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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Different educations and different training. They are not the same skill set.
    Why can’t one be both? I’m not understanding why a police officer can’t have a psychology degree and be able to deal with social work issues?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
    Because the idea is to get rid of the pigs.
    Silly man

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Why can’t it be a cop with social worker skills?
    I'm good with that. Train the cop, don't defund the cop.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I'm good with that. Train the cop, don't defund the cop.
    I would not support that, either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
    Abolish the cop.
    Do you have thoughts on Chief Best quitting?

    On the city council deciding to ignore and humiliate Chief Best...a black woman with good relationships with the force and the community?





    I am having a hard time getting over the stupid.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    Do you have thoughts on Chief Best quitting?

    On the city council deciding to ignore and humiliate Chief Best...a black woman with good relationships with the force and the community?





    I am having a hard time getting over the stupid.
    They kept pushing her too far. I gather that until the incident with the East Precinct building in Chaz, she was willing to play ball with the city government. Then, Durkin tried to place the blame on her. Finally, the council voted to cut her pay, and protestors were showing up at her house. She decided the job isn't worth it anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
    They kept pushing her too far. I gather that until the incident with the East Precinct building in Chaz, she was willing to play ball with the city government. Then, Durkin tried to place the blame on her. Finally, the council voted to cut her pay, and protestors were showing up at her house. She decided the job isn't worth it anymore.
    For instance when she went days before saying that she was ordered to give up East Precinct HQ.....

    I saw reports that she was against that.......that she would have never done it is she had a choice.

    Of course we watch the mayor act like she loves Best now..but she is the one that gave the order.

    That was the first big break that cause Best to leave I think.

    She was ignored, her expertise was not wanted.

    Seattle is ruled by political hacks.

    They dont care about reality.

    Which is how you know that

    Seattle is Toast

    SERIOUSLY
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    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    For instance when she went days before saying that she was ordered to give up East Precinct HQ.....

    I saw reports that she was against that.......that she would have never done it is she had a choice.

    Of course we watch the mayor act like she loves Best now..but she is the one that gave the order.

    That was the first big break that cause Best to leave I think.

    She was ignored, her expertise was not wanted.

    Seattle is ruled by political hacks.

    They dont care about reality.

    Which is how you know that

    Seattle is Toast

    SERIOUSLY
    Durkin has not been getting along with the council at all. She probably has come to view Best belatedly as an ally.

    But, yeah, the city is screwed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
    Durkin has not been getting along with the council at all. She probably has come to view Best belatedly as an ally.

    But, yeah, the city is screwed.
    I started saying this about two years ago over at DP...not a single person seemed to think that I was not crazy.

    There is someone here who keeps claiming that Seattle is awesome, a GREAT CITY they claim.

    So many people have not the first damn clue what is going on.

    They tend to be sure that they are wicked smart.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    I started saying this about two years ago over at DP...not a single person seemed to think that I was not crazy.

    There is someone here who keeps claiming that Seattle is awesome, a GREAT CITY they claim.

    So many people have not the first damn clue what is going on.

    They tend to be sure that they are wicked smart.
    I thought the council would bury the city with the head tax. Unfortunately, it wimped-out and repealed it in the face of public protest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    Seattle is doing it.

    Seattle is also rapidly becoming a dystopian Hellscape.
    They defunded NYPD and the crime rate has soared, they have double the murders this year so far than all of the last 2 yrs

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