DigitalDrifter
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Who would have ever seen this coming?!
You get who you vote for, and Seattle voters are among the dumbest in the country, so they can choke on it.
You get who you vote for, and Seattle voters are among the dumbest in the country, so they can choke on it.
Seattle mayor calls for more police after city suffers six shootings in one weekend and loss of 250 officers in last 17 months
- Mayor Jenny Durkan says the city needs to replenish its ranks within the police department after four people are killed in a spate of shootings around Washington state's largest city
- Durkan, a Democrat, says city is 'on path' to losing 300 officers
- More than 20% of the officers quit after the city council slashed the budget
- Officers cited 'lack of support' as a reason for leaving the police force
- Police department saw a 17% reduction of funds in 2021
- Seattle was site of an autonomous zone within the city in 2020 and was eventually dismantled
The Democratic mayor of Seattle is calling for the police force to replenish its shrinking numbers in the wake of six separate shootings that rocked the city over the weekend and into Monday.
The shootings, five of which took place within blocks of each other, left four people dead and seven injured.
The shootings took place in the Belltown, Pioneer Square, Chinatown International District and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Another shooting took place in Lake City.