>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY,
TODAY JULY 29, 2020, THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE, WELCOME TO
ORDER.
THE TIME IS 10:03 A.M..
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> HERE.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
HERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
JOINING THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE ON JULY 29.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO-PART
CONVERSATION TODAY BUT
COLLEAGUES CAN THINK OF THIS IS
A TWO-PART SERIES THIS WEEK
WITH WEDNESDAY'S MEETING BEING
COMBINED WITH FRIDAY'S
CONVERSATION AS WELL.
AS YOU SAW FROM THE AGENDA,
TODAY WILL HAVE ROBUST PUBLIC
COMMENT, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE SIGNED UP, ALMOST 300
PEOPLE.
I'M REALLY GOING TO ENDEAVOR TO
TRY TO GET THROUGH AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
FOR FULL CLOSING IN ON THE
LISTEN IN LINE OR WAITING FOR
THEIR NAME TO BE CALLED, WE ARE
GOING TO SCALE THE TIME TO 45
SECONDS WE CAN GET TO AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO START PUBLIC
COMMENT WITH 90 MINUTES WE CAN
SEE HOW MANY FOLKS CAN GET
THROUGH THEM I WILL EXTEND IT
IF THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING
ADDITIONAL FOLKS FOR TODAY.
WHAT THAT MEANS COLLEAGUES IS
THE MAJORITY OF OUR AGENDA
TODAY WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE
AFTERNOON PORTION.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR FOLKS
YOU HAVE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL
FEEDBACK ON NON- SPD RELATED
AMENDMENTS.
YOUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL GETTING
THROUGH THAT AND THE DISCUSSION
WAS ROBUST.
WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF ADDITIONAL
NON- SPD RELATED AMENDMENTS
THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED TODAY
AND VOTED ON, FRIDAY MORNING.
TODAY, WE ALSO HAVE AN OVERVIEW
OF WHAT THE SPD INQUEST HASN'T
HELD SO FAR AND WITH THE
PROCESS LOOKS LIKE NEXT.
AS A REMINDER, NON- SPD
AMENDMENTS TODAY WILL BE VOTED
ON FRIDAY MORNING.
THE MAJORITY OF FRIDAY WILL BE
DEDICATED TO SPD RELATED
AMENDMENTS.
THOSE SPD RELATED AMENDMENTS,
IF WE DO NOT FINISH THOSE
FRIDAY, WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN
ON MONDAY MORNING AUGUST 3rd,
BEGINNING AFTER COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
WE WILL THEN HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW-UP WITH
FOUTS ON SPD AND ANY ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST
5th.
WITH THE INTENT TO FINALLY WRAP
UP OUR 2020 REBALANCING PACKAGE
WITH THE FINAL VOTE ON MONDAY,
AUGUST 10.
THIS IS THE TIMELINE I WALKED
THROUGH ON MONDAY.
IF THERE WAS THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL TIME TO VOTE DRAFT
AMENDMENTS AND MAKE SURE WE GOT
FEEDBACK FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND
LAW WHAT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL
NEED TO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th
DATE.
PLEASE DO NOTE THERE IS A
CALENDAR HOLD COMING YOUR WAY
FOR AUGUST 5th AS WELL.
IS A REMINDER IT'S A TWO-PART
SERIES THIS WEEK.
TODAY WRAPPING UP NON- SPD
CONVERSATION, A CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT THE SPD INQUEST HAS
INCLUDED SO FAR, CONTINUING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON FRIDAY
WITH THE VOTE ON NON- SPD
AMENDMENTS, DIVING INTO THE
MENU OF SPD RELATED AMENDMENTS
ON FRIDAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION LET'S GO
AHEAD AND LAUNCH INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THERE IS OVER 280 PEOPLE SIGNED
UP FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT
SO WE WILL HAVE EXTENDED PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CONTINUING
TO OPERATE AND LEARN AS WE WORK
FROM HOME DUE TO COVID RELATED
PANDEMIC, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
FINE-TUNE THIS PROCESS.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS
CALLING IN BETWEEN SHIFTS,
PREPARING FOR FOLKS AT HOME AND
RUNNING SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH US
MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TODAY,
RECOGNIZING WE HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT EVERY MEETING BUT WE
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET
THROUGH EVERYONE AT SOME
MEETINGS.
LAST THURSDAY WE GOT THROUGH
THE ENTIRE LIST, FELT REALLY
GOOD TO CALL ON EVERYBODY AND
WE WILL TRY TO ENDEAVOR TO DO
THAT AGAIN TODAY.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL LAST 90
MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER GIVEN 45 SECONDS.
YOU WILL HAVE A CHIME YOU HERE
10 SECONDS INTO THE REMAINDER
OF YOUR TIME AND WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS GET THE CHANCE
TO SEND IN REMAINING COMMENTS TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE .GOV.
ALSO EMAIL OUR INDIVIDUAL
OFFICES AS USUAL.
I WILL CALL THREE SPEAKERS AT A
TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
HAVE SIGNED UP.
THAT INCLUDES FOLKS WHO ARE
ALSO CALLING AND WHO MAY WORK
IN SEATTLE BUT DON'T HAVE A
SEATTLE ZIP CODE, WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE ORDER
IN WHICH FOLKS HAVE CALLED IN
TODAY.
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOUR CUE TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU
ARE WELCOME TO TALK TO ANY ITEM
IN FRONT OF THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES SPD AND
ON SPD RELATED ISSUES AS WE
HAVE INDIVIDUALS ASK THE
QUESTION LAST TIME I WANT TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW YOU CAN
SPEAK TO ANY ISSUES RELATED TO
THE BUDGET.
AGAIN ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED
PUBLIC COMMENT WE WILL ASK YOU
TO HANG UP ON THE CALL IN LINE,
THAT GIVES YOU THE CHANCE TO
WATCH ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL,
ONLINE STREAMING, ON TV OR
LISTEN IN ON OUR ISN'T LISTEN
IN LINE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NOW
OPEN IT'S 1009 A.M.
I WILL CALL THE FIRST THREE
SPEAKERS, SAMUEL, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SAMUEL BOB GRAHAM REGISTERED
DISTRICT SEVEN, STARTING OFF
PUBLIC COMMENT SAYING WE MUST
DEFUND SEVERAL POLICE THE 50%
BECAUSE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE WILL
NOT STAND FOR ANYTHING LESS.
DESPITE NEW LAWS AND PROMISES
FROM SEATTLE LEADERS, SEVERAL
POLICE HAVE CONTINUED TO USE
VIOLENT TACTICS AGAINST
PROTESTERS INCLUDING TEARGAS,
PEPPER SPRAY AND BLAST BONDS.
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AND
OBSERVERS ALIKE WITH NO REGARD
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR HUMAN
MORALITY.
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED AND
ASHAMED BY OUR CITY IS THE
POLICE RESPONSE.
TOMATO SERVICE, PRIDE,
DEDICATION BUT CLEAR TO ME
POLICE EARLY DEDICATED TO THEIR
OWN NEEDS OF WHITE PRIDE IN
WHITE SUPREMACY WHICH HARMS THE
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
A CITY COUNCILS TO DEFUND THE
FOR MENTALLY FLAWED AND RACIST
INSTITUTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SAMUEL.
BEFORE WE MOVED TO LONDON WOULD
SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES HE WAS ALSO JOINED US A
WHILE BACK AND DID NOT GET A
CHANCE TO WELCOME HERE SO THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
LYNN GOOD MORNING WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM A VOLUNTEER
BLACK YOUNG MEN AND BOYS ARE
DYING AT ALARMING RATE IT'S
CRITICAL WE REIMAGINE OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AND INVEST
IN LOCAL INTERVENTION AND
PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS.
AND REVISE 2020 BUDGET WE URGE
YOU TO ALLOCATE FOUR.$7 MILLION
FOR COMMUNITY CAPACITY TO
PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE IN A WAY
TO BUILD SAFE AND STRONG
COMMUNITIES AND 10.$8 MILLION
FOR THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE.
A PARTNERSHIP OF FOUR PEOPLE OF
COLOR LED ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS
WHOSE STRATEGIES ARE HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING GUN
VIOLENCE.
THESE FUNDS COULD NOT BE BETTER
INVESTMENTS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
PERFECT TIMING.
>> HELLO I AM JUST LYNN OR TO
DISTRICT THREE AND I'M CALLING
TO REQUEST TO INCREASE DECREASE
THE SPEED BUDGET BY 50% AND
INVEST THE MONEY IN COMMUNITY
LED SOLUTIONS.
KING CAKE KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW FOR PRINT PLAN IS SMART CAR
PARKED ON A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION WE ASKED TOO MUCH OF
A POLICE FORCE AND IS CLEAR
IT'S NOT WORKING.
IN LAST 60 DAYS I'VE WITNESSED
AND EXPERIENCED UNCONSCIONABLE
TERROR AT THE HANDS OF SPD.
OF SOCIETY WE MADE THE MISTAKE
OF GIVING THEM TOO MUCH POWER,
TOO BIG A BUDGET AND TOO MANY
WEAPONS OF WAR.
IT IS TIME TO CORRECT THAT
WRONG.
DEMILITARIZED SPD AND COMMUNITY
LED SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THE NEXT THREE. SEAN GOOD
MORNING.
>> I'M SEAN BUTTERFIELD HOME
CARE AIDE DISTRICT THREE NUMBER
OF SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE.
MY DISABLED PARTNER EMERGED
FROM SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE
DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOWN
12 NEWS RETURN FROM 12 ON TO
PINE AT THE EAST PRECINCT
HEADING BACK TO WHERE WE
STARTED WE WERE MET WITH FLASH
BANGS AND TEARGAS WITHOUT
AUDIBLE NOTICE TO DISPERSE.
WHAT KIND OF OPERATION IS SPD
RUNNING?
ONE MINUTE WE ARE IN A
PERFECTLY PEACEFUL MARK MARCH
WITHOUT ANY VIOLENCE IN THE
NEXT THEIR FLASH BANGS GOING
OUT THE WHEELS OF MY PARTNERS
FOR WHEELCHAIRS AS THE
FRIGHTENED CROWD POURS AROUND
HER TO ESCAPE THE MAELSTROM AND
TEARGAS FEELS THERE.
MAYOR DURKAN GOES ON TV --
SEVEN IF YOU PROMISE TO DELIVER
50% CUT ON THE SPD BUDGET AND
IT IS TIME TO DELIVER ON THAT
PROMISE.
>> DAN, WELCOME.
MY NAME IS DAN I'M A MEMBER OF
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE AND I AM
A NURSING STUDENT.
ME AND MY CLASSMATES THINK IT'S
OUTRAGEOUS SPD MACED A NURSE IN
THE FACE AT SATURDAY'S
APPROACHES AND ONLY HAD AT THE
PROTEST MAYOR DURKAN'S POLICE
FULLY COLLABORATED WITH TRUMP'S
FEDERAL AGENT.
MAKES ME FURIOUS COUNCILMEMBERS
GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW
DEFUNDING IS A LONG, DRAWN OUT
PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE TIME.
WE NEVER HEAR THESE EXCUSES
WHEN YOU WANT TO CUT FUNDING
FOR HOUSING, TRANSIT, HOMELESS
SERVICES.
IT'S A DELAY TACTIC WE WON'T
STAND FOR IT.
YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO NEGOTIATE
THE COLD FOR TRUMP TO COME TO
SETTLE THE ORGANIZATION YOU
WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH?
GO AROUND THEM DEFUND 50% NOW
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET NO
DELAY.
>> ALLEN, WELCOME.
>> MINING IS ALAN BALL WAY I'M
A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7 WANT
TO TALK ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM
LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
SYSTEMIC RACISM IS ONE
APPROPRIATIONS ARE ALTERED TO
FUND NEW CAR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
WEST SEATTLE ONE OF THE WIDEST
COMMUNITIES WILL PUBLIC TRANSIT
CUT ACROSS THE BOARD.
SYSTEMIC RACISM IS INCREASING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, ADDING A NEW
POSITION WHILE WE ARE IN A
BUDGET CRISIS, WHILE THERE HAS
BEEN NO JUSTICE, WE STILL DON'T
KNOW THE NAME OF THE BLACK MAN
MURDERED BY SEATTLE POLICE WHEN
THEY SHOT HIM IN THE BACK.
NONVIOLENT PROTESTERS FOR BLACK
LIVES CONTINUE TO BE TEARGAS,
MACED, SHOT AT, RESTED WITHOUT
CAUSE AND DENIED CIVIL
LIBERTIES BY POLICE.
POLICE INTENTIONALLY ATTACK
LEGAL OBSERVERS IN MEDIA
REPORTING ON POLICE BRUTALITY,
WHILE SOME MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL SCRAMBLE TO FIND
EXCUSES NOT TO MEET THE DEMANDS
OF THE COMMUNITY AND DEFUND
THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I LIVE IN SEATTLE DISTRICT
6. I'M CALLING BECAUSE I
BELIEVE DEFUNDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50% AND REINVESTING IN
COMMUNITY IS NECESSARY FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY.
PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE PANDEMIC, REAL SAFETY
INVOLVES FUNDING HEALTHY
COMMUNITIES, NOT TO VESTING
FROM SOCIAL SERVICES AND PAYING
MORE MORE POLICE TO PREVENT
VIOLENCE TO THE THREAT OF MORE
VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY WHICH
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
PLEASE MEET THE DEMANDS PUT
FORWARD BY DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY AND
DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
REINVESTING COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU WELCOME.
>> I'M LUKE IS A GRADUATE
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND RESIDENT OF D3.
HAVE ATTENDED MANY PEACEFUL
PROTESTS IS GEORGE FLOYD'S COME
OR TO ANY URGE CITY COUNCIL TO
DEFUND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY AT LEAST 50%.
ARE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
BLOATED BUDGET TAKES AWAY
INVALUABLE RESOURCES FROM
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR DURING A
PANDEMIC THAT IS SKILLED BLACK
AND HISPANIC PEOPLE IN KING
COUNTY AT A RATE MORE THAN
TWICE THAT OF WHITE RESIDENCE.
THE POLICE AND THE CITY HAS
SPENT THE MONTH SINCE FLOYD HIS
MURDER ATTACKING PEACEFUL
CROWDS, RESTING PROTESTERS AT
RANDOM AND ISSUING HALFHEARTED
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THEIR
VIOLENCE.
RUNNING AMOK TO THE STREETS AND
DO NOT DESERVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
BEING AT THE TABLE ON BUDGETARY
DISCUSSIONS OF THEIR
INSTITUTIONS TAKE PLACE.
THEY HAVE LOST ANY CLAIM TO
PUBLIC TRUST AND THE BUDGET
ALLOCATION MUST REFLECT THIS.
PLEASE LISTEN THE BLACK
LEADERSHIP AND VOTE TO DEFUND
SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS, A
MEMBER OF SALVATION BLACK LIVES
CALLING TO SUPPORT
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE THINKING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW TO DEFUND SPD
BY AT LEAST 50% AND REINVESTING
OUR COMMUNITY.
TO KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND
EDUCATION BUDGETS GET CUT AND
VOTE LEVIES TO BRING FUNDING TO
SCHOOLS WHILE POLICE BUDGET
CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND
REMAINS AN EFFECTIVE IT IS IN
MY OPINION A TERRIBLE USE OF
RESOURCES.
THE VIOLENTLY DISPLACED
HOMELESS NEIGHBORS, AND THEY
DON'T MAKE ME FEEL SAFER THEY
MAKE ME FEEL MORE AFRAID.
THE CITY SHOULD INVEST IN
HOUSING, EDUCATION AND OTHER
PRIORITIES RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR, FOR YEARS.
IS A PROUD RESIDENT OF BEACON
HILL I SUPPORT THE DEMAND TO
DEFUND SPD BY 50% THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
REPRESENTING ME IN THIS AND I
URGE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM IN AN
ALASKA NATIVE, SOCIAL WORKER,
STUDENT, CURRENTLY LIVING IN
DISTRICT 4 ON STOLEN LAND OF
THE PEOPLE.
EMERGING THE COUNCIL DEFUND SPD
BY 50%.
MARGINALIZATION AND
DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE THE
HISTORY OF WHICH IS WORSE RIGHT
HERE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
ALEX PEDERSEN YOUR EMAIL
SIGNATURES AS BLACK LIVES
MATTER AND BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES OF TOLD YOU WHAT
MATTERS TO THEM AND YOU DISMISS
THIS.
YOUR DEMANDS ARE NOT MADE
LIGHTLY AND THE RESULT OF
DECADES OF RESEARCH AND
RESISTANCE, REFLECT ON YOUR
ANTIBLACK AND ANTI- INDIGENOUS
US PATERNALISM AND TAKE ACTION
TO WRITE THIS VIOLENCE.
URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUPPORT
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW'S FOUR-
POINT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT FROM THOSE FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU.
PETER, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU HIGH MY NAME IS
PETER I'M A SCIENTIST LIVING IN
ALEX PEDERSEN'S DISTRICT 4 IN
WALLINGFORD.
I SUPPORT PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING IS THE BEST WAY TO
REINVEST THE MANAGEMENT THAT
WILL BE DIVESTED FROM SPD.
AS OF THE FORMER NASA
CONTRACTOR I HAVE SEEN HOW
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITIVE
BUDGETING STRATEGIES CAN BE.
THE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR DESIRABLE
OUTCOMES TO BE EXPLICITLY
REQUESTED AND FACILITIES AND
METRICS DECIDED AHEAD OF TIME.
IT CAN BE DESIGNED TO EXPLICITLY
DESIGNED FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH.
THE PROJECT BIGGEST PROCESS
ENSURES FILLED VENTURES WILL
NOT RESULT IN LASTING HARM
EXPENSE IN STARK CONTRAST TO
THE CURRENT POLICE FORCE WHICH
NEEDS TO BE DEFENDED BY AT
LEAST 50%.
THANK YOU TO THE SEVEN
COUNCILMEMBERS WORKING.
THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION AWAY
FROM POLICE CONTROLLED MEMO
CONTROL MEMO WENT TOWARDS A
CIVILIAN LED SYSTEM DEPENDS ON
CONTINUED, STRONG LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME.
>> MORNING MY NAME IS CHELSEA I
AM AN EDUCATOR WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I AM ALSO
CALLING TO COUNCIL TO DEFUND
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY AT
LEAST 50%.
I WATCHED OUR KIDS STRUGGLE
WITH LACK OF RESOURCES, WATCH
THE SCHOOL STRUGGLED LACK OF
RESOURCES I WATCHED HOMELESS
TENTS GO UP ALL OVER THE CITY
THAT WERE NOT THERE AS I WAS
GROWING UP IN SEATTLE.
AND THE LIKE THE COUNCIL NEEDS
TO PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE OF THE
CITY AND BUT THE PEOPLE ARE
CITY ARE ASKING FOR
PARTICULARLY BLACK AND BROWN
POPULATIONS OF THE CITY THANK
YOU.
>>
>> MIKE, WILL COME.
>> MY NAME IS MIKE SLOAN AND
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE OFFICERS GUILD.
A SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE
NO ON DEFUNDING SPD.
SPD IS DEFENDED THE SHOCK CRIME
WE WOULD SPREAD ACROSS OUR
ENTIRE CITY.
DOES TODAY IN SEATTLE WE ARE
SEEING A 40% INCREASE IN
HOMICIDES.
85% OF THE POLICE BUDGET IS
SALARY BASED.
MOVING 50% OF THE POLICE BUDGET
HE WOULD FORCE THE CITY TO FIRE
UP TO 800 OFFICERS AND CRIME
WILL SKYROCKET.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, STRAUS
STRAUSS AND LEWIS SAID LESS
THAN YEAR AGO SEATTLE NEEDS
MORE POLICE NOT LESS.
IN LESS THAN 36 HOURS THEY'VE
COLLECTED OVER 20,000
SIGNATURES TO STOP DEFUNDING
.COM.
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL STOPPED
PLAYING POLITICS WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY, STOP DEFUNDING .COM.
>> THANK YOU.
THOMAS, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS THOMAS
HUDSON I AM JUST A HUMAN BUT I
THINK AFTER WE DEFUND SPD,
BECAUSE I KNOW WE WILL, WE NEED
TO REALLY INVEST THAT MONEY
INTO THE BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN MOST AFFECTED BY THE
DAMAGE POLICE AND SYSTEMIC
RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN CAUSING LOTS OF DAMAGE TO.
SPECIFICALLY I THINK THAT NEEDS
TO REALLY GO INTO EDUCATION AND
HOUSING AND HEALTH SERVICES TO
HELP BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A
FUTURE DAMAGED REPEATEDLY BY
THIS MENTION.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MEGHAN?
>> MY NAME IS MEGHAN, GOOD
MORNING I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 7 AND CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING THE
REMAINING 2020 SPD BUDGET BY
50% AT THE VERY LEAST AND I
STAND IN FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL
SUPPORT OF THE EVERYDAY MARCH.
POLICE OFFICERS AS PUBLIC
SERVANTS ARE MEANT TO PROTECT
AND SERVE AS THEY MAKE HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
ANNUALLY WITH HOMELESS CITIZENS
UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS AND
FAMILIES AT RISK. THIS IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS MONEY MUST BE REINVESTED
INTO BLACK COMMUNITIES AND A
REESE'S SYSTEM WITH THE CITY
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED BLACK
COMMUNITIES WE HAVE TO
SPECIFICALLY INVEST IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
THIS HAS TO START NOW WITH NO
EXCUSES.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY BLACK
LIVES MATTER PLEASE PROVE IT,
DEFUND IT.
TO DO ANYTHING LESS IS A
DISAPPOINTMENT AND DIRECT
VIOLENCE TO COMMUNITIES YOU
SERVE.
THE POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> JOSH, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING THANK YOU.
