help someone pushed to the group by police, medical personnel were also included in “This will be by far the most comprehensive order protecting protesters in the country,” David Perez.
You are without a doubt the best police department in the country." try again, the name must be uniquePlease She noted that Best helped the city grapple with a global pandemic "that's getting worse" and guided it through "a civil rights reckoning that has made our nation, our state and our city confront, acknowledge and begin to truly address the generational harms caused by systemic racism." Carmen Best announced her shocking retirement in an email to staff, saying it was a “difficult decision,” but the department formally announced her departure in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Best, who made history when she became the city’s first Black female police chief in 2018, said the resignation would be effective Sept. 2.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan became emotional as she praised Best, calling her "the model for what we need." Best, the city’s first Black police chief, leaves after months of turmoil that made Seattle a focal point for national protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
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She does it always such grace was such a great sense of humor in such a great deep humility." Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium.
There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. {{#replies}} She loves the department and her officers.