(The Center Square) – Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz has resigned from his position, with former King County Sheriff Sue Rahr taking over temporarily as the search for a permanent
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Torin Bracey chants during a ‘Count Every Vote, Protect Every Person’ rally in Pioneer Square, Nov. 4, 2020. Hundreds of people peacefully marched through Pioneer Square with limited police presence a noticeable difference from the night before, which ended in multiple arrests of protesters. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)
In the midst of the anti-racism protests that followed the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police last spring, a new cry went out: Defund the police! And in the weeks that followed, Seattle city leaders appeared to be listening.
Members of the Seattle City Council, responding to strong advocacy from inside and outside government, pledged to cut the police force by 50%. Cuts did come, but in the end they were less than revolutionary and the debate became muddled and complex.