LAST WEEK CITY COUNCILMAN WAS
SURPASSING $18 MILLION PER YEAR
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
CENTRAL AREAS TO COMBAT RACIST
GENTRIFICATION AND THREE.6
MILLION FROM HER TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES TO HELP GET MORE
PEOPLE INSIDE AND PROTECTED
FROM COVID.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS THE REFERRAL
PROCESS FOR THE VILLAGES AND
OTHER SHELTERS, FUNDAMENTAL
REFORM AND TRANSITION AWAY FROM
SPD INVOLVEMENT IN.
HE RECEIVED A LETTER THIS
MORNING FROM US AS WELL ON
THIS.
PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FROM
CITY OF SEATTLE AND MANY
ORGANIZATIONS YOU CURRENTLY
RECEIVE REFERRALS WOULD BE
BETTER SERVED IF THESE
REFERRALS WERE FROM
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE
CULTURALLY QUALIFIED TO DO THIS
WORK SUCH AS URBAN LEAGUE, CASA
LATINA, SEATTLE FAITH
COMMUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL
AREA.
>> THANK YOU.
JOHN, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORTIVE
DEFUNDING SPD BY 50%.
BY FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN PUT FORWARD TOGETHER BY
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
POLICE DO NOT KEEP US SAFE.
THEY PROTECT SYSTEMS OF WHITE
SUPREMACY.
THEY VIOLENTLY RESPOND WHEN A
CRIME IS OCCURRING, AND IT OR
PROCEED.
EVERY D WE SEE THE MISUSE OF
THIS VIOLENCE AND EXPERIENCE
THE MASSIVE DAMAGE IT HAS HAD
ON BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
FAMILIES.
SPD HAS SHOWN THEY WOULD RATHER
USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS THEN STOP
KILLING BLACK PEOPLE THEY WOULD
RATHER REST BYSTANDERS AND
PEPPER SPRAY NURSES THAN LOOK
FOR REAL AGITATORS.
WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS TO BE
ROUNDED UP.
WE ARE PEOPLE, WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE FREE CITIZENS AND OUR POLICE
ARE ATTACKING US WITH IMPUNITY
THE MAYOR AND CHIEF HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT LYING MANY TIMES
INCLUDING THE SPD'S ROLE IN THE
DEATH OF LORENZO ANDERSON.
>> THANK YOU.
ELLEN?
WELCOME.
>> I AM A DISTRICT SIX RENTER,
FOUNDER OF THE SUNRISE MOVE AND
I BELIEVE WE COULD DEFUND SPD
BY 50% IF REINVESTING
COMMUNITY.
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL YOU ALLOW
THE POLICE TO ENFORCE THE WHITE
PARTY STATUS QUO BY TERRORISM
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES?
WE REMAIN COMPLICIT AND ARMED
LOCATION OF FOLKS DURING THE
PANDEMIC?
WE LOVE FEAR MONGERING FOR
POLICE SKILLS TO CONTROL OR
CITY OR WILL YOU PASS A BUDGET
BUT TRULY REPRESENTS THE VALUES
YOU CLAIM?
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES FOR
JUSTICE, DEFUND SPD BY 50% IN
THE 2020 REBOUNDS INCLUDING
ELIMINATING THE NAVIGATION
PIECE, SIGNED THE PLAN FROM
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
BUDGETING FOR 2021 END OF
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS BETH
AND I AM FROM DISTRICT 5.
DEFUNDING SPD IS A RADICAL
EXPERIMENT THAT WILL HURT THE
VULNERABLE.
AT THE MOST.
WHY ARE YOU CUTTING THE
PROTECTION WHEN MANY OF YOU
HAVE CALLED ON THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL HAVE CALLED SPD FOR
PROTECTION RECENTLY?
WE KNOW YOU HAVE.
WHY ARE YOU CUTTING PROTECTION
FOR EVERYONE ELSE?
WHY HAVE YOU NOT DENOUNCED
ARSON AND VIOLENCE BY RIDERS OR
INJURIES TO SPD OFFICERS?
YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES?
THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
YOU SHOULD BE PROTECTING YOUR
OWN EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY ARE
INJURED ON THE JOB BY VIOLENT
ATTACKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> ASHLAND, WELCOME.
>> I AM SPEAKING TODAY ON
BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER
OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF
PEOPLE'S STRUGGLES.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE PROPOSAL
TO REPLACE THE CURRENT 911
SYSTEM WITH A THE CIVILIAN
CONTROLLED ONE.
SCALING UP OF COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS.
SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY CREATED
ROADMAP TO LIFE WITHOUT
POLICING AND INVEST IN LIFE
WELL.
PLEASE LIKE MILITARY ARE
VIOLENT OCCUPATION AND
OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES AND WE
WILL NOT BE SAFE UNTIL THEY ARE
ABOLISHED.
ONE WAY THE CITY CAN REINVEST
FUNDING IN BLACK COMMUNITY
OWNED INSTITUTIONS HIS RETURN
RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP OF WHAT IS
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS NAM TO THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE
MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER.
CITY COUNCIL SHOULD INVESTIGATE
THE URBAN LEAGUE SUPPORT
TURNING THE MUSEUM TO THE
RIGHTFUL OWNERS AND INVEST IN A
GENUINE CULTURAL CENTER THE
RIGHTFUL OWNERS ARE BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU.
GUY?
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS GUY, AM A MEMBER OF
THE EXCHANGE CAMPAIGN AND
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE.
I AM HERE IN FULL SOLIDARITY
WITH DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW'S
DEMANDS IN FOUR-POINT PLAN TO
DEFUND SPD.
THE SPD'S VIOLENCE HAS ONLY
GOTTEN WORSE, AND AS PART OF A
GLOBAL TREND OF MILITARIZATION,
SURVEILLANCE AND POLICE
BRUTALITY.
REINVESTING COMMUNITY INSTEAD
OF FUNDING THESE HARMFUL
SYSTEMS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM CALLING IN
SUPPORTIVE DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW'S DEMANDS TO DEFUND THE
POLICE BY AT LEAST 50%, AND
REINVEST THOSE FUNDS IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY.
SEATTLE POLICE HAVE SHOWN US
WITH AMPLE EVIDENCE OVER THE
PAST FW MONTHS THEIR PRIORITY
IS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY,THEIR
PRIORITY IS SUPPRESSION.
THIS ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO BE
DEFUNDED IMMEDIATELY.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
ANNALEE MILLER I LIVE IN
DISTRICT SIX.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PLEDGES TO
DEFUND THE POLICE BUDGET.
I NEED YOU TO HOLD TO THAT AND
NOT ONLY DO THAT THEY GIVE THE
MONEY TO BLACK COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS EVEN JUST ABOUT THE
PROTESTS FROM EVEN BEFORE ALL
THIS STUFF WENT ON THE POLICE
HAVE BEEN PREYING ON BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND KILLING THEM
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THERE WAS A MOVEMENT WEAR A
PERSON OF COLOR WOULD LEAVE MY
APARTMENT AND I WAS AFRAID TO
CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE I
THOUGHT THEY WOULD SHOW UP AND
SHOOT THEM.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE NEED REAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND
NOT JUST MEN SHOWING UP WITH
GUNS AND MURDERING PEOPLE DO
YOU UNDERSTAND?
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
HANNAH, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS HANNAH LeBLANC
AND I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF
THE QUEEN ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MET IN MY VOICE AND SUPPORT
FOR THE CALL TO DEFUND SPD AND
REINVEST THAT MONEY IN BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
IF ANYONE IN THE CITY COUNCIL
HAS NOT SEEN BUT AS OF THE
VIOLENCE POLICE FOR INFLICTING
AGAINST PEOPLE, PROTESTERS IN
OUR COMMUNITY THIS PAST
WEEKEND, I URGE YOU TO DO SO.
THERE ARE MANY OF THEM AND THEY
ARE HORRIFYING.
MY FAMILY IS SCARED OF ME
PROTESTING BECAUSE THEY ARE
SCARED OF ME GETTING ASSAULTED
BY A FAMILY POLICE WE ARE IN
WHITE FAMILY.
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING JUST A
TASTE OF WHAT BLACK AND BROWN
PARENTS DEAL WITH EVERY DAY
WHEN THEIR CHILDREN LEAVE THE
HOUSE.
MY COMMUNITY WAS SAFE GOING UP
NOT BECAUSE OF THE POLICE WAS
IT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD RESOURCES
AND WE NEED TO USE SPD'S BUDGET
TO GIVE RESOURCES TO
COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THEM.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING
UP WHERE I DID NOT HAVE TO FEAR
THE POLICE AND IT SHOULD NOT BE
A PRIVILEGE.
>> THANK YOU.
RYAN, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS BRIAN AM A
RESIDENT DISTRICT THREE AND A
MEMBER OF UAW 4121.
AND PLUNDERED COUNCIL TO TAKE
$85 MILLION FROM THE 2020
POLICE BUDGET AND INVEST THE
INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
THIS INCLUDES CUTTING THE
HOMELESS PROGRAM WHICH IS AN
EFFECTIVE AND INHUMANE.
IF YOU WANT TO DECREASE CRIME
AND SAID WE MUST INVEST IN
COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO PREVENT
THE CAUSES OF CRIME NOT THE
OUTDATED UNIT OF SYSTEM OF
POLICING.
SEVEN MEMBERS HAVE PROMISED TO
CUT THE BUDGET BY 50% AND IS
TIME TO MAKE GOOD ON THAT
PROMISE.
TEY DO NOT KEEP A SAFE NOR DID
THEY PREVENT CRIME THEY REACT
TO CRIME.
THEY WILL RESPOND THEIR BUDGET
ARE LINEAR AND MISMANAGEMENT
THEY MUST DEAL WITH THE NOT US.
AT THE REMAINING SPD 2020
BUDGET BY 60% AND THE CITY OF
PULU CITY OF SEATTLE WILL NOT
ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS.
>> I AM A CAPITOL HILL RESIDENT
CALLING TO DENOUNCE TRULY
DISTURBING BEHAVIOR OF SPD THIS
SUMMER INCLUDING POLICE MACED
AND CLUBED LEGAL OBSERVERS,
NURSES, DEMONSTRATORS LITERALLY
ON TOP OF BLACK LIVES MATTER.
COUNCIL HAS COMMITTED TO IS
PLEDGED TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%
THIS YEAR AND NEXT.
AND ESPECIALLY POINT 3 TO FUND
A COMMUNITY CREATED ROADMAP TO
LIFE WITHOUT POLICING THAT WILL
HELP MAKE SURE STRUCTURE IS IN
PLACE FOR THIS TRANSITION.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS KATE SIMPSON AND
I LIVING CAPITOL HILL.
I AM IN FAVOR OF DEFUNDING SPD
BY AT LEAST 50% AND REINVESTING
IN COMMUNITY AND RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE.
OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, SPD
HAS DEMONSTRATED THEY ARE
ACCOUNTABLE TO NO ONE.
THEY HAVE BEEN VIOLENT AND
UNHINGED TOWARD PROTESTERS,
USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
INDISCRIMINATELY.
HAS BECOME CLEAR THEY DO NOT
KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
I SUPPORT THE DEMANDS PUT
FORWARD BY DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW, DEFUND SPD BY 50%, TO USE
THOSE FUNDS TO INVEST IN PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ELIMINATE
AND TRANSFER SPD FUNCTIONS.
NOTHING LESS THAN DEFUNDING
WILL BEGIN TO HEAL THE VIOLENCE
COMMITTED BY POLICE AGAINST
SEATTLE BLACK, BROWN AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
>>> I AM CALLING TO SAY AYE
THINK CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
COMMIT TO DEFENDING THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY AT LEAST
50% FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2020,
EQUIVALENT TO $85 MILLION AND
REALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
FOCUSING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND EDUCATION.
THE SPD BUDGET IS 85% SALARY
AND CUTTING WOOD FORCED TO FIRE
ALLOTTED OF OFFICERS.
IS RIGHT LET'S FIRE OFFICERS
WHO PARTICIPATE IN TEARGAS AND
CITIZENS OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY
AND GIVE THE MONEY TO
COMMUNITIES WHO BEEN SUFFERING
FOR DECADES.
AND YOUTH JAIL SHOULDN'T BE
CLOSE IN 2025 HE SHOULD BE
CLOSE NOW AND CHILDREN HELD TO
BE RELEASED.
CITY PUSHES PEOPLE INTO POVERTY
AND CRIMINALIZES POVERTY AND
HOMELESSNESS AND OFFERS NO
RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE MOST AT
RISK.
DO YOUR JOB.
I YIELD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER AT
A ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDERS I'M
CALLING TO SUPPORT
DECRIMINALIZE SPD AND REINVEST
IN COMMUNITIES USING THE FOUR-
POINT PLAN.
POLICING IS A RACIST ANTI-
BLACK ANTI- INDIGENOUS
INSTITUTION THAT DOESN'T KEEP
OUR COMMUNITY SAY.
IS AN ASIAN AMERICAN AND
RESIDENT IN THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT I SEE
HOW POLICING DOES NOT PREVENT
CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY RESPOND TO CRIMES LATE,
SOMETIMES NOT ALL INFLICT MORE
VIOLENCE UPON OUR COMMUNITY BY
CRIMINALIZING POVERTY AND
VIOLENTLY DISPLACING HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS.
THE CITY SHOULD INVEST IN
HOUSING AND OTHER FORMS OF
CARING SERVICES TO ENSURE
SAFETY IS EXTENDED TO EVERYONE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IS A RESIDENT I SUPPORT THE
DEMAND TO DEFUND SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> THE MISFORTUNE OF A COMPLETE
STRANGER. MY NAME IS STEVE
WELCH DON'T DEFUND THE POLICE
HERE IS WHY.
I HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO HAVE A
COMPLETE STRANGER TRY TO KICK
IN MIKE GREEN LIKE APARTMENT
DOOR.
THIS PERSON KICK TO THE LIVING
DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THE STEEL DOOR
OVER 20 TIMES AND THE MORE I
SPOKE TO HIM THE MORE ENRAGED
HE BECAME.
I DIALED 911, POLICE ARRIVED
QUICKLY AND DE-ESCALATE IT
IMMEDIATELY.
THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO
COME TALK TO THE PERSON WANTS
CALL ONCE COLUMNS.
THEY DEMONSTRATED A DRAMATIC
DECLINE IN THE USE OF FORCE
WHICH BEARS OUT IN SPDs
STATISTICS.
ARE THEN ARRANGED A RIDE ALONG
ON THE SOUTH PRECINCT.
I LEARNED OF GRANDMOTHERS HAD
THEIR WAY THERE WOULD BE A LOT
LESS LAWBREAKING.
FROM SPD OFFICERS I SAW
PATIENTS, RESPECT FOR OTHERS,
CONFIDENCE, CALM, CLEAR
COMMUNICATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
IF YOU HAVE MORE PLEASE SEND
THAT IN.
APPRECIATED.
>> I AM ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS
OF THE EVERYDAY MARCH.
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT DEFUND
SPD BY 50%.
HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN A VICTIM
OF THEIR BRUTALITY, JUNE 26 IS
A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WHEN I WAS PULLED OVER FOR NO
REASON AT ALL AFTER SOMEBODY
DECIDED THEY WANTED TO LIE AND
PULL A ECONOMY AND SAY IT WAS
ME.
I WAS CONFRONTED BY SPD
OFFICERS WITH GUNS.
ARRESTED, NO CHARGES FILED SO
THEREFORE SPD NEEDS TO BE --
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
WHITES SO LONG WE ARE NOT
STANDING FOR HIM OR AND TAKING
NOTHING LESS THAN 85 MILLION A
PROMISE TO THAT POINT NOTHING
MEANS BY ANY MEANS WE ARE NOT
TAKING THE DELAYS SPD THIS YEAR
50% AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS
TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY
SPECIFICALLY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BLAKE, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU MY NAME IS BLAKE
MADDEN, I LIVE IN DISTRICT
THREE CO.
ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MY WIFE,
ONE BLOCK FROM THE EAST POLICE
PRISON.
I DEMAND THE COUNCIL DEFUND SPD
BY AT LEAST 50% AND REINVEST IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY NOW BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE PLAN.
THIS PAST SATURDAY, AS WE TRY
TO EXERCISE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO PROTEST MY WIFE AND I
WERE SHOT OUT WITH RUBBER
BULLETS HIT DIRECTLY WITH FLASH
BLANKS, EIGHT TEARGAS, TACKLE,
BEATEN, ARRESTED AND JAILED
OVERNIGHT IS SIMPLY NOT
RETREATING FROM A POLICE
ONSLAUGHT FAST ENOUGH.
MY WIFE WAS DENIED MEDICAL
ATTENTION AND NOW HAS A SERIOUS
NECK INJURY BECAUSE AN OFFICER
LITERALLY PUT HIS KNEE IN HER
NECK.
WE ARE THROUGH WITH OUR MONEY
PAYING FOR ABUSE AND THE ABUSE
OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN IS DETERMINED TO BE ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY BUT
HE MIGHT WANT TO WAKE UP.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
STORY WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU.
>> MY NAME IS DEREK LUM YOU TO
SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
CALLS FOR DEFUNDING SPD BY 50%
AND REINVESTING IN COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS.
I SEE POLICE RESPOND TO THINGS
THEY HAVE NO ABILITY OR RIGHT
OR NEED TO RESPOND TO SUCH AS
BEING PART OF HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS.
THERE ARE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO
CAN DO THAT WORK AND DO YOU DO
THAT WORK AND THERE IS NO NEED
FOR POLICE TO BE INVOLVED IN
SUCH MATTERS.
PLEASE REINVEST IN COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS AND MAKE ALL OUR
COMMUNITIES SAFER.
THANK YOU.
>> KELSEY, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS KELSEY McGRATH I
LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND I AM
A TEACHER.
HEMORRHAGING THE CITY COUNCIL
DEVOTE TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%
THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
EXECUTE THE FOUR-POINT PLAN PUT
FORTH BY DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW TO
INVEST IN'S COMMUNITY BASED
SOLUTIONS.
NEED PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN
2021.
TO THOSE WHO ARE WORRIED WE ARE
MOVING TOO QUICKLY TO DISMANTLE
WHITE SUPREMACIST INSTITUTIONS,
WORDS FROM LAWYER AND
ABOLITIONIST, SEVERAL
NATIONALIST, EVERY SINGLE
PERSON WAS WORTH THE PURSUIT,
BLACK PEOPLE MIGHT STILL BE ON
PLAN STATIONS.
'S SLAVERY, VIOLENCE AND
OPPRESSION IS RISKIER THAN
BLACK PEOPLE WILL TO BE FREE SO
THEY HELP THE UNCERTAINTY AND
ABILITIES RATHER THAN WAITING
FOR ANSWERS TO EVERY POTENTIAL
HARM AHEAD OF US LET'S RUN.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND IN THE
REST OF YOUR COMMENTS.
GABRIELLE, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS GABE I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR
MEMBER OF SOCIALIST
ALTERNATIVE.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
DEMANDS OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
MOVE BECAUSE THE CAPITALIST
SYSTEM IS ENTERING THE NEXT
GREAT DEPRESSION AND ALREADY
OVER 40% OF RENTERS ARE FACING
EVICTION AND 40 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED,
DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACTING
BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS.
THE MOVEMENT WILL NOT ACCEPT AN
AUSTERITY BUDGET THAT TAXES
WORKING PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY
AT THE BREAKING POINT.
REGRESSIVE TAXATION THAT FUNDS
RACES POLICE AND CUTS COMMUNITY
FUNDING IS EXACTLY HOW WE GOT
HERE.
HAD SPD BY AT LEAST 50% TO $85
MILLION THIS YEAR AND INVEST
THAT MONEY IN SOCIAL NEEDS
INCLUDING HOUSING AND TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE AND JOB PROGRAMS,
CONVICTION DEFENSE, RENTER
ORGANIZING AND STOP SWEEPS AND
PASS THE PROVISO.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
MATTHEW, WELCOME.
>> I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE MY
WHOLE LIFE AND I HAVE WORKED
FOR THE CITY FOR 15 YEARS THE
LAST DAY WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
OF BEEN A PROTESTS THAT WERE
PEACEFUL AND SOME ARE MORE LIKE
RIOTS I HAVE HARD WORK HARD TO
ASK QUESTIONS WHAT I CAN I WANT
TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE A LOT
OF THE CHANGE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD
ME THEY WANT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING AS FAR AS
ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY,
REFERRALS, VICTIM SUPPORT,
WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY
THEY ARE UPSET WITH THE
DISPARITIES TO HOUSING,
SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE, LENDING
PRACTICES.
I'VE ALSO HEARD CITY
COUNCILMEMBER SAY THEY WILL BE
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY WE
NEED TO COME TOGETHER MORE THAN
EVER INSTEAD OF TAKING SIDES
RECOGNIZE WE ALL WANT SEATTLE
TO BE A BETTER PLACE AND SET UP
WAYS TO CONNECT INSTEAD OF
FURTHERING THE DIVIDE.
THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING TO
CONNECT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE.
IF YOU HAVE MORE PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO SUBMIT IT.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
JESSICA.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
I'M CALLING TO ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO DEFUND SPD BY 50% OR
THE REBALANCING OF THE 2020
BUDGET BECAUSE THIS CAN
ELIMINATE SPD FUNCTIONS THAT
HARM PEOPLE SUCH AS HOMELESS
SWEEPS, ATTACKING PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS AND SURVEILLANCE OF
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR WE CAN TRANSFER THAT
MONEY TO INVEST IN BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITY LED RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY
HELP AND SUPPORT PEOPLE.
OUR BUDGET REFLECTS OUR VALUES.
THIS CHANGE ARE VALUES FROM
SURVEILLANCE, VIOLENCE AND
WHITE SUPREMACY TO COMMUNITY
INCLUSIVENESS, ACCESS AND
OPPORTUNITY.
