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A wall outside of the Seattle Police Department s East Precinct is seen on Aug. 30, 2020, in Seattle. (David Ryder/Getty Images, File)
SEATTLE A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 months behind bars for setting a fire outside the Seattle Police Department s East Precinct last fall.
According to prosecutors, on August 24, 2020, then 19-year-old Desmond David-Pitts set a trash fire outside the East Precinct building during a mass protest in Seattle s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Other records filed in the case show that David-Pitts had arrived in Seattle from Alaska just three days before the incident.
Surveillance video of the incident reportedly shows David-Pitts piling trash near a sally-port door outside the police precinct, and repeatedly lighting the debris on fire.
Desmond David-Pitts pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in January. Author: Associated Press, KING 5 Staff Published: 9:14 PM PDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 9:14 PM PDT May 24, 2021
SEATTLE An Alaska man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for trying to set fire to a Seattle police precinct during last summer s racial justice protests.
Desmond David-Pitts pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in January, acknowledging he set a fire to trash piled outside the Seattle Police Department s East Precinct Aug. 24 while others tried to bar a door to keep officers from leaving.
David-Pitts was identified and arrested within an hour thanks to his distinctive pink-camouflage pants.
by Nathalie Graham • May 24, 2021 at 5:55 pm
I guess we ve solved the East Precinct mystery that wasn t that much of a mystery. DAVID RYDER/GETTY
Twenty-year-old Alaskan sentenced for East Precinct fire: A federal judge sentenced Desmond David-Pitts, 20, to 20 months in prison for conspiracy to commit arson. David-Pitts set a fire outside the Seattle Police Department s East Precinct last August. Authorities identified David-Pitts by the pink camouflage pants he wore that night. Sponsored See Cherdonna alongside her creator in this hour-long feature dance film presentation.
Carmen Best spills: Former SPD Chief Carmen Best kinda revealed who made the decision to abandon the East Precinct last summer, the decision that precipitated the formation of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, and then the Capitol Hill Organized Protest. Best told the podcast Reducing Crime that her command staff chose to leave the prec