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For those not in the Seattle area, it may be useful to understand that Seattle PD is in the middle of a months- or years- long work slowdown - a police strike,
by belovedeagle 10y ago
For those not in the Seattle area, it may be useful to understand that Seattle PD is in the middle of a months- or years- long work slowdown - a police strike, when you do away with euphemisms - in response to federal oversight of the department. They will barely respond to most crimes, so rising vigilantism is hardly surprising.
- jonchang 10y agoHa ha, oh wow: "We found that SPD has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force that violates the Constitution and federal law. Our investigation further raised serious concerns that some SPD policies and practices, particularly those related to pedestrian encounters, could result in discriminatory policing." https://www.justice.gov/crt/investigation-documents https://www.justice.gov/crt/investigation-documents
- 35bge57dtjku 10y agoHow old is that? There's supposed to be some new head honcho that will fix things.
- eyelidlessness 10y agoThere's always some new head honcho that'll fix things. The FOP won't have anything to do with fixing things. They're above the law.
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- eyelidlessness 10y agoWhile this characterization is somewhat accurate (they're still discriminatory in where they choose to show presence and enforce after all), even a typical run of the mill city cop shop isn't going to investigate bike thefts. You might as well ask them to find your Creedence tapes while you're at it.
- belovedeagle 10y agoYour point is well-taken, but notice that I wasn't claiming that not investigating bike thefts is evidence of the slowdown. I doubt these thefts would be taken too seriously anywhere, but I still think the work slowdown is some relevant context that people need in order to understand more about the situation.