I SUPPORT THE FOUR-POINT
PROGRAM BY KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW AND DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS MADISON AND I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN,
CALLING TO URGE COUNCILMEMBERS
TO DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
ONLY THE DAUGHTER OF A FLORIDA
STATE TROOPER BUT A PROTESTER
PRESENT ON THE GROUND AND
WITNESSED MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF
SPD'S USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE
LAST SIX WEEKS THEY HAVE PROVEN
THEY ARE THE ESCALATORS OF
VIOLENCE AT THESE PROTESTS AND
THEIR ACTIONS HAVE BEEN
REWARDED BY THE VIRTUE OF
ABSENCE OF CONSEQUENCE.
ON SATURDAY, SPD'S
INDISCRIMINATE USE OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS CAME HOURS AFTER THE
BAN WAS LIFTED BY JUDGE
ROBERTS.
SPD DELIBERATELY TARGETED LEGAL
OBSERVERS, WHICH IS INDISPUTABLY
ON VIDEO EVIDENCE AS WELL AS
ILLEGAL CHOKEHOLDS.
WHAT WE LEARNED OVER THE LAST
SIX WEEKS THAT THESE ARE NOT
ONE-OFFs , NOT RESULT A FAILURE
OF TRAINING.
>> PLEASE SEND YOUR CONCLUSION
INTO US.
>> I AM REPRESENTING THE
SEATTLE AMERICAN COALITION.
I AGREE WITH ACLU, SPD DOES NOT
WANT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
POLICE BRUTALITY.
THEY ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED IN
ATTACKS.
I AGREE AND INSIST THIS COUNCIL
SHOULD DEFUND.
NOT ONLY ARE THE POLICE PLAYING
POLITICS THEY ARE FEAR
MONGERING AND ATTACKING THE
PEOPLE THEY HAVE SWORN TO
PROTECT.
THEY HAVE FAILED IN THE ONE
THING THEY WERE HIRED TO DO.
IT'S CLEAR SPD IS OVERRUN BY
WHITE SUPREMACIST.
HOW DID THEY SAY THEY WOULD --
IF THE BUDGET WAS CUT A YIELD
MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BLACK
LIVES MATTER I SUPPORT
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE MUST BE
DEFENDED AND THIS MUST NOT BE A
LEDGER SHIP THERE NEEDS TO BE
50% FEWER BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
THE PROBLEM WITH PATROL PUTS
FRESH OFFICERS IN CONTACT WITH
OVER POLICE COMMUNITIES, LEADS
TO VIOLENCE, INEFFECTIVE AND IN
2014 THEY DID A SLOW DOWN AND
SAW A REDUCTION IN FEELING
CRIME IN 1973 KANSAS CITY FOUND
THE RELATION BETWEEN PATROL AND
CRIME RATE, BETWEEN CRIME RATE
PATROL AND POLICE PRESENCE
BETWEEN THAT AND CRIME
REPORTING RATE BETWEEN THAT AND
-- ANYWAY SUPPORT THE FOUR-
POINT PLAN.
>> WONDERFUL, THANKS.
ALLISON, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ALLISON ISAAC OR
THEM WITH SEATTLE KING COUNTY
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
THE COALITION SUPPORTS THE WORK
OF DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
OVERDUE WORK TO CRAFT A CITY
BUDGET THAT BEGINS TO INVEST
SIGNIFICANTLY IN WHAT MAKES US
TRULY SAFER AND HEALTHIER.
TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH MEANS PUTTING
PEOPLE FIRST, ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHO ARE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
BROWN AND INCONVENIENTLY AND
INVISIBLY POOR, DISABLED AND
HOMELESS.
BECAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT FOR
BLACK LIVES AND THE SUFFERING,
INJURY AND DEATH OF COUNTLESS
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, THE CITY HAS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE
WASTEFUL, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND
HARMFUL PROGRAMS.
THE ENTIRE MITIGATION TEAM MUST
BE DEFUNDED AND THE RESOURCES
REDIRECTED TO GENUINE HEALTH
PROMOTION, HEALTHCARE.
>> THANK YOU, ALLISON PLEASE
SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS VIA EMAIL.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM AN
ORGANIZER WITH THE EVERYDAY
MARGIN I STAND WITH THOUGH
DEFUNDING OF SEATTLE PD BY 50%
REALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO
BLACK COMMUNITIES LIKE THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT, SOUTH END AND
IF BLACK LIVES TRULY MATTER I
URGE ALEX PEDERSEN AND DEBORAH
ORDER TO STOP.
>> [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS]
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE DEREK,
SETH, ZINA.
>> DERRICK HENRY HEAR US?
PUT YOURSELF ON MUTE ON THE
AUDIO YOU ARE LISTENING TO.
GOOD MORNING GO AHEAD.
>> HIGH I AM A RENTER IN D 6,
I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING SPD BY
50% AND INVESTING IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES NOW IN THIS BUDGET
CYCLE.
YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THE VIDEOS OF
THEM SINGLING OUT LEGAL
OBSERVERS AND PRESENT IN
ADDITION TO INDISCRIMINATE
VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTERS.
THIS IS HOW THEY ARE TREATING
PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY WITH THE
MOST PROTECTION IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT WITH CAMERAS AROUND
AND THOUSANDS OF WITNESSES.
WAS FAR MORE HEINOUS IS HOW
THEY TREAT BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY THINK NO
ONE'S WATCHING.
WHEN THEY MURDERED CHARLEENA
LYLES IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN
WE SPENT 409 MILLION A YEAR OF
THIS MURDEROUS FORCEFUL CRUCIAL
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
GO UNDERFUNDED.
DRINKING WATER ITSELF SEATTLE
SCHOOLS ARE CONTAMINATED BY
DANGEROUS AMOUNTS OF LEAD AND
THOUSANDS --
>> THANK YOU SEND THE REMAINDER
OF YOUR COMMENTS.
>> MY NAME IS TINA I'M A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3 I'M
ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO REINVEST
AND COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS
TO HELP ELIMINATE TRANSFER SPD
FUNDS AND REDUCE THE BUDGET BY
$94 MILLION AS REQUESTED BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
I BELIEVE DEFUNDING SPD IS
NECESSARY BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS
A STATEMENT OF VALUES AND IF
THE CITY WE SAY WE VALUE BLACK
LIVES IN SUPPORT TODAY'S
MOVEMENT IT'S TIME FOR OUR
BUDGET TO REFLECT THAT.
BACK PEOPLE I THREE TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE SHOT AND KILLED BY
POLICE THAN WHITE PEOPLE.
THAT IS SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER,
MOTHER, CHILD, HUSBAND, FATHER
OR SIBLING.
POLICING IS AN INSTITUTION
ROOTED IN RACISM AND SLAVERY.
MASK IS THE CITY STOP PLACING
VALUE ON AN INSTITUTION CREATED
TO ENSLAVE AND KILL ABOUT BLACK
PEOPLE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS MARIETTA I AM AN
IMMIGRANT AND PERSON OF COLOR.
I LIVE AND WORK IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE SIX BLOCKS AWAY FROM
THE MASS SHOOTING.
DO NOT DEFUND SPD BY 50%.
>> IS ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED AND
THE CITY IS GOING RAPIDLY, I
DON'T WANT LESS OFFICERS WANT
MORE OFFICERS ABLE TO RESPOND
TO PARTY CALL 7 MINUTES OF US
WE DON'T LIVE IN UTOPIA THERE
ARE CRIMINALS, RIOTERS,
ARSONISTS, JUST AS LAST WEEKEND
WITH THE SO-CALLED PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO VOTE NO
ON DEFUNDING SPD.
>> THANK YOU.
ERICA?
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS ERICA JERRY
PAXTON AND I WENT IN THE
DISTRICT REQUIRED YOU ALL TO
SUBMIT TO THE DEMANDS OF KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
I GREW UP WITH A BLACK UNCLE
AND A BLACK HUSBAND FROM
NIGERIA WE GROUP WITHIN 10
MINUTES OF EACH OTHER HOME
SCHOOL TOGETHER, PLAYED
TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH IN
HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER FAMILIES
ARE INSEPARABLE IN 2017 I WOKE
UP TO A PHONE CALL FROM MY
MOTHER WITH THE NEWS THAT MY 24
-YEAR-OLD COUSIN HAD BEEN
MURDERED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE STORIES ARE SO INCREDIBLY
COMMON WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
EVERY FAMILY NOW HAS A STORY OF
POLICE VIOLENCE.
THIS DISPARITY IN EQUITY BLACK
FAMILIES FACE AT THE HANDS OF
POLICE IS DISGUSTING AND REFORM
HAS PROVEN TO WORK.
DEFUND SPD IMMEDIATELY SAY HIS
NAME PERMISSION HAVE TO SHARE
MY FAMILY IS FOR TRAUMA WITH
YOU ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
STORY.
THE NEXT PERSON IS EVAN,
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS EVAN COME FROM
DISTRICT TWO I'M CALLING THE
STATEMENT SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DEMANDS MADE BY DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE INCLUDING DEFUND SPD BY
50% REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO
COMMUNITY LED SAFETY DISTANCE
AND RELEASE PROTESTERS ARRESTED
WITHOUT CHARGES.
MONEY IS MOVED AWAY FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE
RELOCATED TO LOCAL GROUPS OF
PROVEN HISTORIES OF INCREASED
PUBLIC SAFETY HOUSE WANT TO
SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS CREATED BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW WHERE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET TO DECIDE
HOW TO SPEND PORTIONS OF THE
BUDGET THIS WILL GIVE POWER
BACK TO COMMUNITIES
MARGINALIZED BY POOR POLICING
AND LET THEM DECIDE HOW TO
IMPROVE SAFETY.
EVERYBODY IN SEATTLE ONCE
EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY TO HAVE
ACCESSES TO RESOURCES TO BE
HEALTHY AND I BELIEVE THE PLAN
PUT FORTH BY THESE GROUPS IS
THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS ERIN
AND I AM A MEMBER OF DISTRICT
SIX.
I'M CALLING TODAY TO URGE YOU
TO DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
THIS WEEK.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL
AND MAYOR DURKAN AND CHIEF BEST
RESPONSES ARE UNACCEPTABLE THE
GOAL SATURDAY WAS NOT TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC THE GOAL IS
TO EXERCISE THEIR POWER THROUGH
ATTACKING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
WITH MILITARY WEAPONS AND
INSTILLING FEAR IN OUR CITY.
I ALSO URGE YOU, IN ADDITION TO
DEFUNDING SPD BY 50% TO PLEASE
SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW
FOUR.PLAN FOR COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT OF THESE FUNDS TO
REPLACE CURRENT 911 OPERATIONS
WITH A CIVILIAN CONTROL SYSTEM,
SCALE UP COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS,
FIND A COMMUNITY CREATED
ROADMAP AND LIFE WITHOUT
POLICING AND INVESTING HOUSING
FOR ALL SUPPORT DEFUNDING SPD
AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND MORNING.
>> HELLO I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT FIVE IN NORTH SEATTLE,
SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF
NEVER AGAIN SEATTLE AND NETWORK
OF ALLIES ROOTED IN THE LESSONS
TO ORGANIZE IN SOLITARY FOR
SAFETY AND JUSTICE WE SUPPORT
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE'S FOR PRE-
PROPOSAL AND DEMAND TO DEFUND
SPD BY 50%, REINVESTING
COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RELEASE
ALL PROTESTERS NO CHARGES WE
THANK COUNCIL FOR USING
REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONAL
POWER TO LISTEN, LEARN FROM,
TRUST AND INVESTING BLACK
SEATTLEITES ABOUT WHAT IS
NECESSARY IN OUR CITY TO KEEP
AGENCY AND SELF-DETERMINATION.
WE NEED YOU TO MAKE BLACK LIVES
MATTER TRUE INNER CITY BY
DEDICATING CITY RESOURCES TO
MAKING A REALITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
SAMUEL?
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SAMUEL, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 4. I THINK WE HAVE
SEEN ARGUMENTS AGAINST DEFUND
SPD REST ON THE DISTANT DECREE
AND TEAR FACT IS THAT WE SAW
THE DISTANT DECREE USED TO SAY
LET'S HAVE MORE TEARGAS TO
CAUSE MORE HARM RATHER THAN
HELP.
WHITE GATE KEEPERS HAVE NOT
CREATED A BETTER WORLD AT THIS
POINT LOOK AT OUR CITY, LOOK AT
OUR COUNTRY.
ALEX PEDERSEN I URGE YOU TO
STOP BEING AN WHITE GATEKEEPER
WHICH YOU KNOW THE BLACK
COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW?
AND I YIELD MY TIME THANK YOU.
>> CURLY, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS CURLY GREAT
AMEREN TURN DISTRICT 4 AND
MEMBER OF UAW FOR ONE TO ONE
CALLING TO DEMAND EVERY CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER SIGN ON TO THE
FOUR-POINT PLAN BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW TO DEFUND SPD
BY AT LEAST 50%.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
HAVE UNFORTUNATELY MY
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN IS
NOT.
YOU WILL HAVE A NEW CHAPTER TWO
WRITING A NEW CHAPTER CHAPTER
IN SEATTLE'S STORY.
POLICING IS A SYSTEM OF WHITE
SUPREMACY CONTINUALLY FUNDED AT
HIGHER RATES YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THEY TARGETED BLACK AND BROWN
RESIDENTS AND JOURNALISTS
REPEATEDLY.
THEY DO NOT DESERVE THE LARGEST
PORTION OF OUR CITY BUDGET
ESPECIALLY THEY HAVE SPENT,
THEIR MISMANAGEMENT CANNOT BE A
SCAPEGOAT TO KEEP TAX DOLLARS.
I DEMAND YOU DEFUND SPD AND
FOLLOW THE DEMANDS OF KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
>> SARAH GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM SORRY TO
NOT DEFUND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
CUTTING FUNDING DOES NOT MAKE
THE CITY SAFER.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THREE
NUMBERS.
2, 4 AND ONE.FIVE.
2 IS THE NUMBER MINUTES IT TOOK
SPD TO RESPOND TO THE
FEDERATION SHOOTING 2006 IN 2
MINUTES LATER THEY HAD THE
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.
4 IS THE NUMBER OF MINUTES IT
TOOK SPD TO RESPOND TO THE
SHOOTING IN 2012.
ONE.FIVE IS THE NUMBER OF
MINUTES IT TOOK FOR SPD TO
RESPOND IN 2010 TO THE MASS
SHOOTING IN WEST SEATTLE WHERE
GRANDMOTHER KILLED MULTIPLE
MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY.
IN EACH OF THESE SITUATIONS CAN
IMAGINE WITH THOSE PEOPLE WERE
GOING THROUGH WAITING FOR THE
POLICE TO ARRIVE?
NOW IMAGINE YOU DEFUND THE
POLICE HOW LONG WILL THOSE
INNOCENT VICTIMS HAVE TO WAIT?
PLEASE DON'T HARM SEATTLE BY
DEFENDING POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SARAH.
ERICA, WELCOME.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW TRY THAT
AGAIN?
ERICA WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME
HEARING YOU TO CALL BACK AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET A CHANCE
TO SPEAK AS SOON AS YOU DIAL
BACK IN [MULTIPLE SPEAKERS]
THERE YOU ARE GO AHEAD WE WILL
RESTART YOUR TIME.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW
COUNCILWOMAN?
>> I SURE CAN.
THANKS.
>> OKAY THANK YOU.
ERICA, DISTRICT TWO.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF DEFUNDING
POLICE.
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL YOU ARE
IRRESPONSIBLY NOT FULLY
REPRESENTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS
BY MAKING A RECKLESS DECISION
DEFUNDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
50%.
GROUPS DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE TO
DRIVE DECISIONS AT THE EXPENSE
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE
THROWING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
THE PROGRAMS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE
VOTED ON BY TAXPAYERS.
YOU HAVE OVER 80,000 PEOPLE IN
YOUR DISTRICT THAT MAY LOSE
POLICING.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY IF THEY LOSE THE POLICE
PRECINCT IN WEST SEATTLE?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ERICA.
GABRIEL.
>> MY NAME IS GABRIEL I'M A
TECH WORKER MENTORING DISTRICT
THREE RESIDING NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HARBOR AND
THOMAS.
AND SEE THAT LOCATION WITH SUCH
SPECIFICITY DOES EXACT LOCATION
POLICE PUSHED PROTESTERS TO ALL
THE WAY FROM 12th AND PARNA
DISTANCE OF OVER 12 BLOCKS TO
MY LITERAL FRONT DOOR THROUGH
AN OVERWHELMING USE OF PEPPER
SPRAY AND TEAR GRASS.
THIS INCIDENT IS PERFECT
ENCAPSULATION WHY WE MUST
REDIRECT FUNDING FROM SPD
REINVESTING THE COMMUNITY.
THE ONLY TOOL POLICE HAVE IS
FORCE AND FORCE ALONE CANNOT
LEAD THE COMMUNITY AND CANNOT
BRING JUSTICE.
WE MUST DEFEND SPD BY 50% TO
REDIRECT UP FUNDING INTO THE
COMMUNITY AND WE MUST DO IT
NOW.
I URGE COUNCIL NOT TO WAIT
UNTIL NEXT YEAR, NOT TO TELL
THE COMMUNITY TO YIELD TO THE
ARBITRARY RESTRICTIONS OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR.
THANK YOU I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
PETER, GOOD MORNING.
>> SARVAS FIND.
.
>> GOOD MORNING PETER.
>> GOOD MORNING EMILY WERE
READING A STATEMENT FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON
FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
LOCAL 1488, AN ESSENTIAL WORKER
HAS TO BE WORK RIGHT NOW.
ARE LOCAL UNION REPRESENTS
CUSTODIANS AND TREATS PEOPLE
WHO WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND WE HAVE A VERY
LARGE MEMBERSHIP OF WORKERS OF
COLOR.
WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE
CALL TO DEFUND THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DEFUND
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS THAT
REPRESENT TRUE HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
WE URGE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
THESE CHANGES.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PETER.
THE NEXT THREE REBECCA, KEISHA
AND JULIAN.
REBECCA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM REBECCA
LEVINE IN DISTRICT 4. 2020
REBALANCING SHOULD DEFUND SPD
BY 50% REINVESTING COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS FOR A MORE JUST AND
EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN MY DISTRICT, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, NOW IS THE TIME TO
MAKE GOOD ON YOUR PLEDGE TO
REDIRECT POLICE FUNDING TO
COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES.
YOUR BLOG SAYS YOUR ALIGNED
WITH THE BLUEPRINT FROM
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW YET FOR WEEKS
HE RESISTED CALLS FROM HUNDREDS
OF CONSTITUENTS LIKE ME TOO
MAKE SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
CONSISTENT WITH THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PLEDGE.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 2020
BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO DEFUND SPD
BY 50% AND SUPPORT
REINVESTMENTS TO SCALE UP
COMMUNITY SERVICES, BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
MAKE SURE DISTRICT 4 AND THE
CITY STANDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF HISTORY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS KEISHA ELDER A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3 TO
VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING
SPD BY 50% AT LEAST THIS YEAR
AND NEXT YEAR.
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND
MISTREATED FOR YEARS DUE TO
RACISM AND RACIST POLICIES.
'S IMPORTANT YOU INVEST IN
BLACK COMMUNITIES AND WORK WITH
A COMMUNITY LED ORGANIZATION
YOU ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH
RIGHT NOW LIKE KING COUNTY
EQUITY NOW, DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE.
PROVE YOU CARE ABOUT BLACK
LIVES BY DEFINING SPD AND
WORKING WITH BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU AND I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
JULIAN?
>> MY NAME IS JILLIAN, RESIDENT
OF D 6. MY FRIEND, ASH,
RESIDENT OF DOCX AND WAS
ARRESTED SATURDAY BUT TO
TRAUMATIZED.
I SPENT HOURS AND JOAN
TRANSFERRED TO CAN'T FORCE TO
SIT IN CONCRETE CELL,
HANDCUFFED BEHIND MY BACK FOR
FIVE HOURS, HIT WITH A BATON,
MY CHARGE OF FAILURE TO
DISPERSE WAS DROPPEDIF YOU
THINK THIS EXPERIENCE IS NOT
WORSE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR BLACK
LIVES MATTER DEFUND SPD BY 50%
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF KING COUNTY
EQUITY NOW AND DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE I WOULD NOW PLAY AUDIO
OF ASH'S ABUSE CONTENT MORNING
FOR THE AUDIENCE POLICE
VIOLENCE.
>> WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HEAR ALL
OF THAT, IT WAS PRETTY FAINT I
KNOW THERE WAS AUDIO FOLKS
WANTED TO SHARE IF YOU COULD
SEND THAT TO MAY I WILL ALSO
SHARE IT AROUND WITH FOLKS.
IF WE CAN GET THE FEEL FREE TO
SEND THAT DIRECTLY TO ME.
THANK YOU.
KATE REUBEN, KC AND MAXIMILIAN
COBURN FOLLOWED BY FOLKS WHO
CALLED IN EARLIER ETHAN AND
SETH.
KATE, GOOD MORNING.
>> I THINK WE LOST KATE.
>> NO PROBLEM, IF YOU GET THE
CHANCE TO CALL BACK AND WE WILL
COME BACK TO YOU.
KC GOOD MORNING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO?
>> YES.
THANKS.
>> 80% OF SPD COPS DON'T LIVE
IN SEATTLE, BUDGET STIPENDS
FORCE THEM TO OTHER CITIES.
WE NEED TO STOP SPD AS A LAST
LINE OF DEFENSE, THEY CAN'T
EVEN GET THROUGH RAPE TO
BACKLOGS, THEY GET ADDICTED TO
MANY BUT TIME TO BUILD OUR
COMMUNITY AND NEW SERVICES
INSTEAD OF FUNDING COPS.
