Seattle Metropolis Council transferring to defund ‘racist’ police division & substitute it with ‘community-led’ public security system

Seattle lawmakers try to utterly defund town’s police division and substitute it with a brand new “civilian-led” public security system in response to ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.

The Seattle Metropolis Council has already come below hearth this week for proposing a 50 % minimize to the police division’s funds — a proposal that prompted lots of of residents to precise their issues throughout a council assembly on Wednesday.

But, newly revealed laws now reveals that the council could also be doing much more than merely stripping police of half their funding. Lawmakers are transferring to utterly abolish the police division and substitute it with a system of “civilian-led neighborhood security and violence prevention.”

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The council argues within the proposal that police within the metropolis perpetuate “racism and violence” and uphold “white supremacy.”

The brand new division should embrace individuals with “culturally-relevant experience rooted in neighborhood connections” and use “trauma-informed, gender-affirming, anti-racist praxis,” in response to the proposed laws.

The “community-led” system would primarily deal with “housing, meals safety, and different primary wants.” It will additionally make use of social service staff and require anybody working below this new system to “dwell in the neighborhood they service.”

The council endorses the "Decriminalize Seattle" agenda that will substitute the police power with:

–"Culturally-relevant experience rooted in neighborhood connections"
–"Housing, meals safety, and different primary wants"
–"Trauma-informed, gender-affirming, anti-racist praxis" pic.twitter.com/shtCgAIQTl

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 31, 2020

The council stated the proposal was motivated by the continuing Black Lives Matter protests, which have been sparked by the demise of George Floyd on Might 25 in Minneapolis.

Seattle is certainly one of many cities to see BLM protests flip violent, with each civilians and police being assaulted. Federal brokers have been deployed to Portland, Oregon after demonstrators tried to burn down the federal courthouse. On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to ship within the Nationwide Guard if rioting continues.

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The Seattle proposal additionally requires “underutilized public land” to be transferred to “BIPOC neighborhood possession,” BIPOC standing for Black, Indigineous, and Individuals of Shade.

It’s not clear when town council will vote on the brand new laws, however a majority of its members have expressed assist for no less than defunding the police.

The novel proposal to exchange the entire division with a community-led initiative instantly raised eyebrows on social media, with many seeing solely catastrophe within the metropolis’s future in the event that they undergo with the plan. One recommended the transfer would certainly outcome within the “fast collapse of public order.”

That is insanity.

If Seattle strikes ahead with its plan to abolish the police and completely shut the area's largest jail, it’s going to result in the fast collapse of public order.

However for now, the political class is following the mob. Beware.

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 31, 2020

JUST IN: Seattle Metropolis Council isn’t simply voting to ‘Defund Police’ they’re transferring to Abolish your complete Seattle Police Division.

This isn’t satire.

They’re abolishing @SeattlePD and creating a brand new division of “Neighborhood Security & Violence Prevention.” pic.twitter.com/h5r9LfHe1g

— Katie Daviscourt🇺🇸 (@KatieDaviscourt) July 31, 2020

The extent of public assist for the dramatic proposal is unclear, however a latest ballot discovered that over 50 % of residents supported slashing the police division’s funds in half.

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