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Seattle councilmember Rob Saka introduced a resolution to completely cut ties with any commitments to defund the police. After the murder of unarmed Minneapolis resident George Floyd in 2020, the slogan and movement to "Defund the Police" swept the country. Yet in the wake of a reported rise in crime in multiple cities across the country, politicians, even in Democratic Party strongholds, have sought to distance themselves from the idea. On Tuesday, Saka spoke with fellow members of Seattle City Council’s public safety committee about his recently introduced Resolution 32167, which recognizes work to improve public safety. These measures include...

A Washington Councilwoman was caught on camera having a heated exchange with unhoused people earlier this month. 'Y'all need to move because you're trespassing,' Burien Councilwoman Linda Akey can be heard telling a group of unhoused people outside her condo building in footage taken on February 10. Akey and her husband can be heard telling the group outside their tents of the city ordinance prohibiting camping on public property between 7 pm and 6 am. 'I live here and you do not belong here. You are trespassing right now,' Akey tells one individual in front of the Burien Town Square...