THE SOURCE OF CRIME, POVERTY,
MILLIONS LEACH INTO PAYCHECKS
AND PENSIONS IN CITY TAXES AND
WHITE SCHOOLS.
GINGER FIRES, 50% OF THE
REMAINING SPD BUDGETS TO BLACK
COMMUNITY AT LEAST AND WE NEED
TO DO IT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MAXIMILIAN?
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
>> BASICALLY I HAVE A FEW
THINGS TO SAY.
IF THE BUDGET IS NOT CUT BY $85
MILLION, IF YOU THINK WHAT YOU
HAVE SEEN RECENTLY IS THAT IT
WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHY.
WE'VE ONLY HEARD FROM WHITE
PEOPLE CALLING SAY THEY SUPPORT
SPD.
A WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND I
DO NOT YIELD THE REST OF MY
TIME I WANT THIS TIME TO THINK
ABOUT IT IN SILENCE.
.
>> THAT WAS WEIRD.
I AM A RESIDENT AND A BLACK
DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF SPD 100%
AND REINVESTING IN COMMUNITIES
WE JUST HAVE TO BE SAFE, PUBLIC
SAFETY INVESTING COMMUNITIES
NOT POLICE THEM.
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AND LAND
OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS WEALTH,
ECONOMIC SECURITYAND
STABILITY.
SAFETY COMES FROM AN INVESTMENT
IN EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
FAILED TO KEEP US SAFE.
THEY HAVE NOT, WILL NOT DO NOT
PREVENT VIOLENCE FROM OCCURRING
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE SEATTLE'S
BLACK COMMUNITY FACES
TREMENDOUS VIOLENCE AND LOSS
RIGHT NOW.
POLICE OVER PATROL
NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESPOND TO
VIOLENCE BY USING VIOLENCE,
THEY DO NOT PREVENT A-- MONDAY,
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF HISTORY TO DEFUND SPD
BY AT LEAST 50% AND REINVESTING
OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND FOR CALLING BACK IN.
>> SETH, GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4 SO
THIS, GOES TO ALEX PEDERSEN.
I WANT TO KNOW YOUR DISTRICT
BELIEVES BLACK LIVES MATTER
THAT POLICE INSTITUTION WORKS
FOR A FULL WHITE SUPREMACY AND
WE WILL SUPPORT YOU ON
DEFUNDING SPD BY 50% AT LEAST
AND REINVESTING INTO BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
YOU SAID YOURSELF WE NEED
ACTION, NOT JUST WORDS.
PLEASE ACT.
DON'T WAIT AND SEE, JUST DO IT
OR WE WILL VOTE YOU OUT.
THANK YOU.
>> DO WE HAVE KATE?
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> JUST ONE SECOND IF YOU DON'T
MIND.
COULD WE TEE UP THE TIMER ONE
MORE TIME FOR MY BENEFIT?
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
KATE REUBEN, I'M THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE JOINED BY
POWERS ONE OF OUR BOARD
MEMBERS, WE ARE CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF DEFUNDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50%.
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
AND VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF
THE POLICE AT A
DISPROPORTIONATE RATE.
INVESTING IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN FUNDING
A PROCESS IS THE FIRST STEP TO
A MORE EQUITABLE SEATTLE.
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING MYSELF,
DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH
RESPECT, NOT A NUISANCE TO BE
SWEPT AWAY.
WE SEE VIOLATIONS, REMOVING
POLICE IS A GOOD START IN
REDUCING THE POLICE BUDGET.
A SERGEANT ALONG EARNS A SALARY
OF OVER $331,000 LAST YEAR HOW
MANY LIVES WITHOUT HELP?
IS THAT NOT ENOUGH TO BUILD
MORE FIRST CHOICE SHELTERS SUCH
AS TINY HOUSE VILLAGES?
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALEX, JILL AND STEVE.
ALEX GOOD MORNING.
>> I'M ALEX, A HOMEOWNER IN
DISTRICT 2 I STAND IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE EVERYDAY
MARCH, DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
WANT TO VOICE MY FULL SUPPORT
FOR DEFUNDING THE REMAINING
BUDGET FOR 2020 BY 50% AT LEAST
APPROXIMATELY $85 MILLION IN
DIVERTING THOSE FUNDS
SPECIFICALLY TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES. THIS ACTION SHOULD
BE TAKEN REALLY AND WITHOUT
NEGOTIATION.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'VE
OVERSPENT THE FACT THAT THEY
CAN'T MANAGE THE BUDGET
PROBABLY ALL THE MORE REASON TO
CUT THEIR BUDGET IMMEDIATELY.
BLACK COMMUNITIES NEED FUNDING
MORE THAN THEY NEED POLICE FULL
STOP DON'T COMPROMISE ON
FUNDING BLACK COMMUNITIES.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR CENTERING THE
EQUITY IN WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FIND A
BETTER SOLUTION AND THANK HER
FOR COMING OUT OF HER HOME AND
SPEAKING WITH THE EVERYDAY
MARCH WHO VISITED HER OVER THE
WEEKEND.
IF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE
RESPONSIVE AND RESPECTFUL TO
THEIR CONSTITUENTS, OUR CITY
WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
PETERSON, WERE AS ONLOOKING A
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROVE IT FUN
BLACK COMMUNITIES FRIEL
PROTESTERS, SHUT DOWN POLICE.
>> THANK YOU.
JOEL ANDERSON.
>> MY NAME IS JOE I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 2. THE SPD BUDGET
MUST BE CUT PERMANENTLY BY AT
LEAST 50%.
THIS MONEY MUST BE RETURNED TO
CELL IS THE MOST OVER POLICED
COMMUNITIES DIRECT
ORGANIZATIONAL.
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND HOMELESS
FOLKS NEED AND DESERVE THESE
FUNDS MORE THAN ANYONE SHOULD
MAKE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO
BRUTALIZE NEIGHBORS ALSO TO
THINK MORE VIOLENCE LOCKING
PEOPLE IN THE INHUMANE
CONDITIONS HOW DOES THAT MAKE
SENSE?
>> THANK YOU.
STEVE, WELCOME.
DO WE HAVE STAY WITH US?
STEVE IF YOU CAN HEAR US AND WE
ARE NOT ON THE LINE PLEASE CALL
BACK IN I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> TERRIFIC THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AM A RESIDENT OF GREENWOOD AND
CRIMINALS, ORGANIZED CRIMES AND
GANGS ARE NOT DEFUNDING THEY
ARE CARVING UP SEATTLE IN
ANTICIPATION OF A 50% POLICE
REDUCTION.
THOSE OF YOU COUNCILMAN WHO
HAVE BEEN THREATENED BY THESE
NETS ARE NOW GOING TO FEEL
EMBOLDENED BECAUSE THEY WILL
CARRY OUT THOSE THREATS AGAINST
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND NOT
FEEL A PROBLEM.
THE BIGGEST INDUSTRY IS THE GUN
INDUSTRY GUN OWNERSHIP WILL
EXPLODE AND INCREASE SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS ARE DOMESTIC
KILLINGS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CAMDEN, NEW
JERSEY FIX THIS PROBLEM WANTED
TO GET SOMEBODY ON FROM CAMDEN
TO HELP YOU RESOLVE RATHER THAN
FLASHING THE SLASHING THE
POLICE BUDGET 50%, A REDUCTION
OF POLICE, CRIMINAL AND POLICE
AND PUBLIC -- THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE.
MICHAEL ANDREW FOLLOWED BY
WILLIAM AND REBECCA.
MICHAEL, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING THANK YOU.
I AM I AGAIN DREW A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 3 AND A MEMBER OF
PRIDE AT WORK AND LGBTQ LABOR
ORGANIZATION.
DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN A
LABOR ACTIVIST I HAVE SEEN
SEVEN MAYORS, FIVE POLICE
CHIEFS AND FOUR DIFFERENT
PRESENTS OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS KILLED.
THESE PEOPLE, ALL OF THEM, HAVE
DONE NOTHING BUT TALK REFORM,
REFORM, REFORM.
WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO STREET
LEVEL ACTION IT'S ALWAYS THE
SAME BRUTALITY, THE SAME
VIOLENCE SAME DISREGARD FOR
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR'S LIES IF YOU WANT TO DO
SOMETHING
TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM
AND POLICING, YOU HAVE A CHANCE
TO DO IT NOW.
THE FUND SPD AND WORK TOGETHER
WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD AN
ENTIRELY NEW SYSTEM AND ITS
PLACE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
WILLIAM, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS WILLIAM BULLOCK A
RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE.
I SUPPORT DEFUNDING SPD BECAUSE
THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THEY
VIEWED THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE
WITH OPEN, VIOLENT CONTEMPT.
NO AMOUNT OF REFORM CAN CHANGE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE
REFORMED AND IS THERE
PROTECTION OF US?
DEPENDENT ON NEVER TRULY BEING
HELD TO ACCOUNT THEY ARE NOT A
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THEY ARE
A MAFIA PROTECTION RACKET IN
NICE, BLUE UNIFORMS.
FRANKLY, ASK US TO KEEP LIVING
IN THE SAME HOUSE AS THEM AFTER
THE BEHAVIOR WE HAVE WITNESSED
IS AKIN TO COURSING SOMEONE WHO
HAS BEEN BRUTALLY BEATEN BY
THEIR SPOUSE INTO GOING BACK TO
THEIR ABUSER BECAUSE THEY
PROMISED TO BE GOOD THIS TIME.
IT IS INDEFENSIBLE.
PLEASE DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST
50% AND REINVEST IN
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
REBECCA?
WELCOME.
>> HELLO, I WORK WITH THE TINY
HOUSE PROGRAM AND LIVE IN
DISTRICT 2. URGE YOU ALL THE
SUPPORT EFFORTS TO DEFUND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND REINVESTING
COMMUNITY LED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PRIORITIZE HEALING AND
VALUE BASED CARE RATHER THAN
CRIMINALIZATION OF
HOMELESSNESS.
FORMALIZING THIS REQUEST TO
RESTRICT THE REFERRAL PROCESS
TO TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AWAY
FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM IT'S
CRITICAL WE REFUSE TO BE
COMPLACENT AND TRAUMA AFFECTED
PEOPLE EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS.
INVESTING COMMUNITY APARTMENTS
THAT WILL APPROPRIATELY SUPPORT
UNHOUSE TO NEIGHBORS MORE
INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE ARE LINDEN,
JUDGE, MATTIE AND GAVIN.
>> HELLO I'M A HOMEOWNER IN
BALLARD DISTRICT SIX UNMUTED ME
COMMUNITY DEMANDS OUTLINED BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE TO DEFUND
SEATTLE POLICE BY AT LEAST 50%.
DEFUNDING SPD IS NECESSARY TO
PROTECT BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
LIVES FROM POLICE VIOLENCE IN
OUR CITY.
CRIMINAL REFORMS AND CHANGING
TO POLICING HAVE NOT WORKED.
RESPONSE TO BLACK LIVE MATTERS
PROTESTERS AS A. DESPITE
NUMEROUS REFORMS IMPLEMENTED
UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE,
SEATTLE POLICE CONTINUE TO
CRIMINALIZE, BRUTALIZE AND KILL
RESIDENTS LIKE CHARLEENA LYLES
WITHOUT FACING CONSEQUENCES.
THIS IS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL MORE BLACK
PEOPLE ARE MURDERED BEFORE WE
MAKE REAL CHANGE HAPPEN.
WE NEED TO DEFUND SPD NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS NATALIE LINTON IN A
RESIDENT DISTRICT SEVEN CALLING
ON MY COUNCIL MEMBER TO FULLY
TO COMMIT TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%
THIS YEAR.
AND AN EMAIL YOU SENT YESTERDAY
YOU STATED WE NEED TO BUILD AND
REMODEL BEFORE CUTTING THE
BUDGET.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT NOR DO
WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR NEW
PROGRAMS UNLESS WE DEFUND SPD
NOW.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE ON MONDAY
THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A
TRANSIT BENEFIT DISTRICT
PACKAGE THAT CUTS FUNDING FOR
SERVICES MANY RESIDENTS AT
DEPEND ON DESPITE CALLS FROM
COMMUNITY.
MIKE McCABE TRANSIT? WHERE WE
ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT GAPS IN
SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO
POLICE?
PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDES ACCESS
TO SAFE AND RELIABLE
TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY
INCLUDES HOUSING, HEALTHCARE,
LAW ENFORCEMENT, DEFUND SPD,
STOPPED THE POLICE AND REMOVE
THEY ARE JENNY DURKAN.
THANK YOU.
>> GAVIN, ELLIOTT AND BRANDON.
GAVIN, GOOD MORNING.
>> CAN MORNING CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS MY NAME IS GAVIN
BROTHER ELECTIVE FROM THE
SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO DEFUND SPD.
HAS A STUDENT DISTRICT SIX I
BELIEVE IT'S IMPERATIVE WE
DEFUND SEATTLE POLICE FOR 50%
AND A LESS.
WHEN WE TELL YOU IT COMES AS NO
SURPRISE TO ME WHICH CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE WITHHELD
SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
TO THIS I SAY WHILE THE
MAJORITY IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED
DISHEARTENING THIS AMENDMENT
MUST BE SUPPORTED UNILATERALLY
ACROSS ALL SETTLED DISTRICTS
AND REPAIR THE DAMAGES NORTH
AND INTERESTS HAVE HAD AGAINST
DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTH ENDS IS
THE SPECIFICALLY BLACK
COMMUNITIES LISTEN TO
ORGANIZERS KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE FOR
PLANS TO DIVORCE THE FUNDS INTO
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY BASED
SOLUTIONS.
VIEWPOINT TIME THANK YOU.
>> ELLIOTT GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
ELLIOT DALY A RESIDENT OF WEST
SEATTLE I WANT TO DECONSTRUCT
THE FALSE NARRATIVE PROTESTERS
ARE SEPARATE FROM CONSTITUENTS.
ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE CALLED
INTO ASK YOU TO DEFUND SPD
TODAY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED
YOU IN.
FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
WHEN YOU DO DEFUND SPD I WANT
YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT
MONEY TO BLACK COMMUNITIES, NOT
TO COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT'S 86 MILL NOT 20% NOT
ANY LESS.
HALF THEIR BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT PERSON IS BRANDON.
>> I'M A SUBSTITUTE MUSIC
TEACHER WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS I SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S PEOPLE BUDGET AMENDED
I'M A MEMBER OF SOCIALIST
ALTERNATIVE.
AMONG PROTESTERS IS HIT BY
TEARGAS AND A FLASH BANG
GRENADE THROWN DIRECTLY AT ME
AND I HAVE SEEN WELTS ON
PROTESTERS DUE TO RUBBER
BULLETS, PEPPER SPRAY NUMEROUS
OTHER TEXAS SPD AND FEDERAL
FORCES OF USE DISPROPORTIONALLY
ON US.
A JOURNALIST WAS HIT IN THE
BACK AND WE ARE DEMANDING YOU
DEFUND SPD AND DO IT NOW
BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY
DO NOT KEEP US SAFE WE NEED TO
END THE NAVIGATION TEAM SWEEP
OF RATING HOMELESS CAMPS AND --
>> THANK YOU THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE
COALITION OF SEATTLE AMERICANS
WE FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW
INTEREST.
BCL YOU TWEETED LAST NIGHT THE
EVIDENCE IS PRETTY CLEAR, SPD
DOES NOT WANT TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR POLICE
BRUTALITY.
CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE MEDICS,
JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
WERE ATTACKED.
DEFUND SPD BY 50%, DIVERT THE
MONEY TO COMMUNITIES IN HEALTH
AND SAFETY PROGRAMS.
RELEASE ALL PROTESTERS, DROP
ALL CHARGES AND FIRE MAYOR
DURKAN AND POLICE CHIEF THAT'S.
THIS AN EMERGENCY IS ATROCIOUS
YOU SIT IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR
HOMES THEIR HOMES WEEK AFTER
WEEK WHILE THE PEOPLE WHO
ELECTED YOU TO SERVE THEM FACE
VIOLENT ATROCITIES BY THE MAYOR
AND COPS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE
DESIGN STUDIO AND CONSTITUENT
OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I SUPPORT THE 50% SPD CUT I
WOULD LIKE TO READ A QUOTE
WHICH I AT A TIME.
COLONIALISM, WHITE SUPREMACIST
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES
INEVITABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO
UNIVERSALLY ADOPTED THAT THEY
WERE DESIGNED THAT MEANS OTHER
CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE I CAN IN
THE COUNCIL FOR RESISTING THE
ABUSE TACTICS AND TAKING
PRACTICAL STEPS TO REDESIGN THE
SAFETY INSTITUTIONS OF OUR
CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> HEATHER, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS HEATHER I LIVE IN
DISTRICT SIX I WANT TO COMMENT
ON FUNDING FOR POLICING AND THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE.
I SUPPORT THE FOUR-POINT PLAN
BY DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
WE MUST PAIR DEFUNDING OF SPD
BY 50% WITH REINVESTMENT OF
THAT MONEY INTO COMMUNITY LED
HEALTH, HOUSING AND PUBLIC
SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
IS A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL,
NOT ARM POLICE RESPONDED NUMBER
1 CALLS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS,
ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
POLICING DOES NOT PREVENT CRIME
BUT STRATEGIC COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT CAN.
WE MUST ACT WITH URGENCY
BECAUSE JUSTICE FOR BLACK
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS LONG
OERDUE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MARLENA BENNETT.
>> I AM A HOMEOWNER FROM D
TRIGGER AND A NURSE I SUPPORT
THE DEMANDS OF DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE COALITION.
CUT SPD'S BUDGET BY AT LEAST
50% AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS
TO GENERATE TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY
INFORMED BY OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS
NOT JUST WHITE PEOPLE'S NEEDS
AND RELEASE PROTESTERS ARRESTED
DURING THE UPRISING WITHOUT
CHARGES.
CUT SHOULD INCLUDE HIRING,
REMOVE THE OFFICE OF
COLLABORATIVE POLICING,
TRANSFER OUT OF SPD CONTROL THE
CRISIS INTERVENTION RESPONSE,
911 DISPATCH, TRAFFIC, PARKING
ENFORCEMENT, OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
ELIMINATE FUNDS FOR RETENTION
INCLUDING BONUSES, ELIMINATE
NEW EQUIPMENT SPENDING AND
CONTRACTS TO PRIVATE FIRMS.
>> THANK YOU MY NAME IS KASSIAN
A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR,
CITY COUNCIL YOU REMEMBER THERE
ARE VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE LIKE YOU DO TO LIVE
IN WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS OR
HAVE A JOB IN A PANDEMIC.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS
DEFENDED I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY
WILL HIRE YOUR OWN PRIVATE
SECURITY FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR
CONSTITUENTS THE DON'T HAVE
THAT ADVANTAGE?
WHAT ABOUT WOMEN WHO RECEIVED
STRANGLED BY PARTNERS FOR THEIR%
CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN RAPE BY
PREDATORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
YOUNG MEN KILLED IN SHOOTINGS
THE LAST TWO MONTHS WHAT ABOUT
THEM?
POLICE AT THE FOREFRONT OF
RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS IT
WITHOUT ANY EXPERIENCE YOU'VE
DECIDED WHAT IS BEST FOR THE
FEW THE COMMUNITY.
DO NOT DEFENSE AT A POLICE
DEPARTMENT YOU CAN BE AGAINST
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND STILL
SUPPORT POLICE AT THE SAME
TIME.
I YIELD.
>> MY NAME IS ALLISON I AM A
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND
MENTORING DISTRICT 4. THE
POLICE SYSTEM CAN HAVE IN PLACE
SYSTEMICALLY PUNISHES BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THAT IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
PLEASE VOTE TO DEFUND SPD BY
50% NOW BY $85 MILLION AND
INVEST RESPONSIBLY AND
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS SUCH
AS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
EXECUTIVES AND SALARY SHOULD BE
CAPPED AT NO MORE THAN $150,000
A YEAR. I
THINK WE CAN DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENT A BETTER SYSTEM THAT
BETTER SERVES BLACK AND BROWN
NEIGHBORS.
I YIELD.
>> THANK YOU.
APPS?
-- GOOD MORNING, MAX.
>> MORNING MY NAME IS MAX ROB
PORTMAN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
AND RESIDENT WITH DISTRICT 3.
I'M GOING TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
IN DEFENDING SPD BY AT LEAST
50%, INCLUDING $85 MILLION IN
CUTS FOR THE REST OF 2020.
I WOULD LIKE TO PLOT THE
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO HAVE
MADE THE PLEDGE TO DEFUND BY
50% BUT ALSO LET THEM KNOW WE
ARE WATCHING EVERYONE EXCEPT
ANY HALF MEASURES ARE BUDGETARY
SLEIGHTS OF HAND.
I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO HIDE
BEHIND PROCESS OR FEAR TACTICS
BY SPD AND THE MAYOR.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND LEWIS
YOUR ELECTED LAST YEAR BY A
COALITION OF YOUNGER, MORE
DIVERSE PROGRESSIVELY MINDED
SEATTLEITES WHO REJECTED YOUR
OPPONENTS.
THEY WON'T FORGET AND HISTORY
WON'T FORGET WHAT YOU DO IN THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS.
>>
.
>> MY NAME DIRECTOR POLICY AND
ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORT TO
CRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW BY DEFENDING
SPD BY AT LEAST 50% AND
REINVESTING COMMUNITIES.
AS AN AGENCY SERVING IMMIGRANTS
AND REFUGEES, SPD HAS RESPONDED
TO BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
WITH VIOLENCE, PROTEST WITH
BALANCE AND UNHOUSE COMMUNITY
WITH VIOLENCE WE WERE SEEING
POLITICAL CAMPS TO SCAPEGOAT
LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS A MODEL
MINORITY WE RESIST AND RESENT
THIS NOTION AND STANLEY
STANDLEY FIRM STAND FIRM.
AND.
>> NICOLE, GOOD MORNING.
