Posted on 07/18/2020 3:42:33 PM PDT by Libloather
Mayor Jenny Durkan has asked a federal judge to prevent a new City Council ordinance banning Seattle police from using most “crowd-control weapons” from taking effect later this month, saying it likely conflicts with the consent decree the city entered into with the Department of Justice (DOJ) nearly eight years ago.
Documents filed Friday in U.S. District Court by the city say that the Department of Justice and the court-appointed monitor overseeing implementation of the consent decree have said the new law can’t take effect without the approval of U.S. District Judge James Robart.
Durkan and police Chief Carmen Best are asking the court to stop the ordinance from taking effect on July 26 to give Judge Robart, monitor Merrick Bobb and the DOJ a chance to review it and determine how it impacts policies already approved by the court.
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The ordinance prohibits the use or possession by police of “crowd-control weapons” including kinetic impact projectiles, such as foam bullets, “chemical irritants, acoustic- or directed-energy weapons, water cannons” or any other devices use to disperse crowds through the use of “pain or discomfort.”
Police can use pepper spray, but only on individuals and only when that person is committing a crime, according to the documents.
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Me, too. They could use a big power wash shower, I’m sure. Blast their cleaned @$$e$ back to their parent’s basements.win/win
I’ve been saying for weeks that some high pressure water hoses are needed to clean our streets.
Water with dye in it.
Hopefully, the residents of Seattle will be fed up enough to elect a new City Council and a new mayor.
But maybe, Soros money makes all the difference in these local races...
Oh boy, I’d be real proud to be a member of that Police farce.
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