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Seattle City Council overrides mayor's veto of police cuts
Fox News ^ | September 22 2020 | Brie Stimson

Posted on 09/22/2020 10:57:25 PM PDT by knighthawk

Seattle’s City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan's veto of a bill that would cut police funding by around $3 million.

"We cannot look away from this and we can no longer accept the status quo if we truly believe that Black lives matter," Council President Lorena Gonzalez said, according to MyNorthwest.com.

The bill would also remove as many as 100 officers from various police units and limit staff pay to $150,000, The Seattle Times reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: blacklivesmatter; blackthugsmatter; blm; defund; lorenagonzalez; mayor; police; seattle
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1 posted on 09/22/2020 10:57:25 PM PDT by knighthawk
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“When I look back in this moment of time, I want to be able to tell my daughter, who I’m currently holding in my arms, that I did the right thing and that I voted on the right side of history.”

Who cares about any consequences as long as it makes me feel good. watch as these idiots who voted to defend end up calling the Police for soem reason.

2 posted on 09/22/2020 11:05:05 PM PDT by matt04
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To: knighthawk

“Black Gangs Matter”.
Outside of prison too.


3 posted on 09/22/2020 11:05:42 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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You know you stupid white twits... black people like police protection too. It’s not just for rich white communists like yourselves.


4 posted on 09/22/2020 11:08:32 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: knighthawk
Property values plummet as market is saturated.

Rational people GTFO.

5 posted on 09/22/2020 11:09:18 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Skywise

They want Police in their affluent areas but no Police in the areas where they think people don’t want it, i.e. mostly black areas.


6 posted on 09/22/2020 11:11:11 PM PDT by matt04
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To: knighthawk

cut of federal funding of the city

we’re not bailing their asses out


7 posted on 09/22/2020 11:12:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Yep, liberals worry about being on the “right side of history” and not about doing the right thing now.


8 posted on 09/22/2020 11:13:35 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: knighthawk

When communists run the city council, this is what you get. Burn, Seattle, Burn! You’ve earned it.


9 posted on 09/22/2020 11:27:52 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: knighthawk

Interesting. The most radical legislator in California is. Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego. Must be something about the name.


10 posted on 09/22/2020 11:45:55 PM PDT by Defiant (Does anyone really think that the people creating a police state don't want police?)
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Fortunately at least there is plan

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8760587/Pimp-turned-activist-paid-150-000-Seattle-work-street-czar.html


11 posted on 09/23/2020 12:28:09 AM PDT by algore
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Signal from Seattle City Council to criminals: Come On Down and Enjoy our City

Signal Seattle residents should figure from it: FLEE!!

Signal for Democrats: FLUSH go Democratic votes in Seattle.

12 posted on 09/23/2020 12:30:37 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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Someone needs to make a certain member of the Seattle City Counsil vanish . Into thin air


13 posted on 09/23/2020 1:01:58 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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I have a liberal cousin in the Seattle area. We are on good, casual terms and avoid heated political debates. But I can’t find much sympathy for her predicament when she probably voted FOR all this crap.


14 posted on 09/23/2020 1:14:07 AM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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Let them descend into 3rd world squalor and savagery.


15 posted on 09/23/2020 2:09:13 AM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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Seattle can kiss it’s business community goodbye.I wonder where they will all go?

NO one -—from CEO to janitor-—will work where they are not safe.


16 posted on 09/23/2020 2:35:14 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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You can bet that Organized criminal groups are already on the phone to realtors there.


17 posted on 09/23/2020 2:35:54 AM PDT by SirFishalot
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Seattle City Council votes to override Mayor Durkan's budget veto

Love the intentionally unimformative headlines.

18 posted on 09/23/2020 4:55:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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No surprise here...this is where I live.


19 posted on 09/23/2020 6:46:44 AM PDT by Dakota Girl (Romans -read it.)
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Absolutely cool...the bigger the cuts, the better.

There’s an upcoming lesson to be learned...the sooner the better


20 posted on 09/23/2020 7:23:47 AM PDT by moovova
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