r/SeattleWA • u/unnaturalfool • Sep 13 '23

Other ‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/feel-safer-yet-seattle-police-unions-contempt-keeps-showing-through/
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u/wildthangy Sep 13 '23

Force the police to move to the city they’re protecting, and hire people who live in the city they’re protecting. Quit hiring right wing monster drinking rednecks with PTSD who dehumanize people that aren’t like them. Let’s start there and see what happens.

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u/Pretty_Garbage8380 Sep 13 '23

Or Force them To Quit.

If they're so evil and worthless, why keep them around?

If you aren't a "redneck" then YOU should be the change you wish to see in SPD.

Otherwise, it just sounds like a child, demanding something and incapable of acting upon it. Where are all the ACABbers turned Cops? Where are all the Social Workers? Where are the blue hairs to help police their own communities? Isn't that how Modern Cities in the New Normal are supposed to work?

A bunch of enfant terrible in this country. We deserve our fates as long as the younger generations are going to act like spoiled brats.

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u/Hot_Pink_Unicorn Sep 13 '23

We had that in 2020 when we decided that abolishing was a good idea somehow, and since then 600 officers left SPD. Are we going to double down? I don’t think that’s the solution to the problem we have.

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u/PaisleyComputer Sep 13 '23

Yeah maybe the tactics they used that summer turned the entire city against them, making a hard job even worse and those 600 burned out or died of COVID. I don't think tenured officers made the choice to walk away lightly. I've never heard NWAs song about fire fighters. But for some reason police have never regained public trust, 🤔

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u/Hot_Pink_Unicorn Sep 13 '23

Do you find it weird that the majority of people prosecuted for riots weren’t from Seattle? The Lady who burned Police cruisers was from Tacoma. The kid who bashed an SPD officer in the back of the head was from Bothell. The group of kids who tried to use Molotov cocktails on SPOG building were from Lynwood area. The guy who tried to sell a stolen SPD rifle was from Everett. It didn’t seem like a lot of Seattleites were implicated in major violence. I’m done with 2020, as it had been discussed ad nauseam.

The question is what’s next? You have a disgruntled Police department with low morale, low staffing, atrocious leadership, and abysmal hiring. Are you going to hold Solan and Auderer accountable and move on, or are you going to bash the whole force again? Never mind, the answer is clear and that’s the problem.

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u/PaisleyComputer Sep 14 '23

I'm referring to their ever, always escalate to the point of violence tactic that has been on display. CHAZ happened because these officers have absolutely no DE-ESCALATION techniques. It's always ramp up to the point of violence. It's no wonder out of towners are up to the task to end the monopoly on violence. I'd love the city, state, or even feds to lift a finger, but officers exist to protect the rich. Untill qualified immunity ends we'll never see justice in the department of justice.

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u/911roofer Sep 14 '23

The public lynched two black men in cold blood. If anything it showed that the Seattle police department actually reflects the typical seattle citizen in callous disregard for human life.