>> I'M NICOLE GRANT WITH MLK
LABOR.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME
TESTIFYING ON A POLICE ISSUE.
AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE
FLOYD, ARE LABOR COUNCIL PASSED
A RESOLUTION STATING THAT
SYSTEMATIC RACISM EXISTS IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THIS PROBLEM
MUST BE IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED
TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR
COMMUNITY FROM HARM.
IT ALSO DEMANDS THAT THE CITY
RE-EXAMINE ALL BUDGET CHOICES
TO PRIORITIZE NONLAW
ENFORCEMENT INVESTMENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
HERE TO DO AND WE THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NICOLE.
GOOD MORNING BRETT.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL.
I AM BRITT McFARLAND I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 5. HIM CALLING AS A
MEMBER OF PUGET SOUND ADVOCATES
FOR RETIREMENT ACTION.
THIS IS A GROUP FIGHTING FOR
OVER A QUARTER-CENTURY,
MULTIGENERATIONAL AND
ANTIRACIST WORK. WE ARE IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT AND DEMANDING
THE CITY DEFUND SEATTLE POLICE
BY AT LEAST 50% THROUGH THE
REST OF THIS YEAR GOING
FORWARD.
REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO
COMMUNITY LED HEALTH AND SAFETY
SYSTEMS, RELEASE PROTESTERS
ARRESTED DURING THIS UPRISING
AND SUPPORT THE KING COUNTY
EQUITY NOW DEMANDS FOR GIVING
SPACES AND LAND BLACK TO BLACK
LED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HIGH JAMIE.
>> I AM JIMMY WILSON AT
DISTRICT THREE PRESENT AN
ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR AT NORTH
CENTRAL COLLEGE, SPEAKING TODAY
AS A MEMBER OF SEATTLE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES LOCAL 1789.
WE HAVE OVER 550 MEMBERS WE
SUPPORT THE PLAN PUT FORWARD BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW TO DEFUND SPD
BY 50% REINVESTING COMMUNITIES
STARTING NOW WITH THE CURRENT
REBALANCING PROCESS.
SPEAKING YOU TODAY BECAUSE
STUDENTS AND MEMBERS ARE UNDER
ATTACK.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM BLOCKS
ACCESS TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE
AND EMPLOYMENT WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME TARGETING US WITH
POLICE VIOLENCE.
CHARLEENA LYLES WITH THE NORTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE STUDENT.
WHEN SEATTLE POLICE LAUGHED AT
HER IN HER CAR AND KILLED HER
IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUEDEFUND
VIOLENT POLICING THAT CAGES AND
KILL STUDENTS.
BREAK THE CYCLE NOW, FOLLOW
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> SURE CAN GO AHEAD.
>> I AM WITH UPROOTED RISING
SEATTLE THAT SUPPORTS FOR ALL
ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE
MEET THE DEMAND PUT FORWARD BY
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE TO DEFEND
SPD BY 50%, REINVESTING
COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS TO
HEALTH AND SAFETY, ELIMINATE
TRANSFER SPD FUNCTIONS AND
REDUCE SPD BUDGET ACROSS THE
BOARD.
AS AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT I
HAVE SEEN HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER
AND UNEMPLOYMENT THAT I CANNOT
PROTEST TO RELY ON CALLING A
MOMENT FOR HELP DUE TO FEARS I
WOULD BE GREETED WITH CONTEMPT
AND VIOLENCE BY POLICE SIMPLY
BECAUSE I AM AN IMMIGRANT AND
CLEAR PERSON OF COLOR.
BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC IS HITTING
BLACKS, IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR WE MUST INVEST --
└> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE AMY,
AARON, STEVE.
I WANT TO GIVE FOLKS HEADS UP
BEFORE HIM HE SPEAKS, WE HAVE
QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IF
WE KEEP IT AT 45 SECONDS.
HEADS UP AFTER THESE THREE WE
WILL GO DOWN TO 30 SECONDS,
WHICH IS NOT IDEAL BUT THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO GET AS MANY
FOLKS AS POSSIBLE.
AMY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> AMY IS HERE.
>> IF YOU CAN HEAR AS WE CANNOT
HEAR YOU TRY ONE MORE TIME.
I CANNOT HEAR YOU I'M SORRY IF
YOU CALL BACK IN WE WILL COME
BACK TO YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON AARON MATTHEW.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> SURE CAN.
>> MY NAME IS AARON MATTHEW AND
I LIVE IN ALEX PEDERSEN'S
FOURTH DISTRICT ON STOLEN LAND
OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
I'M FULL DEMAND OF THE FIVE
DEMANDS DEFENDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50%, REDISTRIBUTING THOSE
FUNDS TO BLACK COMMUNITIES,
FREEING ALL PROTESTERS WITHOUT
CHARGES, NO NEW JAIL AND JENNY
DURKAN MUST RESIGN.
I'M HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN ALEX
PEDERSEN FOR NOT ENDORSING
DEFENDING SPD BY 50% HIM TO
STAND ON HIS PLAN.
IF YOU SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROVE IT BY DEFENDING SPD AND
REINVESTING MANY BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE DO NOT PREVENT CRIME, DO
NOT KEEP US SAFE.
OF THE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL
SERVICES KEEP US SAY.
BLACKS LIVES MATTER DEFUND SPD
NOW NO DELAYS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS STEVIE LEONARD.
I DO NOT SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DOING SO ON YOUR PART WILL BE
RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS TO THE
CITIZENS OF SEATTLE.
IT IS COMMON SENSE IF YOU HAVE
AN AREA IN A CITY VOID OF
POLICE, CRIME WILL MOVE IN.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SHOWN NO
TRANSPARENCY OR COMPETENCY WITH
REGARDS TO BEING GOOD STEWARDS
OF PUBLIC MONEY.
YOU HAVE SPENT $200 MILLION ON
HOMELESSNESS AND REPEAT
OFFENDERS AND THE PROBLEMS HAVE
GOTTEN WORSE.
DEFUNDING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL ONLY MAKE THE
CITY MORE DANGEROUS FOR
EVERYONE.
SPD, ALONG WITH DOJ, HAVE MADE
THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT A MODEL
OF POLICE AGENCIES ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY.
DEFENDING SPD WILL DESTROY ALL
THE GAINS MADE BY SPD AND THE
DOJ.
--
>> THANK YOU PLEASE DO SEND IN
THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS.
GABRIELLE?
WELCOME.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> MY NAME IS GABBY I'M A
STUDENT AND MENTOR DISTRICT
SIX.
HER TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CALL
TO DEFEND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
IN INVEST THAT MONEY INTO BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND DROP CHARGES
AGAINST ALL PROTESTERS.
WE CANNOT REWARD SPD FOR
BLOWING THROUGH MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN THEIR VIOLENCE AND
OUTSIZED RESPONSE TO THE RECENT
PROTEST.
BY DELAYING ON THE PROMISE OF
DEFENDING SPD BY 50%.
SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
ALREADY COMMITTED TO DEFEND SPD
BY 50% INCLUDING MIKE
COUNCILMEMBER, DAN STRAUSS.
DON'T LET THEM SCARE YOU INTO
BREAKING A PROMISE TO THE CITY.
DELAY IS A TACTIC OF
OPPRESSION.
WE NEED ACTION NOW.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVE YOUR
MORAL COURAGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TO CONFIRM DID WE GET AMY BACK
ON THE LINE?
>> CONFIRMED.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I CAN YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> PERFECT.
THANKS.
GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS AMY
AND I AM WITH THE ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE SEATTLE
CHAPTER SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
DEFUNDING SEATTLE POLICE.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
BLACK WORKERS AND COMMUNITY
CALLING FOR CHANGE.
WE BELIEVE A MORE EQUITABLE
WORLD FOR WORKERS WITH RESPECT
AND VALUE.
WE CANNOT SEE THAT ONE BLACK
AND BROWN WORKERS OF THE
COMMUNITY ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY
DYING AT THE HANDS OF POLICE
AND SUFFERING FROM
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
STRIKES BY TRADE UNIONS, WE DO
NOT STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE WORKING CLASS.
FUND SHOULD BE REALLOCATED FROM
THE POLICE AND INVESTED IN
BUILDING BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITY SUCH AS PROGRAMS TO
CREATE PIPELINES TO GOOD UNION
JOBS, BENEFITS, DIGNITY AND
RESPECT.
FUNDS NEED TO BE REINVESTED IN
THE COMMUNITY.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WE HAVE GONE
90 MINUTES I WOULD LIKE TO
EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
ANOTHER 90 MINUTES TO GET THERE
IS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE OVER 100 SPEAKERS SO
FAR OVER 300 SIGNED UP.
DOING 30 SECONDS IS NOT IDEAL
BUT HELPS US GET THROUGH IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION PUBLIC
COMMENT WILL BE EXTENDED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS EXTENDED
ANOTHER 90 MINUTES.
EMILY MURPHY FOLLOWED BY BOB
AND JONAH.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND
APOLOGIES FOR THE SHORT
TIMEFRAME.
WILL TRY TO GET EVERYBODY HEARD
THANKS FOR CALLING.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM EMILY
MURPHY I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
DISTRICT FIVE I CALL ON
COUNCILMAN PEDERSEN ACCOUNT
NUMBER IS TO BE ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF HISTORY DEFEND SPD BY
AT LEAST 50% AND REINVEST THOSE
FUNDS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
MY MOTHER HAS LIVED IN THE SAME
MODEST ONE-BEDROOM ONE BEDROOM
APARTMENT IN LAKE CITY OVER 35
YEARS WHERE SHE RAISED ME AND
NOW CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE. WHERE
MY WHITE MOTHER STRUGGLES TO
LIVE BLACK MOTHERS LIKE
CHARLEENA LYLES ARE DYING AT
THE HANDS OF SPD ANTIRACIST
BUDGET.
ALEX PEDERSEN --
>> THANK YOU.
BOB, WELCOME.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> THIS IS BOB PURCELL I AM A
PARTICIPANT AT MAPLE LEAFS
SHELTER, HOMELESS HERE SEVEN
YEARS FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE
FOUND MY WAY INTO THIS
ORGANIZATION.
MIGHT SOUND IMPROBABLE A GROUP
OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS PULL
TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT BUT
IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
A FUNCTIONAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE
STOPGAP EFFORT.
WAITING GENERALLY IN VAIN FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FOR 30 YEARS THE NOTION OF
HOMELESS FOLKS BANDED TOGETHER
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS SHOULD NO
LONGER BE CONSIDERED RADICAL
BUT WE PROVEN OUR SYSTEM WORKS
I HOPE YOU WILL --
>> I'M CALLING FOR DEFUNDING
SPD REALLOCATING FUNDS TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES INCLUDING PUBLIC
HEALTH AND HOUSING.
WE NEED THE MONEY AND BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
YOU DON'T SUPPORT DEFUNDING SPD
BY 50% TO SUPPORT POLICE
BRUTALITY AGAINST YOUR
CONSTITUENTS.
ALEX PEDERSEN, DEBORAH JUAREZ
I'M LOOKING AT YOU CHOOSE THE
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
--
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER, I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
I BELIEVE DEFUNDING BY AT LEAST
50% AND SUBSEQUENTLY ABOLISHING
SPD, REINVESTING IN COMMUNIIES
IS NECESSARY BECAUSE POLICE
REFORM IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE.
WHAT DO WE REFORM TO?
SPD IS OPERATING TO CONTROL,
ABUSE AND TERRORIST BLACK BEAR
COMMUNITIES.
POLICE DO NOT PROTECT US.
PLEASE DO NOT DETER CRIME.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> ARTS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW FOUR-
POINT PLAN TO REPLACE CURRENT
911 OPERATIONS WITH CIVILIAN
SYSTEMS, FUND COMMUNITIES --
>> MY NAME IS AS HER ADULT SON
AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
THREE TEACHING PRESCHOOL SOUTH
AIKEN LAST YEAR'S SUPPORT
DEFUNDING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY AT LEAST 50%.
APOLOGIZE OF MY VOICE IS HOARSE
I'M STILL EXPERIENCING AFTER
EFFECTS OF BEING TEAR GASSED
FOR SIMPLY STANDING AND HOLDING
AN UMBRELLA SPECIFICALLY DAN
STRAUSS I'M CALLING ON YOU IS
AFFILIATE JEW AND STAND BIKE
JEWISH COMMITMENT.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>
GREAT THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JACKSON, I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4. I
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR THE DEMANDS OF
EVERYDAY MARGIN KING SOUGHT
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
DEFEND BY 50% FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE YEAR AND INVEST IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES, END YOUTH JAIL,
JENNY DURKAN'S RESIGNATION.
RESISTING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
MURDER AND ABUSE OF PROTESTERS
THOSE REFORMS HAVEN'T WORKED.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE, REJECTS THE
DICHOTOMY THE FALSE DICHOTOMY
THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE NO SAFETY
WITHOUT POLICE THERE ARE OTHER
PLANS TO POLICE IN SOCIETY I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
CATHERINE GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE DAWSON
CALLING TO SUPPORT DEFUNDING
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY
50%.
POLICE EXIST TO PROTECT POWER
AND PROPERTY THEY
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND THEN KILLED 23
SINCE THE 2012 CONSENT DECREE
AS A TEACHER I'M OUTRAGED BY
THE FUNDING WE DEVOTE TO
POLICING THE CITY REFLECTS
PARTIES AND INVESTING IN
PUNISHMENT RATHER THAN
COMMUNITY.
AS MENTIONED IN THE COMMENT 85%
OF THE BUDGET IS SOLID YET MANY
POLICE OFFICERS EARN THREE
TIMES AS MUCH AS A TEACHER WITH
A PhD.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I AM
CALLING, IMPLORING YOU TO
DEFUND THIS WE WILL SEE A LOT
OF EVICTIONS IN THE COMING
MONTHS. INVESTING THIS BACK
INTO OUR COMMUNITY WILL HELP.
IT WILL HELP A LOT OF OUR
COMMUNITY, THE MAJORITY OF THEM
ARE BLACK PEOPLE.
I'M CALLING ON COUNCILMEMBERS
TO FUND EVICTIONS, DEFENSE
FUND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS SAM SUMTER I'M A
RENTER IN DOCX 3 VICE
PRESIDENT OF UAW UNION OF 6000
ACADEMIC STUDENT EMPLOYEES AND
POSTDOCS. I URGE CITY COUNCIL
TIMIDLY BEGIN DEFUNDING SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE POLICE BUDGET HAS GROWN 10%
BUT MORE PLACES, MORE SAFETY IS
NOT MORE VIOLENCE.
PARTES TRUE COMMUNITY SAFETY BY
INVESTING IN HOUSING, COMMUNITY
RUN CRISIS INTERVENTION,
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION.
THESE INVESTMENTS CAN AND MUST
BEGIN THIS YEAR.
THEY SHOULD ALSO FUND
ORGANIZING RENTERS AND
RENEGOTIATE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH
POLICE UNIONS TO FULLY REALIZE
THE 2017 ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SARA FOLLOWED BY EVA AND
KIMBERLY.
SARAH GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS SARAH I'M A
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT SIX LIKE
EVERYONE EMERGING CITY COUNCIL
TO DEFEND POLICE BY 50%.
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFE
WE NEED TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
NOT IN MILITARIZED POLICE
COSTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
SALARIES AND USE WEAPONS OF WAR
IN WARNER NEIGHBORHOOD.
MASKING ON CITY COUNCIL TO STEP
UP AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES
OR STEP ASIDE SO WE CAN HAVE
SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS EVA I'M A MEMBER
OF SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE, PART
OF THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT.
AS MANY OF SAID WE NEED TO
DEFEND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
STARTING WITH THIS YEAR, THE
REST OF THE YEAR'S BUDGET AND
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT.
IS A GREAT $85 MILLION TO
INVEST IN BLACK AND BROWN
WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES.
SOME POLITICIANS ARE SAYING WE
NEED TO NEGOTIATE FIRST THIS IS
RIDICULOUS, THESE POLITICIANS
GET AGREEMENT FROM PUBLIC
SECTOR WORKERS FORCING MASS
LAYOFFS AND CUTTING IMPORTANT
SERVICES LIKE TRANSIT AS A
START TO ADDRESSING GROSS
INJUSTICES AND RACIST POLICING.
>> WANT TO THANK MY
COUNCILMEMBER FOR BEING ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY I'M
CALLING TO PROVIDE MY STRONG
SUPPORT BY DEFUND SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY AT LEAST
50% AND REINVEST THE MONEY
DIRECTLY INTO SPECIFICALLY
BLACK COMMUNITIES.
THE RECIPE IS CURRENTLY
OPERATING AND HAS OPERATED IN
IN THE PAST MAKES ME AFRAID AND
DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL SAFE.
OF BLACK LIVES MATTER THEM
PROVE IT AND DEFEND SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> LEAH, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS LEAH.
>>> SUMMIT EDUCATOR AND
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7. I'M
CALLING TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO
DEFEND SPD BY 50% REINVEST IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS CENTRAL TO PROTECTING
BLACK LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY
WHICH HABITUALLY TEARS THEM
DOWN.
NOBODY IS ASKING PUBLIC SAFETY
TO DISAPPEAR WE WANT TO CHANGE
TO PROTECT EVERYONE.
TO NOT WASTE THIS MOMENT THANK
YOU.
>> OR REDUCE BY SUPPORT
REDUCING THE SPD COMMUNITY A
FEW NAMES HE DIDN'T HERRMAN,
CHARLEENA LYLES, JOHN T
WILLIAMS, PEOPLE IS PRETTY
MURDERED AND LEGALLY GOT AWAY
WITH, CONTINUALLY LIED ABOUT
THEIR ROLE IN PROTECTING THE
PUBLIC, RAY SHAUNA WEBER, KYLE
ANDERSON, SPD DID JACK TO STOP
THAT FROM HAPPENING.
A 50% CUT WILL RESULT IN
LAYOFFS.
THIS IS BY DESIGN.
PAYING FOR OFFICERS TO KILL AND
MAIM YOU IS A BAD INVESTMENT WE
DON'T NEED TO REIMAGINE POLICE
AND WE ARE NOT REIMAGINING
YOURS.
PROTESTERS RELEASE FROM JOE AND
JENNY DURKAN RESIGN AND LEAVE
KSHAMA SAWANT ALONE SHE SPEAKS
FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS AND I'M ARE AND
I'M A LIFELONG DISTRICT SIX
MEMBER CALLING A SUPPORTED
DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY 50%.
WILL SELECT AMPLIFIED THE PLAN
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE BOTH FOUR-
POINT PLAN THEY PUT TOGETHER.
I WAS AT APPROACH IS THE
SATURDAY IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
DISGUSTING WHAT THE COPS DID TO
MY FRIENDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE THERE.
WHAT IS DISGUSTING THE FEAR
THEY PUT IN BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SINCE
THE INCEPTION OF POLICE IN
WHITE SUPREMACY THEY UPHOLD AND
REALIZE THEY HAVE KILLED PEOPLE
FOR COUNTLESS YEARS LIKE
CHARLEENA LYLES, JOHN T
WILLIAMS, WE NEED TO --
>> ERIC, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
ERIC, I AM IN SUPPORT OF
DEFENDING SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
AND REINVESTING IN COMMUNITY.
HISTORY IS PROVING THAT
POLICING IS NOT THE BEST
SOLUTION FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC
SAFETY ESPECIALLY IN BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
DEATHS OVER 1000 ANNUALLY.
THIS IS A CHRONIC CHALLENGE
WHICH CALLS FOR BOLD SOLUTIONS,
REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY SO
LET'S INVEST IN SOLUTIONS TO
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW FROM
IT, RIAL HAS LOGGED BACK IN WE
WILL GO BACK TO THEM IN A
MINUTE IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
THE NEXT PERSON IS MEGHAN
MATTHEW AND CAROL THOMPSON.
MEGHAN, HELLO.
>> I AM MEGHAN MATTHEW FROM THE
FOURTH DISTRICT URGING ALEX
PEDERSEN AND ALL COUNCILMEMBERS
TO DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
REINVEST THOSE FUNDS IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
YOU WANT TO SEE A HEALTHIER
FUTURE FOR A CITY WHICH ALL OF
YOU SHOULD, YOU WILL INVEST IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATION
AND HEALTH SERVICES RATHER THAN
A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT SPENDS
MILLIONS USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS
AGAINST ITS CITIZENS DURING A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND RECESSION
THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT ONLY
FAILED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES
SAFE BUT ACTIVELY CAUSING
VIOLENCE AGAINST AND A 40% OF
POLICE OFFICERS COMMIT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
BLACK LIVES MATTER, TAKE ACTION
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY WE
DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE VIOLENCE
AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
IT IS UP TO YOU TO CHANGE THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER, YOU'RE DOING A
GREAT JOB.
MY NAME IS CAROL THOMPSON, I
LIVE IN WALLINGFORD DISTRICT
4. I AM A PRE-K TEACHER WHICH
MEANS I TEACH 4 AND FIVE
-YEAR-OLDS HOW TO LOVE
THEMSELVES AND TAKE CARE OF
EACH OTHER.
I AM ON THIS CALL TODAY TO
VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEM FOR DEFUNDING POLICE BY AT
LEAST 50% HAVE NOT MORE.
THAT MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO
TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
BY COMMUNITY I MEAN THE PEOPLE
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT SHOULD NOT GO TO BUYING MORE
AND MORE AMMUNITION AND PAYING
PEOPLE TO UPHOLD THE RACIST
SYSTEM.
>> CAROL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS PLEASE SEND IN THE
REMAINDER OF YOUR MESSAGE.
I BELIEVE YOU HAD ONE MORE
SENTENCE THERE.
LET'S GO TO REAL BE FREE.
>> REAL IS NOT THERE.
>> I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU CALL BACK IN WE WILL TRY
TO GET TO YOUR.
