Seattle police chief tells residents to call 911 if called racist names amid coronavirus pandemic

Fox ^ | 3/31/20

[Altura Ct.]

Seattle's chief of police said in a Monday night video that she wants residents to call 911 if called racist names during the coronavirus pandemic.

"Washington state is no place for hate. In a show of solidarity between police and community, I'm joined today by Lori Matsukawa," Chief of Police Carmen Best said, referring to the retired KING 5 news anchor who joined her in the video.

"Hate crimes have no place in our community," Matsukawa continued. "We're better than that, Washington. We're all trying to deal with the COVID-19 public health crisis together. If you are a victim of a hate crime or hate-based harassment, please call 911."

[LeonardFMason]

Hey Carmen worry more about the Chinese Virus.

Don’t give preference to stores selling fried chicken and watermelon when enforcing shutdowns. They are my favorite.

Keep an eye on the radical MUSLIMS who may look to launch a terror attack while our guard is down.

[Magic Fingers]

‘Is it my imagination or do Fox videos almost never match up to the headlines in the article referring to that video?”

It’s not your imagination, and it’s quite irritating. Regardless of the headline, they plaster the same video at the top of every article - and if you’re lucky they MIGHT embed the relevant video somewhere in the article. I don’t understand why they think this is the way to go about it. I’ve seen frequent complaints about this in the comment section.

[sanjuanbob]

Sounds like a Nip.

[Bellagio]

Seattle's chief of police said in a Monday night video that she wants residents to call 911 if called racist names during the coronavirus pandemic.

LOL! That's a good allocation of first response resources. What a bunch of thumb-sucking wussies.

[libh8er]

[RFEngineer]

This is a slippery slope.

[Vision]

She appears to have the emotional maturity of a 12 year old.

[SkyDancer]

Don’t they have a safe place to run to??

[lepton]

how about “cisgender”?

[northislander]

Probably graduated from high school in Baltimore...

[Rebel Egg]

I’d hit it

[Blennos]

This is a slippery slope.

Indeed. What's next? Prison time if you look at someone the wrong way? If you stare at them for too long a time?

[glennaro]

The Left always -- always overreaches. It's part of their DNA, just as TDS. Also, there's a lot of totalitarianism-envy going on amongst the Democrat/Left petty tyrants running various cities and states throughout America. These little dictators with their newly self-anointed authoritarian powers are in a mad dash to inflict maximum damage to the citizens in their respective wards.

[Right Wing Assault]

Hey, a riot would take peoples' minds off the Covid-19.

[shotgun]

But I just watched the presser that Inslee had yesterday accompanied by the WSP Chief, the PD Chief of Spokane, and the Chief of Bellevue. All said the same thing. 9-1-1 is for emergencies only!

[ridesthemiles]

Snowflake Central

[willk]

If you have watched the documentary Seattle is Dying then you would really understand how outrageous this is. They have been letting criminals run amok but now they are encouraging people to call 911 if someone calls them names? This is insanity.

[technically right]

Oh God, another affirmative action hire. WTF would you expect.

[ronnie raygun]

Man in drag, could you imagine this is your boss?

[maxwellsmart_agent]

The police have more important business than name calling!