TW: vehicle assault
https://twitter.com/SEAProtestNet/status/1355662287319691268?s=19

#scanner "2A, can you stack this call to A28 and show me on a premise for Cal Anderson?"

#scanner "2A, can you advise that the demo car brigade is out and about on (location) now? (...) I saw about (#) cars"

#scanner SPD monitoring location of march

#scanner "We have several patrol vehicles down on (location), is there any way we can keep one officer in the area because of the demonstrators?"
"We're out of here with all of your cars, making sure nobody will mess with them."

#scanner West requested and got 3 to augment for tonight.

#scanner "Is there a Sarge in the King that can give me a call on the Batphone to screen an emergency call?"
(potentially unrelated)

#scanner Is there an available Adam unit able to free up for a priority call that's been screened by 2Edward?"
"A55 we'll take that call."
"received, information is gonna be on your screen."
"Adam56 we'll back that other Adam unit just based on proximity to the call."

#scanner "Adam55 (from earlier) we're clear of the location"

#scanner "2Adam, be advised to West Precinct officers that the demo is gonna be in (location)"
"Do you have a crowd size?"

DOIT today (mon) 3-6pm at Pine & Broadway!

Please spread widely: A low barrier daily action where you can connect and fight for abolition without dealing with police or large crowds.

Updates at https://twitter.com/DOIT_Seattle

#Notes on Converge Media’s Morning Show regarding #SubpoenaSolan

City council threatened to use their power to subpoena a witness on a public health worker earlier last year so the people are calling for city council to subpoena Mike Solan. The main reasoning is to question the OPA investigation on SPD at the DC Capitol.

Jaiden says people at protests over the summer are facing 10 year federal crimes for being present at protests. The disconnect is unreal. The SPD officers at the Capitol went with the intent of storming it so it’s unquestionable they should be disciplined.

Shaun says Seattle and Philadelphia had the highest number of officers present. None of the local activists are surprised. Local activists are still filing class action suits and recovering from injuries from summertime. It’s our responsibility to push officials to call Solan to accountability.

Omari asks what questions the office of civil rights should ask mike

Jaiden says we should know if SPD knew in advance that they were planning to attend, if SPD encourages extremist culture, etc. our mayor, city council, should have been the ones questioning this NOT THE COMMUNITY. “Why are we paying you so much to do that when you don’t do it and aren’t listening to the people?” Why did it take activists for them to step up?

Omari mentions city officials have called for Solan’s resignation.
Shaun says we watched as Best was elevated to continue pushing a narrative that was not conducive to police accountability. Shaun is not interested in seeing Solan dispensed and replaced with a more moderate President.
Omari cuts him off saying there was a more moderate President but officers voted Solan in by 70%.

Shaun continues, and that’s when a lot of corruption that fed into protests occurred.

Jaiden says Twitter and calls to community isn’t the point. The fact that it happened means enough for Seattle city cochair to do something about it. How many times have we seen our mayor acknowledge something and not act on it? Not moved by the fact that they tweet something. Gatekeeping! New pathway that does not enhance gatekeeping. Community voice needs to be at forefront.

Omari says SPOG contract exp 12/31. Olympia: a Bill introduced around less lethal munition, register for officers who have been fired so they can’t transfer departments, collective bargaining bills

Shaun says policy priorities are tracking and advancing House Bill 254 and HB2082. They would represent real advances. Demands put up by activists had to do with removing funds not just monitoring actions. It’s a huge sum that could go toward helping the community. Members of city gov said they can’t meet demands because of SPOG contract. What’s their reasoning now? We are talking about defunding the police.

Omari asks Jaiden if what’s happening is enough.

Jaiden says it’s obvious the city is more eager to spend more money skirting around the issue than facing the issue head on. Dont trust they’ll follow through. The reform is performative. When we said abolition we meant abolition. When we see 50% defunded and we see police brutality goes up because of retaliation, we’ll be having a more urgent convo.

Shaun says many people will tell you SPD is overburdened. To quote Best “we will not be able to arrest our way out of homelessness”. We need to think if the actions we ask the police to execute make sense. They have a demonstrated inability to de-escalate and obvious anger issues. Shaun ran for District 4, Charleena Lyles district. He explains the SPOG negotiation process. Public facing aspect of city council members. Example: LGBTQ commission and human rights commission sent a letter to the mayor about negotiating. City council has to handle this or deal with bad optics. SPD has been under consent decree, city council members ratified that contract despite knowing it was terrible. Those measures form the bulk of what needs to be done around the contract. As well as firing officers who repeat misconduct. They need to dig in and do the hard work.

We have the opportunity for council members to live up to what they said about defunding and police accountability over the summer.

Jaiden asks how do we engage in a way that the system is something people are more aware of, more present for. It takes a great will to understand city council. Gate keeping shows itself by community being left out of convo. If they are included it’s in a very tokenizing way. Press releases are coming to us in the middle of the night. Political theater! They don’t know how to carry themselves and skirt around questions. I want access and transparency and representation. Pay heavy attention. Council is all talk no action.

They did have open forum but people in the community are sick of the same old measures that haven’t meant anything. The time for that is beyond. We need real people to take these measures and create real change.

Omari says the SPOG contract is not between police union and city of Seattle its between the police union and the citizens of Seattle.

Link to full show below: https://youtu.be/y80vcK3kKhA

Alright y'all, we gotta get this info spread as far and wide as possible on this very unfortunate short window. Tomorrow at 10:30am, Washington state will hold a hearing that will basically make being houseless illegal. Tune in to testify, details and link in the twitter post:
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheMainGarrett/status/1356801633812848641

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