WILL PEDERSEN FOLLOWED BY
TERESA AND MADISON.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS
MY NAME IS WELL PEDERSEN, I'M
AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL
WORKERS LOCAL 21.
MORE THAN 10,000 NEW OF CW21
MEMBERS LIVE AND WORK IN
SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU VOTE TO
IMMEDIATELY BEGIN DEFUNDING
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS
PART OF THE 2020 BUDGET
REBALANCE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL ABOUT
WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOK
LIKE, I CAN TELL YOU MANY OF US
ARE FEARFUL EVERY DAY BECAUSE
OF THE SYSTEM NOW IN PLACE.
IT'S TIME TO TAKE A REAL STEP
TOWARD THE FUTURE WHERE BLACK
LIVES ARE VALUED AND PROTECTED
AND THAT MEANS FREEING UP MONEY
CURRENTLY FUNDED AT AN
OVERSIZED POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
INSTEAD DEFUNDING REAL
COMMUNITY SAFETY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THERESA KING HEAR US?
MADISON, CLARA, MICHAEL.
MADISON GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS MADISON WALKER.
I LIVE AND WORK IN DOWNTOWN
CELL PHONE PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND
THE POLICE.
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE IS NOT SAFE.
I'M CONSTANTLY HARASSED AND MY
HOME HAS BEEN BURGLARIZED.
WHEN YOUR WE CALLED ON THE
COUNCIL FOR MORE POLICE BECAUSE
ARE GROSSLY UNDERSTAFFED IN THE
KNEE-JERK REACTION TO
DEMONSTRATIONS WILL RECKLESSLY
FURTHER COMPROMISE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF 911 CALLS
GO UNANSWERED, LOOK AT THE
SPIKE IN CRIME CURRENTLY TAKING
PLACE.
WE DEFINITELY NEED REFORM BUT
DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE.
TAKE ON AND HAVE THEM HELP THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SARA?
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS CLARA I AM A
RENTER IN THE RAVENNA
NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALEX PEDERSEN'S
FOURTH DISTRICT WERE I AM ALSO
-- I'VE LIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE.
THE STATEMENT GOES OUT TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IN
PARTICULAR.
I'M CALLING, LIKE MANY OTHER
PEOPLE, TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
DEFENDING SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
AND REINVESTING THAT MONEY
BASED ON KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW'S FOUR-POINT PLAN.
FOR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT.
WE HAVE SHOWN REFORM DOES NOT
WORK. SPD CONTINUES TO USE
FORCE AGAINST PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS.
WE NEED TO DEFUND SPD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MICHAEL GOOD MORNING.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> IS WE CAN.
>> DEFUNDING POLICE IS A
TERRIBLE IDEA.
IS THE BASIC PURPOSE OF
GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SAFETY
AND SECURITY FOR MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY.
DEFUNDING POLICE WILL RESULT IN
MORE VIOLENT CRIME.
IT JUST BE A FAULT, ALL OF THIS
GOOD IDEAS OF GREATER
TRANSPARENCY HAVING POLICE LIVE
IN COMMUNITIES THEY POLICE ARE
EXCELLENT IDEAS BUT REQUIRES
MORE MONEY NOT LESS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE GO ON IS TERESA STILL
AVAILABLE?
CAN HEAR US?
>> MY NAME IS, I CAN, CAN YOU
HEAR ME.
>> YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS TERESA HOME AND I
AM THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
PROGRAM MANAGER AT LEHIGH.
WE WANTED THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FUNDING, PROVED LAST WEEK, FOR
MORE PERMANENT HOUSING AND MORE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
I STAND WITH OTHERS WHO THINK
WE SHOULD DEFUND AND FUND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO OUTREACH
BUILDING RELATIONSHIP, STAYING
INVOLVED WITH VILLAGERS AND
SHELTER INHABITANTS LONG-TERM.
THANKS.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
TYLER?
>> THAT'S ME.
>> FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA AND
MICAH.
TYLER GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS TYLER, STANDING
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE EVERYDAY
MARCH. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 4,
LIVED HERE FIVE YEARS.
FOLLOWING UP WITH ALEX PEDERSEN
ON SEVERAL E-MAILS AND PHONE
CALLS I MADE HE HASN'T
RESPONDED TO.
THE CITIZENS YOU DISTRICT ONE
SPD TO BE DEFUNDED BY 50% AT
LEAST AND WILL NOT ACCEPT
ANYTHING LESS.
THESE FUNDS NEED TO BE
REALLOCATED TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES FOR HEALTH
SERVICES, HOUSING AND
EDUCATION.
PLEASE DO NOT KEEP US SAFE, SPD
HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON
INTIMIDATION TACTICS AND
AGAINST THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE
WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU NEED TO STAND UP AND
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR
DISTRICT THAT ARE ASKING YOU TO
DO THAT.
>> CHRISTINA WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> SIMON ANOTHER MEETING.
>> YOUR GOOD TO GO.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
OF DEFENDING SPD BY AT LEAST
50% AND REBALANCE THE BUDGET
AND THE 2021 BUDGET TO LINE
WITH DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW'S
DEMANDS.
I'M CALLING AS A WORKER IN THE
CITIZEN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
IS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS THE
ASIAN-PACIFIC COALITION AND
FORMER BOARD MEMBER I SEE HOW
POLICE HAVE CRIMINALIZED POLICY
90 BUT IT DOESN'T KEEP ANYONE
SAFER.
WE NEED HOUSING SERVICES, WE
NEED MEDIATION, SO MANY OTHER
THINGS BESIDES POLICE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MIKE FOLMER BY BRIAN AND
STEPHANIE.
>> MINING IS MY, DISTRICT THREE
IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDING SPD BY
50%.
WE NEED DESIGNS FOR ACTUAL
CRIME PREVENTION.
CURRENTLY SYSTEM HAS PROVEN TO
BE INEFFECTIVE AND PART OF WHAT
SYSTEMIC RACISM LOOKS LIKE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
PLEASE DEFUND SPD, RELEASE THE
PROTESTERS WITH NO CHARGES AND
NO MORE YOUTH GELS.
THE SYSTEM CANNOT BE FURTHER
REFORMED AND THEREFORE NEEDS TO
BE ABOLISHED.
PLEASE REIMAGINE WHAT PUBLIC
SAFETY CAN LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU BRIAN?
WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU.
I'M BRIAN JACOBSON THE RESIDENT
DISTRICT THREE PROUD PROTESTER.
I SUPPORT DEFENDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50% AND $85 MILLION FOR
2020 REALLOCATED NEEDED TO
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES.
ALONG WE ALLOW SPD TO ATTACK
THE MEDIA, MEDICS, AND
ESPECIALLY THE CITIZENS THEY
ARE SWORN TO PROTECT.
HOW LONG WE ALLOW THE MAYOR AND
POLICE CHIEF TO SPREAD FEAR
TACTICS AGAINST CITIZENS
INCLUDING YOUR LOANS
YOURSELVES.
THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER ACT
LIKE BLACK LIVES MATTER IMPEACH
MAYOR DURKAN NOW THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU STEPHANIE, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
>> -- GOOD MORNING.
CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HELLO?
CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WOULD SAY IT'S
IRRESPONSIBLE TO CUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY 50%.
THERE IS ALREADY BEEN 33
HOMICIDES THIS YEAR COMPARED TO
36 ALL OF LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE CALL
TALK ABOUT POLICE DON'T PREVENT
CRIME THEY RESPOND TO.
THEY WON'T RESPOND TO CRIME IF
YOU CUT THE DEPARTMENT BY 50%.
THEY SERVE VULNERABLE VICTIMS,
SEX TRAFFICKING, CRIMES AGAINST
CHILDREN WILL BE CUT WHO HOLDS
THEM RESPONSIBLE HAPPENS WHEN
SOCIAL WORKERS AND MENTAL
HEALTH WORKERS ARE ASSAULTED
AND MURDERED.
SPEAKERS ON THE SKULL ARE NOT
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE
CITY AS A WHOLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
BARBARA.
>> I AM BARBARA FINNEY FROM D5
CALLING TO DEFUND SPD BY AT
LEAST 50%.
I AM A DELEGATE TO THE MLK
LABOR COUNCIL AND I'M ASKING
YOU COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT'S
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO DEFUND SPD
BY 50% FOR THE REST OF 2020 AND
INTO 2021.
TRANSFER $85 MILLION NOW FROM
THE POLICE BUDGET TO BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
STOP SWEEPS OF HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS, BUILD HOUSING,
SERVICES AND FUND RENTER
ORGANIZING AND EVICTION
DEFENSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER HOMELESS
SUPPORT FOR CITY BUDGET IS
CHANGING BECAUSE LESS MONEY
COMING IN LEADS TO A CRISIS
ALSO SHARE SUPPORT BLACK LIVES
MATTER BASED ON COPS KILLING
BLACK PEOPLE OVER THE UNITED
STATES, DEFENDING THE POLICE
AND SOCIAL WORK.
ORGANIZATIONS COULD FREE UP $30
MILLION TO GO TO COMMUNITIES
WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE I
SUPPORT CITY FUNDING A BLESSING
FOR SHELTER, FOOD TO KEEP
PEOPLE IN A SAFE PLACE ALSO
DESTINATION AND SETTLE MANY
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AND
INCREASING BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC CAUSING LOSS OF HOMES,
JOBS DOES JOE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE, WELCOME.
>> I AM A SOMALI AND SATELLITE
RAISED IN SEATTLE AND CALLING
TO NOT SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THE SOMALI
COMMUNITY HAS WORKED HARD TO
GET SOME ALI OFFICERS IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU FIRE, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
>> YES WE CAN DEFINITELY HEAR
YOU.
>> I'M CALLING TO NOT SUPPORT
DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THE SOMALI COMMUNITY HAS WORKED
HARD TO GET SOME ALI OFFICERS
IN THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU FIRE THEM YOU FAR THE MOST
DIVERSE OFFICER FORCE.
DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
STOPPED DEFUNDING .COM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I AM THE PRESIDENT DISTRICT
7. THEY NEED TO DEFUND SPD BY
50% AND REINVEST IN REAL
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
FOR THE FOUR-POINT PLAN GREETED
BY DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
SPD FAILED TO PROTECT CRIMES
FROM WHITE SUPREMACISTS YET
ATTACK PROTESTERS IS TO
EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT.
THE MAYOR HONESTLY BELIEVING
POLICING FIRST AND COMMUNITY
VESTING SECOND.
INVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES, NOT
CHEMICAL WHEREFORE AND
AUTHORITY FIGURES WITH NO
ACCOUNTABILITY THEY DON'T EVEN
LIVE IN THE CITY, THE BUDGET IS
A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE
CITY'S VALUES AND BE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY I DON'T
YIELD MY TIME.
>> NATHANIEL, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS NATHANIEL THOMAS
CALLING A SOLIDARITY OF THE
EVERYDAY MARCHES.
WHEN I SAY SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
YOU SAY TAKEN DOWN, SEVEN IF
YOU DEFUND SP BY 50% RIGHT NOW
AND IS YOUR BUDGET YOU WANT
WHEN COUNCILMEMBER HAS
COMMITTED TO 50% ANNOUNCED AT
$85 MILLION.
$85MILLION IS 50% SIMPLE MAP.
THE FOUR-POINT PLAN FROM KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE DOES NOT
DEFUND TO% DOES NOT
SPECIFICALLY GUARANTEE THE
REALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITIES.
THEY DO NOT MEET --
>> RACHEL?
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
RACHEL K I AM A MEMBER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA AND I AM CALLING UPON
THE COUNCIL TO DEFUND POLICE BY
AT LEAST 50% FOR THE 2020 AND
2021 BUDGET SHORTFALL AND TO
RELOCATE $85 MILLION TO BLACK,
NATIVE HISPANIC AND WORKING-
CLASS COMMUNITIES TO FUND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A LOT OF LANDLORDS LIKE REAL
ESTATE HAVE BENEFITED FROM
GENTRIFICATION AND REDLINING.
>> THANK YOU RACHEL.
RANDY GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM A PATROL SERGEANT WITH
THE SOUTH PRECINCT.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE DEFENDING SPD
OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS
FOLLOWING CONSENT AGREEMENT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME A MODEL
FOR POLICE REFORM NATIONWIDE.
AGENCIES FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY COME TO SEATTLE TO LOOK
AT A DEPARTMENT THAT MAKES
POLICE REFORM WORK.
YOUR ACTIONS TO CUT THE BUDGET
BY 50% IS RECKLESS,
IRRESPONSIBLE AND YOU WILL HAVE
A DRAMATICALLY NEED TO GET
IMPACT ON CELL.
DESPITE NOT HAVING ANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE BETWEEN
THE NINE OF YOU, YOU HAVE
SOMEHOW COME OVER THE LAST TWO
MONTHS, BECOME EXPERTS ON
POLICE TACTICS, RESPONSE AND
TRAINING.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
ATTEND A ROLL CALL AND POLICE
TRAINING OR GO ON A RIDE ALONG
TO THE ACTUAL IDEA WHAT IT IS
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
DOES BEFORE YOU CUT THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JENNA?
CAN YOU HEAR IS?
>> TYLER GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TYLER MERRILL I'M A
RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE.
GOING TO ASK YOU TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH BY
DEFENDING SPD BY 50% AND
TRANSFERRING FUNDS SUCH AS 911
OUT OF SPD PATROL.
ARMED RESPONDERS DO NOT MAKE
NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER, ESPECIALLY
WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF
INCIDENTS RESPONDED TO, SUCH AS
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS THESE AND
WELLNESS CHECKS ARE NONVIOLENT,
NONCRIMINAL.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
LEAD OF DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW TO
MOVE THE CITY TO AN UNARMED
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTION FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MINING IS ANITRA FRUMAN IN
SUPPORT OF CUTTING SPD BY 50%
AND CUTTING FUNDING ENTIRELY.
WE NEED FUNDING FOR HOUSING,
FROM TINY HOUSES AND OTHER 24
HOUR SHELTERS.
FOR SOCIAL SERVICES THAT
IMPROVE LIVES AND END
HOMELESSNESS.
MONEY SPENT ON SWEEPING
ENCAMPMENTS ISN'T JUST WASTED,
IT IS DOING HARM.
THE SITUATION AT NICHOLASVILLE
NORTH WEEK IS CRITICAL.
WE ASK YOU PREVENT THAT YOU
PROTECT OUR FRIENDS.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON HIS JENNA
BACK?
I WILL CALL THE NEXT THREE
CATHERINE, BRADFORD, ALYSSA.
>> HELLO?
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS CATHERINE LITTLE
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE I AM
A SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
AND UNION MEMBER.
I SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE POLICE
BY AT LEAST 50%.
REFUNDING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND RELEASING ALL PROTESTERS
WITHOUT CHARGES.
STAND IN SUPPORT OF
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
EVERYDAY MARCH I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
BRADFORD GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> MY NAME IS BRADFORD GERBER.
I'M CALLING AS A CITIZEN TO
SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE'S
EFFORTS TO DEFUND SPD A STAFF
AT THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE TO ECHO THE
SENTIMENTS OF OTHER TESTIMONIES
AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO
DEFUND SPD AND REMOVE SPD AND
NAVIGATION TEAM FUNDING FROM
THE BUDGET.
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE
SWEEPS AND I HAVE WITNESSED
WERE TRAUMATIZING ON NEIGHBORS
WITH MISGUIDED, THOUGHT TO BE
GOOD INTENTIONS WITNESSED THE
FORCED REMOVAL OF BLACK AND
BROWN HOMELESS NEIGHBORS I
THINK YOU WOULD AGREE.
I CEDE MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS ALYSSA WEBSTER
AND EVAN DISTRICT SIX GONE I
SUPPORT MOVING AT LEAST $85
MILLION OF SPS THE REMAINING
2020 FUND THE BLACK COMMUNITY
SPECIFICALLY.
CLEARLY THE INCREASE HIS OWN
BUDGET, TRAININGS AND OFFICERS
WHICH APPARENTLY MAKE THEM A
MODEL FOR POLICE NATIONWIDE HAS
NOT MAGICALLY ELIMINATED THE
ISSUE BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT,
SEVERAL RESIDENTS.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING FOLKS IN THE EVERYDAY
MARCH INVEST IN ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICING WHICH TRULY FOSTER
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
THREE CALLING TO ASK THE
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE PLAN BY
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW
INCLUDING DEFUNDING POLICE BY
AT LEAST 50% THIS YEAR AND NEXT
YEAR AND REINVEST RESPONSIBLY
IMPACT COMMUNITIES.
SO OCCLUSIVE SO PLEASE HAVE NOT
WORKED AND SYSTEMIC RACISM IS
IN THEIR RANKS.
THEY SHALL AGAIN AND AGAIN
PROTECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT
INSTEAD HAVE CREATED A CULTURE
OF FEAR AND VIOLENCE.
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
CONTINUES, IT IS UP TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO
CONSTITUENTS IN DEFUND SPD NOW.
>> PRINCESS COULD GO AHEAD.
>> I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR MAY I
AM WALKING IN FRONT OF A MUCH
RIGHT NOW.
MY NAME IS FRANCESCA I LIVE IN
DISTRICT 4
IMPERATIVELY DEFUND SPD
IMMEDIATELY BY 50% REALITY THAT
MONEY TO BLACK COMMUNITIES.
BLACK FAMILIES NEED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PARTICULARLY AFTER THE
TSUNAMI OF EVICTIONS FOLLOWING
THE COVID-19 CRISIS.
THE CITY'S HISTORY HAS CREATED
MASSIVE INEQUITIES BLACK
FAMILY'S ACCESS TO EDUCATION
FOR THEIR CHILDREN SCHOOLS ARE
PREDOMINANTLY FUNDED BY
PROPERTY TAXES.
FUNDING EQUITIES IMMEDIATELY
CAN BEGIN TO MAKE THAT CHANGE,
ADDRESS INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY,
MAKE THE CITY SAFER AND PROVIDE
BETTER RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS.
OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
FRANCESCA.
.
>> MY NAME IS ALLISON BUCKLEY
AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6
CALLING SIX CO.
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDING
SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS A
STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS KILLED BY
SPD, CHARLEENA LYLES, TOMMY,
ISAIAH, DAVID, JON WILLIAMS,
ROBERT LIGHTHIZER, MALIK
WILLIAMS, BRYAN SMITH, CURTIS
HILL RIGHT, EUGENE NELSON,
JOSEPH MCDADE, WILLIAM STROKES,
CHANCE DUNLOP, SHEA TAYLOR,
DEON STROUD DAVIS, MICHAEL ELY,
EDWARD ANDERSON, --
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE SEND IN THE REMAINDER OF
THE NAMES.
TRACE, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS TRACE
BARTOLI, CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I DO NOT SUPPORT DEFUNDING
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THUS FAR ON THIS CALL I'VE
HEARD NO DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT
TAKING MONEY FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ALLOCATING IT
TOWARDS COMMUNITIES IN NEED
WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT EVERY
DAY INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.
I THINK THE FOUR-POINT PLAN OF
THE CIVILIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
WILL ONLY LEAD TO ANOTHER
CATASTROPHE.
I HAVE --
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> CIVILIAN LEAD WILL JUST BE
JUST AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO
CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY
ISSUES AS ANY OTHER
ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> -- I AM HERE SPEAKING OF
BEHALF OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE
AND TO PROTECT THE NICKLEVILLE
NORTHWICK AND THAT IS PRETTY
MUCH WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HANGING ON THE
PHONE AND SHARING THAT MESSAGE
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
TARA, ELLIE AND TARA GOOD
AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS TARA AND HER PRIVATE
HOMEOWNER AND DISTRICT TWO AND
MAPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOM
AVID VOTER AND NOT SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUP.
I'M CALLING TO URGE YOU TO
DEFUND SPD BY 50% IN 2020 AND
BEYOND, DEMILITARIZED THEM,
BEEN CHEMICAL WEAPONS, CAP
SALARIES AND RELOCATE THE FUNDS
TO COMMITTEES OF COLOR AUTO
SELECT ADD I AM APPALLED BY THE
USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE DURING
DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH I'VE SEEN
WITH MY OWN TWO EYES.
ED WEEK MAYOR DURKAN AND CHIEF
BEST HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY
SPREADING DISINFORMATION TO
SCARE THE PUBLIC AND THEY HAVE
NOT HELD OVERSIGHT OR
ACCOUNTABILITY AND SHOULD
RESIGN.
>> THANK YOU.
ELLIE.
>>
WE WILL COME BACK TO.
-- LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN GO AHEAD
.
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE
DEFUNDED.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2.
I VALUE POLICE AND THEIR CURRENT
PRESENCE KEEPING OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE FROM THE
RIDICULOUSNESS OUR CITY IS
BECOMING KNOWN FOR.
DEFUNDED BY 50% WOULD
OVERWHELMINGLY DECREASE THE
AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY ALREADY IN
THE DEPARTMENT AND ELIMINATE
VALUABLE PROGRAMS SPD HAS
ALREADY IN PLACE WITH THE
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BIPOC COMMUNITIES WILL
ULTIMATELY SUFFER THE MOST.
SPEAKERS ON THIS CALL DO NOT
REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF THE
CITY.
I DO NOT TRUST THE CITY COUNCIL
RECKLESSLY EXPERIMENTING WITH
DEFUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ELLIE?
ARE YOU WITH THE STEAL?
CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> THIS IS ELLIE CASSIDY I'M
FROM DISTRICT THREE CALLING TO
SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE'S
4 THINGS THEY WANT TO DO AND
ALSO WANT TO SAY THE I WAS A
MEMBER OF A BUILDING LEADERSHIP
TEAM AND I'VE HAD -- I WANT TO
EMPLOYEE TO PUT MORE FUNDS INTO
THE WRAPAROUND PROGRAMS BECAUSE
THEY MEAN A LOT FOR SCHOOLS
THAT HAVE LOWER INCOME
STUDENTS.
