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20×102mm Vulcan
Carmen Best, Police Chief of Seattle PD, should be the very model of what all of the outrage across the country has been calling for. A female, a POC, and a local leader who is committed to assisting her community, she represents everything the protestors and Black Lives Matter have called out for, loudly
Carmen Best has announced she is resigning her post, as the Seattle City Council has both buckled to the pressure of activists, and in so doing completely contradicted the exact message the BLM mouthpieces have expressed. There is a demanded for more representation, and to have POC placed in leadership roles, yet here they had exactly what they demanded, and their activism has now removed a female POC from a police leadership position.
Carmen Best has been a proponent for her city, and has resisted the times she, and her department, have been shackled by the politicians, prevented from enforcing laws. The Mayor, Jenny Durkin, and the city council have shown a deference to the protestors, at the expense of the lives and livelihoods of citizens. Best and her officers were prevented from blocking the establishment of CHAZ/CHOP in the downtown area, and it only led to problems.
Here is where the true paradox gets exposed. The woke city council has been saying that black voices need to be heard, yet as soon as their own black Chief Of Police spoke out on the decision they were making they reacted against her. Best saw her department truncat ed, her budget slashed, and her own salary cut down by $100,000. So while the activists got their wish for defunding, it has led to the silencing of a black leader, saw her getting paid significantly less than the white Chief who preceded her, and as a result a majority of the officers placed out of work were POC.
Carmen Best has announced she is resigning her post, as the Seattle City Council has both buckled to the pressure of activists, and in so doing completely contradicted the exact message the BLM mouthpieces have expressed. There is a demanded for more representation, and to have POC placed in leadership roles, yet here they had exactly what they demanded, and their activism has now removed a female POC from a police leadership position.
Carmen Best has been a proponent for her city, and has resisted the times she, and her department, have been shackled by the politicians, prevented from enforcing laws. The Mayor, Jenny Durkin, and the city council have shown a deference to the protestors, at the expense of the lives and livelihoods of citizens. Best and her officers were prevented from blocking the establishment of CHAZ/CHOP in the downtown area, and it only led to problems.
Here is where the true paradox gets exposed. The woke city council has been saying that black voices need to be heard, yet as soon as their own black Chief Of Police spoke out on the decision they were making they reacted against her. Best saw her department truncat ed, her budget slashed, and her own salary cut down by $100,000. So while the activists got their wish for defunding, it has led to the silencing of a black leader, saw her getting paid significantly less than the white Chief who preceded her, and as a result a majority of the officers placed out of work were POC.