DO SOMETHING QUICKLY AND BY THE
WAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MAXWELL GOOD AFTERNOON.
CAN HEAR US?
WE WILL GO TO REBECCA.
WELCOME.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I CAN, YES.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS REBECCA
ADDING I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE MY
WHOLE LIFE AND I CURRENTLY LIVE
IN DISTRICT FIVE.
I AM AN ATTORNEY AND PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER.
I URGE THE COUNCIL,
PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ OF MY DISTRICT, TO VOTE
TO DEFUND THE POLICE, MEET THE
DEMANDS OF KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW AND IMPLEMENT THE FOUR-
POINT PLAN PUT FORWARD BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
SPD HAS RESPONDED TO PROTESTS
AND DEMANDS FOR REFORM OF
VIOLENCE, MISLEADING THE MEDIA
AND THREATENING TO LAY OFF
OFFICERS OF COLOR.
THEY ARE RESISTING CHANGE.
HOW WE MAKE SURE POLICE DON'T
USE THE REMAINING BUDGET TO
HARASS PROTESTERS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR?
LOOK TO BLACK, BROWN AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF OUR CITY
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOING BACK TO MAXWELL.
>> MAXWELL GOOD ONE THAT ME?
>> THAT'S YOU.
>> SORRY I WAS AT A MARCH.
MY NAME IS MACK SO GOOD WHEN I
LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, MY
LEASE IS UP SOON AND I'M NOT
SURE WHAT DISTRICT I'M GOING TO
MOVE TO.
I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND
I HOPE TO HAVE A STOREFRONT
SOON.
WHEN I DO I HOPE THERE AREN'T
POLICE USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS,
EXPLOSIVES, MILITARY VEHICLES
AND OTHER THINGS SCARING THE
FISH AWAY NOT TO MENTION
SETTING UP MILITARY STYLE
CHECKPOINTS LITERALLY KEEPING
PEOPLE AWAY, KEEPING CUSTOMERS
AWAY, PEOPLE SCARED IN THEIR
HOMES SORRY I'M OUT OF BREATH I
WAS AT A MARCH.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, SOME
PEOPLE THAT ARE SCARED OF
VIOLENCE FROM PROTESTS.
HONESTLY VERY FEW PROTESTS DO
THAT.
BIG BANKS, STARBUCKS AND THE
JAIL AND STUFF.
>> THANK YOU, MAXWELL.
AMELIA BEN CAMERON AND TARA,
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MY NAME IS EMELIA AND MY
DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF THE FIVE DEMANDS
OF THE IT WOULD EMERGE TO
SUPPORT DEFENDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50%, $85 MILLION
IMMEDIATELY AND 50% CONTINUING
IN THE FUTURE.
I PERSONALLY SEEING RACISM IN
OUR SCHOOLS THIS IS ONLY
REINFORCED BY A POLICE FORCE
WITH THE PROVEN HISTORY OF
FAILED ATTEMPTS TO REFORM.
DEFUND SPD AND WE INVEST THIS
MONEY IN BLACK COMMUNITIES,
SPECIFICALLY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH AND
EDUCATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
CAMRYN.
WELCOME.
>> THIS IS CAMERON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS CAMRYN, DISTRICT
ONE CONSTITUENT.
I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO ALL
OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE
ME.
TO URGE THE CITY TO DEFUND SPD
BY 50% AND REINVESTING
COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS.
I'M CALLING SPECIFICALLY AS A
SOCIAL WORKER.
I CURRENTLY WORK AT A SHELTER
WITH FOLKS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
I CAN'T BEGIN TO STRESS ABOUT
THE WE NEED NEW ALTERNATIVES.
SO MANY INSTANCES FORCE ME AND
MY COWORKERS TO CALL 911
UNNECESSARILY.
THERE ARE BASICALLY NO BETTER
OPTIONS AND THE ALTERNATIVES
ARE SUPER UNDERFUNDED.
EVERY WEEK MY COWORKERS AND I
STRUGGLE TO FIND BETTER OPTIONS
FOR FOLKS WE WORK FOR.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CALL
POLICE TO THE SHELTER, THE
SHOULDN'T BE AT THE WOMEN'S
SHELTER FOR 99% OF THE --
>> THANK YOU TARA FOLLOWED BY
DENNIS AND TESS.
TARA, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MINING IS TERRORIST SALES
SPEAKING TODAY IS A SEATTLE
CITIZEN, RESIDENT DISTRICT
THREE CAPITOL HILL AND WITNESS
TO POLICE BRUTALITY AT A RECENT
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE BASED ON THE
CHEMICAL WARARE AND VIOLENCE
AGAINST PROTESTERS, SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE
DEFUNDED BY AT LEAST 50%.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY
USING THEIR GROSSLY OVERFUNDED
BUDGET TO PROTECT CITIZENS,
EXTREMELY VALUED AND PART OF A
COMMUNITY CLEARLY SHOWN THEY DO
NOT CARE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
USE THE BUDGET.
IT CAN BE PUT INTO LOW INCOME
HOUSING, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND
REPARATIONS TO THE BLACK
COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS CURRENT
PANDEMIC.
LOAN CAN PEOPLE ARE AT RISK FOR
HEART SHOULD.
MAYOR DURKAN NEEDS TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER
TERRORISM SUPPOSED TO BE IN HER
PRODUCTION USING SPD AS HER WAR
FUND.
SHE SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
>> THANK YOU.
DENNIS THOMAS AND TESS.
DENNIS?
>> ON SATURDAY SPOKE AS AN
OFFICER AT THE FRONTLINE OF THE
PROTEST IS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT
WITH THE RESOURCES THERE COULD
HAVE BEEN MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN
ALLOWING AGITATORS TO THROW
FIREWORKS UP THEM AND ATTACKING
AN ENTIRE GROUP OF 99% PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS AND THAT IS THAT
OKAY THEN TELL ME HOW WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
IF THEY CAN'T YOU CAN'T FIND AN
AGITATOR IN A CROWD IN FRONT OF
THEIR OWN PRECINCT THEY DON'T
KNOW WHAT THERE DOING.
COUNCILMEMBERS WE'VE SEEN THE
DATA ON NONCRIMINAL CALLS
YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED AND NO A
50% DEFUND IS REASONABLE AND
SAFE.
MOVE FUNDS TO COMPETENT
SERVICES, DEFUND 50% AND SET AN
EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CITIES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AFTER TESTING WANT TO CONFIRM
REAL BE FREE FREE.
>> MY NAME IS TESTS, I AM A
HUMAN AND I NEED YOU GUYS TO
COMMIT TO DEFENDING SPD BY 50%
AT LEAST, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO
MAKE SURE THOSE BUDGET CUTS
DON'T COME FROM LOSING OUR
BIPOC OFFICERS FIRST IS SPD HAS
THROWN.
CUT THE RACIST AND PROBLEMATIC
OFFICERS FIRST, NOT THAT HARD
FOR THEM OR REALLOCATE FUNDS IN
THE BLACKBURN COMMUNITIES,
DIRECT REPARATIONS EDUCATION.
SPD HAS PROVEN OVER AND OVER
AGAIN THEY MISUSE AND ARE
DESERVING OF THESE FUNDS.
THEY REACT TO CRIME NOT DE-
ESCALATE AND PROTECT.
>> REAL BE FREE ARE YOU WITH
US?
>> THERE IS NO REAL.
>> CHANA?
>> CHANA IS THERE.
>> CHANA THANKS FOR WAITING.
>> MY NAME IS JENNA KIMSEY I AM
A RESIDENT OF NICHOLASVILLE
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
PROVISO AND ALSO TO DEFEND THE
POLICE.
>> EXCELLENT THANK YOU ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> DON'T SWEEP NICHOLASVILLE
NORTHLAKE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THANK
YOU FOR STAYING ON THE LINE
WITH US THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE
AMERA, SAGE AND JENNY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MY NAME IS AMIRA BEASLEY
RESIDENT DISTRICT THROUGH A
SUPPORT DEFENDING SPD BY AT
LEAST 50% REALLOCATING FUNDS TO
BLACKBURN COMMUNITIES.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TREATING
ISSUES STILL FOCUSING ON
PUNITIVE MEASURES THAT DO NOT
KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT
BLACKBURN COMMUNITIES.
AS A BLACK WOMAN AND PROUD
PROTESTER I'M DISGUSTED TAX
DOLLARS ARE BEING USED SPD TO
TERRORIZE THE VERY PEOPLE THEY
ARE SWORN TO PROTECT.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE A FEW SECONDS.
AS A REMINDER YOU WILL HEAR A
TRIMET 10 SECONDS REMAINING
SECRET MAP OF YOUR COMMENTS AND
HAVE I HATE TO HAVE FOLKS CUT
OFF THANK YOU YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE PLEASE DIAL BACK IN.
>> I AM SAGE AND I SUPPORT THE
DEMANDS OF THE EVERYDAY
MARCHES.
WE MUST DEFEND SPD BY 50% OR
MORE IMMEDIATELY.
THEY MUST GO DIRECTLY TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND MUST HAVE A
VOICE AND WHERE THE MONEY GOES
SPECIFICALLY.
AND LIKE POLICE INVESTING IN
UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES
PREVENT CRIME.
CONTINUING TO FUND POLICE OVER
EDUCATION HOUSING EQUITY
DISPROPORTIONATELY DEPRIVES
BLACK COMMUNITIES OF RESOURCES
AND DISPROPORTIONATELY
INCARCERATES THEM FOR THE
INEVITABILITIES OF POVERTY AND
LACK AND OPPORTUNITIES AND
DISCRIMINATION.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
PROVE IT.
SHUT DOWN THE YOUTH GELS NOW
AND RECALL NEW DURKIN.
>> JENNY GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MY NAME IS JENNY PRICE AND I
AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4.
I'M CALLING THE FULL SUPPORT
FOR THE DEMANDS OF
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW TO DEFUND SPD
BY AT LEAST 50% AND REALLOCATE
THOSE FUNDS TO A HOLISTIC MODEL
OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ACTUALLY
KEEPS US SAFE.
POLICING IS AN INSTITUTION
ROOTED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST
BLACK PEOPLE IN ORDER TO STOP
THE VIOLENCE WE MUST DEFUND THE
POLICE AND REALLOCATE THOSE
FUNDS TO COMMUNITY THAT HEALTH
AND SAFETY INITIATIVES.
'S INCLUDE FULL ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY-
BASED ANTIVIOLENCE PROGRAMS,
TRAUMA SERVICES AND TREATMENT,
UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE AND FREE
PUBLIC TRANSIT.
HIGH SPECIFICALLY ALEX PEDERSEN
TO DEFUND BY 50%.
>> JACOB?
WELCOME.
>> HELLO. CAN HEAR ME?
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH.
>> MY NAME IS JACOB AMENT
DISTRICT TWO, HERE TO DEFUND
50% BY AT LEAST, $86 MILLION
MOVING ON.
WE ARE IN A BUDGET CRUNCH WE
HAVE TO CUT COSTS, CHOCK-FULL
WAY TO CAPITAL
MEMBERS TALK ABOUT HAVING TO
NEGOTIATE WITH SPOG IN THE
GUILD HAS NEVER SHOWN ANY
DESIRE TO CHANGE THE WAY SPD
OPERATES.
PEDERSEN CONSIDER WHAT YOUR
ROLE AND MOVEMENT FROM MOVEMENT
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A QUOTE
UNQUOTE COUNTERBALANCE A BETTER
HAVE A PLAN YOU WOULD SAY WOULD
HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN WHAT YOU
ARE OPPOSING IS NOT WRONG AND
WE CAN ALL DO BETTER.
>> ALEX FOLLOWED BY ERIC AND
MARRY WELCOME WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX, I LIVE IN
DISTRICT TWO SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL THIS IS A CALL TO
ACTION LEAD GATOR COUNTRY,
DEFUND THE SEATTLE CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND SHOW THE REST OF
OUR COUNTRY --
>> ALEX YOU CUT OUT.
CANOE STELLARIS?
WHY DON'T WE RESTART YOUR TIME
YOU CUT OUT AFTER A FEW
SECONDS.
>> OKAY MY NAME IS ALEX,
DISTRICT 2 SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL THIS THE SO-CALLED
ACTION LEAD OUR COUNTRY, DEFUND
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
SHOW THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES FLOURISH
WHEN YOU INVEST IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES AND WHEN YOU PUT
THE END TO WHITE SUPREMACIST
SYSTEMS.
SHOW EVERYONE WHAT OUR COUNTRY
COULD BE.
DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%,
REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO
COMMUNITY THAT HEALTH AND
SAFETY SYSTEMS, RELEASE
PROTESTERS, ARRESTED DURING THE
UPRISING WITHOUT CHARGES, END
DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH GELS
THE SECOND, LISTEN TO DOW,
BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER, I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM ERIC TORRES IN DISTRICT
THREE.
I STAND WITH EVERYBODY ELSE,
DEFUND SPD BY 50%.
I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THAT YOUTH JAIL
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
FOR REAL THAT NEEDS TO COME
DOWN AND YOU NEED TO BUILD LIKE
HOUSING FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE
PRETTY SOON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
LIKE A HOMELESS OVERRUN RIGHT?
AND YOU ARE THROWING MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS AT POLICE LIKE
THROAT OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED
IT.
FOR REAL GUILD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MARRY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HELLO I AM CALLING FOR
TODAY'S BUDGET HEARING IN
SUPPORT OF DEFENDING SETTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 50% AND
THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
LEAD SOLUTIONS BECAUSE OF THE
INEQUITIES I WITNESSED WITHIN A
SHORT TIME OF 14 MONTHS OF
BEING A SEATTLE RESIDENT HAVE
BEEN ALARMING.
IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT THEM
REGULARLY DISHEARTENED TO HEAR
ABOUT A WITNESS WEIGHS IN WHICH
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY ABUSED BY SO
MANY SYSTEMS MEANT TO QUOTE
SERVE QUOTE PROTECT ALL SEATTLE
RESIDENTS.
IN ADDITION TO DEFENDING SPD BY
50% I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW'S
FOUR-POINT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND RESIDENT OF WAS SEATTLE.
FOR THE LABOR UNION THAT
REPRESENTS JOURNALISTS.
A NEW KIND OF POLICING IS
POSSIBLE DEFENDING BLACK LIVES
AND THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS
DEFENDING POLICE AND
REINVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY.
HAVE WATCHED IN SEATTLE AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS
JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN TEARGAS,
FIRED UPON AND DETAINED BY
POLICE OFFICERS FOR DOING THEIR
JOB.
ACTS OF VIOLENCE FROM THE PRESS
BRINGING NEWS TO THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE ARE THE
FOUNDING PRINCIPLE THAT A FREE
PRESS IS NECESSARY FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF A FREE
GOVERNMENT.
DENOUNCE POLICE BRUTALITY AND
SUPPORT THE MILITARIZING POLICE
AND DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
ANOTHER KIND OF POLICING IS
POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANKS
FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON
BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS AND
JOURNALISTS RIGHT NOW.
>> I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT
THREE AND ECONOMICS INSTRUCTOR
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE
CALLS BY MANY OTHERS TO DEFUND
SPD BY AT LEAST 50%, TAKING $5
MILLION AT LEAST AND REINVEST
INTO BLACK COMMUNITIES
SPECIFICALLY, JOBS AND HOUSING.
WE ALL WANT TO BE SAFE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES BUT I THINK THE
POLICE HAVE SHOWN THEY ARE NOT
THE BEST SOLUTION IN TERMS OF
PROVIDING SAFETY WHEN THEY ARE
CONSISTENTLY BRUTALIZING OUR
NEIGBORS, MASSIVELY
INCARCERATING PEOPLE.
I THINK IN TERMS OF PROVIDING
THE BEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT
AS TAXPAYERS, THE MOST
EFFECTIVE WAY OF ADDRESSING --
>> IF YOU COULD SEND IN THE
REST OF YOUR COMMENTS THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO HEAR
YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS.
ISABEL?
THANKS FOR WAITING.
>> HELLO FRIENDS THIS IS ISABEL
AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW I
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS 50%
DEFUNDING OF POLICE.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE POINTS
ARE NOT A PLAN THE CITY IS
SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY
ARE UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY SPEND
MONEY IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY
SOLVES PROBLEMS.
I BELIEVE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
LOOK AT THIS AND TELL ME WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THAT, I THINK WE
NEED TO GET THIS MAYBE A WEEK.
DOES THAT MEAN MY TIME IS UP?
>> BASICALLY I THINK YOU SHOULD
GIVE SPD A CHANCE TO COME UP
WITH THEIR OWN PROPOSED PLAN TO
DEFUND THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF
YOU DOING IT FOR THEM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE. WELCOME
AMANDA.
>> I'M AMANDA, RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE AND I DEMAND YOU GO TO
DEFUND SPD BY 50%.
AND FOLLOW THE FOUR-POINT
PROPOSAL TO REALLOCATE FUNDS TO
BLACK COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS.
I DO NOT THINK THIS IS RECKLESS
I THINK THE FOUR-POINT PLAN IS
COMPREHENSIVE.
SPD SPENDS $845.50 ON A FARMER
EACH OFFICER WEATHERS TO
POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.
OR THAN THE COST OF 383
WASHINGTON SCHOOL LUNCHES FOR
ONE OFFICER'S ARMOR THIS IS
RIDICULOUS.
DEFUND SPD AND GIVE THE MONEY
TO UNDERFUNDED BLACK LIVE
COMMUNITY MATTERS PROGRAM.
>> I AM THE NETTA OLSON.
AND I AM A RETIRED NURSE.
I AM ALL FOR DEFUNDING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, REINVESTING
THAT MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND MAKE
THINGS BETTER.
I GREW UP IN THE CENTRAL AREA
OF.
I KNOW THE OPPRESSION --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU CUT
OUT AT THE END WITH SERVICE.
SEND IN THE LAST OF YOUR
COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE HEARD THE MAJORITY OF WHAT
YOU SAID.
SPIDER IS WELCOME.
>> I AM SPIDER FROM D7 DEFUND
POLICE BY 50% TO MOVE TOWARD
ABOLISHMENT, INVEST IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NEEDS,
GIVE AMNESTY TO PROTESTERS,
CLOSE THE YOUTH JAIL NOW AND
RECALL DURKAN.
DEMANDS HAVE MASS SUPPORT BY
EVERYDAY MARCH ANOTHER HUGE
PROTEST HIRED ALEX PEDERSEN AND
DEBORAH DEBORAH JUAREZ TO
SUPPORT THE DEMANDS THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW LEWIS FOR
HIS SUPPORT.
SOLIDARITY WITH EVERYDAY MARCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SARAH FOLLOWED BY SYLVIA AND
KYLIE.
SARAH GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM SARAH, I LIVE IN DISTRICT
FOUR EMERGING TO IMPLORE YOU TO
DEFEND -- DEFUND CIALIS BE BY
50%.
MANY POLICE OFFICERS BELIEVE
THEY ARE SERVING PEOPLE BUT THE
CURRENT SYSTEM SERVES PEOPLE
WITH MONEY ONLY.
HELPS PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTALE,
PROTECT POWER AND PROPERTY.
REFORMS HAVEN'T WORKED TO ALIGN
THESE TWO IDEAS.
WE MUST DO BETTER BY
COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE ESCALATE SITUATIONS AND
CAUSE AGGRESSION WE NEED TO
ALTER THE WAY WE DO THINGS AND
REINVEST IN THE COMMUNITY.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SYLVIA.
>> PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND SPD THE
CITY CHARTER REQUIRES ADEQUATE
POLICE PROTECTION FOR EACH
DISTRICT.
A SUDDEN REDUCTION PLEASE WITH
LOWER SAFETY THROUGHOUT CITY.
JUST THIS JANUARY THE MASS
SHOOTING DOWNTOWN WHICH KILLED
ONE INJURED SIX AND SENT
HUNDREDS RUNNING FOR COVER.
EARLY IN SEPTEMBER SHOOTING IN
WESTLAKE.
THERE WAS PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR
MORE POLICE IN RESPONSE YOU ALL
APPROVED OFFERING HIRING
BECAUSE YOU AGREED THE GROWING
CITY NEEDS MORE POLICE TO DEAL
WITH BIG-CITY PROBLEMS.
AGAIN DEFUNDING BY 50% WILL
REDUCE SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND.
>> THANK YOU.
KYLIE?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> SURE CAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS.
HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS I LIVE IN
DISTRICT FOUR, STUDENT.
WOULD LIKE TO SAY AYE SUPPORT
THE DEMANDS MADE BY OUR
COMMUNITY THAT YOU DEFUND SPD
BY THIS 50% NOW, $85 MILLION.
REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO THE
BLACK COMMUNITIES, CLOSE THE
YOUTH JAIL AND FREE PROTESTERS
WRONGFULLY JELLED BY THE BRUTAL
POLICE.
ALEX PEDERSEN OF YOUR NEIGHBOR
AND I WILL I WAS STRUCK
MULTIPLE TIMES BY PROJECTILE
SPY SPD AND THE PROTESTS THEY
PAINTED MY BODY AND EMOTIONAL
TRONIC I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SUFFER DUE TO THIS BRUTALITY IS
INCOMPARABLE TO THE VIOLENCE
PERPETUATED ON BLACK PEOPLE BY
SPD SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
WHEN YOU GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE RACIST AND VIOLENT HISTORY?
>> AMANDA GOOD AFTERNOON.
>>
>> HELLO?
MY NAME IS AMANDA WEBER FROM
DISTRICT 7
I URGE YOU TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%
AT LEAST AND REINVESTING
COMMUNITIES.
EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION,
HEALTHCARE, ALL GO FURTHER IN
BIPOC COMMUNITIES LISTEN TO
CONSTITUENTS WHO SUFFERED NOT
JUST THE PRIVILEGED FEW WHO
BENEFIT FROM RACIST POLICE
SYSTEMS.
DEFUND 50% AND ELIMINATE AND
TRANSFER THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
CAMILLE WELCOME.
>> CAN HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS CAMILLE I AM A
CONSTITUENT OF SEATTLE DISTRICT
FIVE.
I SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE
AND KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW'S
FOUR-POINT PLAN.
IT'S VITAL WE TALK ABOUT
DEFUNDING SPD WE DON'T LOSE
SIGHT OF INVESTMENT TO PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TRANSFORM HOW WE APPROACH
PROBLEMS OF HOMELESSNESS, DRUG
ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH.
QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS, NOT
ARMED OFFICERS AT THE
FOREFRONT.
THE CITY'S BUDGET SHOULD
REFLECT OUR VALUES.
AND IDEAS BEHIND INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS OVER
PUNITIVE MEASURESARE NOT NEW.
FACT THEY WERE LAID OUT IN A
REPORT IN THE 1950s.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH SEND IN
THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS I
THINK YOU HAD A FEW MORE
SENTENCES THERE.
TERRY THAN KAREN AND MICHAEL.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS TERRY, I HAVE LIVED
HERE SINCE 1997 AND I'M CALLING
AGAIN THE VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR
ALL THE DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE,
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW DEMANDS.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE POLICE.
I AM AGAINST THE RACIST
INSTITUTION, SP'S BLOATED
BUDGET AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM THAT WORKS -- WRONG,
HARMFUL AND DEADLY.
STAY STRONG IN THE UPCOMING
FIGHT AGAINST POWER AND THE
MASSIVE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
STARTING WITH THE MAYOR AND
TURN 12.
POWER DOES NOT PUSH POWER
WITHOUT A FIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I THINK KAREN IS ON THE.
--
.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> IPHONE BATTERY DIED AT THE
WRONG MOMENT.
I'M CALLING, ANECDOTALLY,
EVERYONE MADE EXCELLENT POINTS
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING
LEADERS OF THE NATION, MY
SIBLINGS AND I WERE ON THE SIDE
OF THE MARCH ON SATURDAY, I
BELIEVE IT WAS.
IT LOOK LIKE THE MAIN COPS THEY
WERE DOING FINE AND THE GUYS ON
THE SIDE NEAREST CASUALLY
STANDING AROUND, WITH A
BEHAVIOR WAS AGGRESSIVE
TEENAGERS HAVING ALL THE FUN
AND THEY CAME AFTER US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR WAITING AND
SHARING THE ANECDOTE.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
MICHAEL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL MONROE,
RESIDENT OF DEACON HAIL
DISTRICT TWO LIKE TO THANK
TAMMY MORALES FOR HER SUPPORT
AND ECHO THE SENTIMENTS ABOUT
DEFUNDING SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
THIS YEAR.
NOT TO DELAY AND DO THAT AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN RIGHT NOW.
NO EXCUSES.
TO REINVEST UP MONEY IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT PLACES WHERE WE KNOW
THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED.
THANK YOU I SEE THE REST OF MY
TIME.
>> SEVENTEEN MORE PEOPLE
PRESENT WILL HOPEFULLY GET US
TO THE 1:00 MARK IN TIME FOR US
TO TAKE THE BREAK AS PLANNED
BEFORE THE 2 P.M.
MEETING.
I WILL GO AHEAD GIVEN THIS IS
IN THE SECOND 90 MINUTE
ALLOTMENT.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS
JESSICA, VIRGINIA AND
CHARLOTTE.
JESSICA GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
THIS IS JESSICA, CALLING ON
BEHALF OF THE SADDLE RENTERS
COMMISSION STANDS IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES AND ALL
THOSE PROTESTING FOR STRUCTURAL
CHANGE IN HOW POLICING IS DONE
IN OUR SOCIETY.
POLICE AGGRESSION TARGET AT
BLACK PEOPLE IN OTHER
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND POLICE
PRESENCE OUTSIDE POOR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS SUCH POLICE VIOLENCE AND
AGGRESSION WILL ALWAYS BE
DIRECTED TO RENTERS AND
HOMEOWNERS.
IN ADDITION THE POLICE RESPONSE
HIGHLIGHT HOW IS GOVERNMENT IS
DESIGNED TO HELP PROPERTY AND
PROPERTY OWNERS OVER THE NEEDS
OF OTHERS.
FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WITH 360
MILLION OVER 79 MILLION TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS 24,000,004
HOUSE INSPECTIONS, 69 MILLION
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSES.
POLICIES THAT BENEFIT PROPERTY
OWNERS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
BENEFIT HOMEOWNERS.
>> IMPRESSIVE, JESSICA CENTER
COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
VIRGINIA?
>> CAN HEAR ME.
>> WE CAN.
>> I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
ONE.
DON'T KNOW THE PUBLIC THREATS
TO FORCE HER HANDS ON THE
CURRENT UW STUDENT, FORMER
PRISONER, DRUG ADDICT AND
SUPERVISOR OF HOUSING PROGRAMS
IN SEATTLE.
>> VIRGINIA ARE YOU STILL WITH
US?
VIRGINIA WE WILL GET BACK TO
YOU IF YOU CALL BACK IN NOT
SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR US BUT
YOUR PHONE DROPPED.
DO CALL BACK IN WE WILL SAVE
YOUR SPOT.
CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL YOU'RE UP
NEXT,.
>> THIS CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL I
SUPPORT EVERYDAY MARCH'S DEMAND
TO DEFUND SPD BY 85 MILLION TO
MOVE THOSE FUNDS TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND I DEMAND EDM
HAS A ROLE IN THAT
REALLOCATION.
THAT FOUR-POINT PLAN IS NOT
ENOUGH.
COPS DON'T PROTECT PEOPLE, THEY
PROTECT PROPERTY AND MUST BE
ABOLISHED.
BLACK LIVES MATTER ALL DAY
EVERY DAY.
THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS JEAN,
MOLLY AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
GO BACK TO JAMIE WHO HAS CALL
BACK IN.
JEAN, WELCOME.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS I'M CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT PROVISO TO PROHIBIT THE
CITY FUNDS SWEEPING
NICHOLASVILLE NORTHLAKE, THE
SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1 VILLAS
CONTINUING.
I FIND THIS APPALLING GIVEN THE
CRISIS GOING ON.
NICHOLASVILLE HAS SHOWN
WILLINGNESS TO FIND A SOLUTION.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE
VALUABLE RESOURCES ON THIS
DEBATE.
USING HOMELESS PEOPLE AS PAWNS
PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S PROVISO.
DIFFERENCES NEED TO BE RESOLVED
TO SUSTAIN ALL SUCCESSFUL
OPTIONS FOR SHELTERING PEOPLE
ARE SEVERELY LIMITED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS MOLLY
RESIDENT DISTRICT FOUR
COMMENTING ON THE ISSUE OF
POLICING.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS CAN REPLACE
SOME NON- EMERGENT POLICE
RESPONSES BUT WHAT ABOUT MY
SAFETY IS A SITTING CAN USUALLY
MY FAMILY MY HOME IN PUBLIC
AREAS ARE SAFE?
WHAT IF YOUR PLAN'S CRIME GOES
UP?
WHO WILL COME TO MY HOME OF
SOMEONE BREAKS IN AND THREATENS
US?
YOUR CALL TO KEEP RESIDENTS OF
THE CITY SAFE YOU NEED TO
ADDRESS CRIME.
WHAT HAPPENED IS NOT WHAT WE
WANT FOR CITY THE COMMUNITY LED
SECURITY KILLED PEOPLE.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOUR PLAN
SPECIFICALLY FOR CRIME IS?
WE SUPPOSED TO PUT TOGETHER OUR
OWN NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY
PROGRAMS OR HIRE SECURITY
GUARDS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS?
HOW WILL THIS LEAD TO MORE
ORGANIZED CRIME AND MORE
VIGILANTES?
YOU ARE GOING ON THE ASSUMPTION
GIVING EVERYONE A TINY HOUSE
BECOMES A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF
SOCIETY THAT ASSUMPTION IS
WRONG PEOPLE WILL STILL COMMIT
CRIME WHAT WILL YOU ?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MOLLY
FEEL FREE TO SEND IN YOUR
COMMENTS I THINK WE GOT THE
MOST OF IT IT SOUNDED LIKE ONE
SENTENCE GOT CUT OFF.
JAMIE?
AND VIRGINIA.
JAMIE ARE YOU WITH US?
>> MY NAME IS J NUMBER RESIDENT
DISTRICT 6 MEMBER OF THE
CENTER IS MOVING SPEAK IN
SOLIDARITY WITH DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE, KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW
AND THE MOVEMENT TO ASK YOU CUT
SPD BUDGET BY AT LEAST 50%
IMMEDIATELY AND REINVEST THE
FUNDS SPECIFICALLY TO BLACK AND
BROWN WORKING-CLASS
COMMUNITIES.
THE FACT SPD BUDGET IS GREATER
THAN THE CITY SPENDS ON HUMAN
SERVICES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
NEIGHBORHOODS, ARTS AND CULTURE
COMBINED ALL THE POLICE
CONTINUED TO USE INCREASINGLY
MILITARIZED TACTICS TO SUPPRESS
PEOPLE PRACTICING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS IS DISGUSTING.
THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE PUT
TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
RENTER EVICTION DEFENSE.
úTHESE CUTS SHOULD BE USED TO
RESTORE FUNDING AND FUND THE
911 CALL CENTER SEPARATE FROM
SPD.
THAT ALSO LIKE TO CALL YOU STOP
USING CITY RESOURCES TO
PROSECUTE PROTESTERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VIRGINIA ARE YOU BACK?
>> I AM A CURRENT UW STUDENT,
FORMER PRISONER, DRUG ADDICT
AND SUPERVISOR OF THE HOUSING
PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE.
DEFUNDING IS GOING TO ATTRACT
AND ENCOURAGE MORE CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR.
IT WON'T BE ENOUGH TO FUNDS AND
SERVICES COMMUNICATE ESPECIALLY
HOUSING.
IS A FORMER CRIMINAL I WOULD
HAVE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF
THE LACK OF POLICE PRESENCE TO
VICTIMIZE CITIZENS.
AS A DV VICTIM SPD SAVED MY
LIVE IN 2016.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN BEATEN TO
DEATH HAD THEY NOT ARRIVED.
DEFUNDING IS A DECISION FOR ALL
OF SEATTLE, NOT 300 PEOPLE
CALLING IN AND SEVEN OF NINE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND I SUPPORT
THE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS OPPOSED
TO JUST FINDING.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
CALLING BACK IN.
STARTED THE LINE GOT DROPPED.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS BEN,
JAY, ANDREA.
>> DISTRICT SIX THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF YOUR WORK.
SPD HAS LOST MORE TRUST IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
IN JULY 25th THEY VIOLATED
THEIR OWN MANUAL TITLE EIGHT
AND FIVE USE OF FORCE AND
CONDUCT.
WE CAN'T TRUST THEM TO OPERATE
BY THE RULES THEY REPRESENT.
FUNDING PETITION, DEFENDANT IS
THE MONEY FOR HEALING AND
OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF
FUNDING CITY SPONSORED
CASUALTIES AND MASS CASUALTY
EVENTS.
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS THE
REPORTING.
>> YOU ALL NEED TO ADDRESS THE
ROOT OF CRIME TO ELIMINATE IT.
SPD AND YOUTH JAILS DO NOT
ADDRESS THE ROOT, THEY CONTROL
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES AND
HOUSING ADDRESSED THROUGH.
BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY BRUTALIZED
AND MURDERED YET THIS IS NOT
ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR YOU ALL THE
SPD NEEDS TO FUNDING.
REFORM IS NOT ENOUGH ANYMORE.
DEFUND SPD BY 50% REINVESTING
COMMUNITIES TO KEEP US SAFE AND
RAISE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
ANDREA, MARCOS, GEORGE,
WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS ANDREA MARCOS,
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.
YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT
CAN IMAGINE A WORLD BEYOND
DEADLY POLICING AND SUPPORT
COMMUNITY LED EFFORTS TO GET
THE -- PLEASE DEFUND SPD BY 50%
AND INVESTING COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS.
PLENTY OF EXAMPLES IN THE LAST
FEW MONTHS, FUSE WHERE WE
SHOULD DEFUND AND SHARE THE
EVEN 10 YEARS AGO AS A YOUNG
PERSON LIVING IN A DISTRICT IN
AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP I NEVER
CALLED THE COPS AND MY PARTNER
I KNEW THEM ENDING UP IN JAIL
WOULD NOT HEAL, WOULD CAUSE
FURTHER HARM.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CALL BUT
DIDN'T RELY ON A CLASSIST,
RACIST TRANS PHOBIC POLICING
SYSTEM.
THE CITY CAN MAKE AN IMPORTANT
MOVE TO CHANGE THAT NOW FOR
OTHER PEOPLE AND INVEST IN
COMMUNITY LED RESPONSES TO
CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE.
WE DON'T NEED MORE CULTURAL
COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR COPS WE
NEED NEW SYSTEMS.
INSTITUTIONS LIFE-AFFIRMING AND
DEADLY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GEORGE.
>> MY NAME IS JORDAN HOWARD, I
AM AN MBH CANDIDATE UW.
DEFUNDING SPD AS A PUBLIC
HEALTH NECESSITY.
THIS BUDGET TOWERS OR BUDGETS
FOR OTHER DISCRETIONARY
SERVICES INCLUDING RESOURCES
FOR HELPLESS NEIGHBORS.
SPD SPENT SIX.$3 MILLION OVER
12 DAYS OF PROTEST FOLLOWING
THE LYNCHING OF GEORGE FLOYD.
IT'S GENEROUS TO CALL THE
SPENDING REQUEST WHEN THE
IMPACT IS DEATH TO BLACK PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
DEFENDERS OF BLACK LIVES WILL
NOT SETTLE FOR LESS THAN 50%
BUDGET CUT.
THE COUNCILS AND UNIQUE
POSITION TO RESPOND TO THIS
CALL TO ACTION IN 2020 BY
REDUCING THE BUDGET BY $85
MILLION.
FOLLOW-THROUGH SHOW LOVE TO
YOUR CONSTITUENTS THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
CHRIS CATE AFTERNOON.
>>
>> BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
>> STARTED AND THANK YOU.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND
I SUPPORT THE FIVE DEMANDS FROM
EVERYDAY MARCH.
SPD MUST BE DEFENDED BY AT
LEAST 50%, MONEY REINVESTED IN
TRAINING COMMUNITIES AND THE
YOUTH JAIL MUST BE SHUT DOWN
WITHIN THE YEAR NOT BY 2025.
BUDGET CUTS RESULT IN LAYOFFS
THAT ARE MOSTLY BIPOC OFFICERS.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
A NEW CONTRACT WITH SPOG MUST
BE NEGOTIATED.
LAYOFFS, SALARY CAP OF $200,000
MUST BE INSTITUTED.
DURKAN MUST RESIGN AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN YOU ARE
ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR JOB BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
I YIELD MY TIME.
JOSH GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU UNLESS
YOU CAN HEAR ME.
>> WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?
>> I WILL COME BACK.
DAVE SIMPSON GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM DAVE SIMPSON A RESIDENT
AND WORKER DISTRICT SEVEN I
WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR
DEFUNDING SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
AND THE 2020 REBALANCING
PACKAGE.
THE MONEY SHOULD BE REINVESTED
IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
HIM CALLING ON COUNCILMEMBERS
PETER AND BORIS TO GET ON BOARD
AS WELL.
ABOUT INTERESTING LAST WEEK YOU
WERE THE FIRST TO CRITICIZE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S PROTESTS
REGARDLESS WITH PROSECUTION OF
UP -- TAKE A STAND YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE WATCHING.
THEY ARE BEING SHOT AT AND
GASSED IN THE STREETS BY THE
RACIST AND VIOLENT POLICE.
DEFUNDING CANNOT WAIT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MARINA, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS MARRY NUMBER
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
I SUPPORT DEFENDED SPD AND
REINVESTING THOSE FUNDS IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITIES.
AS A PERK FOR MANY OTHERS TODAY
SPD IS COMPLETELY OUT OF
CONTROL, WAGING WAR ON CITIZENS
OF SEATTLE.
I WOULD YOU TO EMBRACE FACTS A
50% CUT TO THE BUDGET MEANS
LAYING OFF OFFICERS.
SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE
OFFICERS WITH MULTIPLE
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM FIRST
AND FIRE OFFICERS WHO USE
EXCESSIVE FORCE ON PROTESTERS.
THEY MUST BE CONSEQUENCES FOR
VIOLENT AND RACIST BEHAVIOR.
RENEGOTIATE WITH SPOG TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN IT SHOULD BE AN EASY
DECISION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON CONFIRMING
JOSH CAN YOU HEAR IS NOW?
CAN HEAR US?
LET'S MOVE ON I KNOW WE HAVE
CANDIDACY CALLED IN EARLIER AND
BRANDON AND MARK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MY
NAME IS CANDACE I'M A RENTER IN
D5 GOING TO URGE ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS, PARTICULARLY MY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, TO
DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
FUNDS NEED TO BE IMMEDIATELY
REINVESTED INTO BLACK
COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY AREAS
SUCH AS EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE,
MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND FOOD
SECURITY AND COMMUNITY LED
PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
LAND NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO BLACK
COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO WORK
TOWARDS REPAIRING GENERATIONS
OF INEQUITY IN THE CITY.
AD COUNCIL TO TAKE NECESSARY
ACTION THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME HAVE A GREAT
AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
BRYNDEN, GOOD AFTERNOO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MANY IS
BRANDON WALLACE AND LIVING
GREENWOOD CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
DEFUNDING SPD BY AT LEAST 50%.
IT'S NOT RECKLESS TO ASK THE
HOSPITAL TO HAVE MORE PRIMARY
CARE DOCTORS AND FEWER SURGEONS
IS NOT RECKLESS TO INSTALL
AIRBAGS AND SEATBELTS AND HAVE
FEWER PARAMEDICS ON THE HIGHWAY
IT'S NOT RECKLESS TO TRY TO
PROACTIVELY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY
SAFER BY DEFUNDING SPD TO
INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING INTO
UNDERFUNDED BLACK COMMUNITIES
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
MARK GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MARKKANEN CHRIS AND SADIE.
MARK READY WITH US?
CHRIS ARE YOU WITH US?
>> MY NAME IS CHRIS I LIVE IN
DISTRICT SEVEN IN THE QUEEN
ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD ON LAND
STOLEN FROM PEOPLE.
I AM ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED THE 50% CUT FOR SPD IN
ADDITION TO CUTTING 50% 2020
WITH REINVESTMENTS IN REAL
COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH THE
PLAN CREATED BY DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW.
WE DO NOT LIVE IN A MOVIE WHERE
ORGANIZED CRIME RUNS RAMPANT
UNLESS THE HERO COP SAVES THE
DAY.
THE FEAR EXPRESSED AS POLICE
ARE DEFUND PELS IN THE
COMPARISON TO THE FEAR BIPOC
FEEL EVERY DAY.
POLICE ADVOCATES WILL TELL YOU
EVIL IS OUT THERE AND THEY ARE
THE ONLY THING PROTECTING US
FROM IT BUT THAT IS FEAR
MONGERING.
THE CITY BUDGET DIRECTLY
REFLECTS THE CITY VALUES.
PLEASE ACCURATELY --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE LAST PERSON SIGNED UP HIS
MARLOWE.
>> THIS IS MARLOWE, I AM A
MIXED RACE DISABLED LOW INCOME
CONSTITUENT.
WHO IS DEEPLY LOW INCOME AND
UNSTABLE HOUSED ASKING FOR YOUR
FULL AND IMMEDIATE PIONEERING
OF AN UNPRECEDENTED PROPOSAL OF
REDUCING SPD'S BUDGET BY 50%
THIS YEAR FOR THE 2022
REMAINING BUDGET TO FINANCIALLY
REBALANCE AND IMMEDIATELY INVEST
IN CIVILIAN CONTROL, PREVENTION
AND NUMBER OF RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
REPLACE CURRENT NORMAL
OPERATIONS WITH CIVILIAN
CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY LED
ORGANIZATION SOLUTIONS, FIND, I
LOST THE EMAIL BUT I CAN EMAIL
THE REST.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MARLOWE.
APPRECIATE YOU SENDING IN THE
REST AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING
ON THE LINE.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WE HAVE
REACHED THE END OF FOLKS WHO
HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLKS
WHO PROBABLY WANTED TO COMMENT
AND NEEDED TO JUMP OFF EITHER
FOR WORK OR RUNNING A SMALL
BUSINESS WE APPRECIATE THEM
SENDING IN THEIR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO EVERYONE
ON THE LINE THROUGH THE 1:00
PERIOD.
AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU AN HOUR BREAK FOR LUNCH AND
WE WILL RETURN WITH LISA AND
THE DIRECTOR TO WALK US THROUGH
THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.
IS A REMINDER THIS WILL START
WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPD
INQUEST LAUNCHED SO FAR AND
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT IS A BRIEF
SUMMARY OF WHAT TO EXPECT LATER
THIS WEEK.
THE DIRECTOR WILL PROVIDE US
WITH AN OVERVIEW, ANSWER BUDGET
QUESTIONS ASKED LAST WEEK
LEADING INTO THE OVERVIEW OF
NON- SPD RELATED AMENDMENTS.
THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THOSE
FRIDAY ALONG WITH OUR SPD
RELATED AMENDMENTS.
WITH THAT WE WILL BE ADJOURNED
UNTIL 2:00 P.M.
DO TRY TO LOG BACK IN PROMPTLY
AS WE WILL START IMMEDIATELY.
WE WILL JUMP BACK IN AT 2:00,
ENJOY YOUR LUNCH AND THIS
MEETING IS RECESSED UNTIL 2:00
P.M.