- unsurprisingly SPD is refusing to do so, but also this is just a bad idea in general. funnels more funding and gives SPD legal power over community defense, legal observers, etc
- Today I announced an initial set of actions to protect city residents in the face of increased federal immigration enforcement activity. #thisisyourcity
- It won't boost resources for SPD but it will definitely expose the contradictory logic of trying to get cops who love ICE to curtail the agency. Perhaps that's the point, to stir up public anger against SPOG and make it clear who the fifth column is in Seattle.Jan 31, 2026 18:25
- thanks for clarifying !! I'm curious why the circuitous route though?
- I'm not saying that is the most likely motivation, I was just suggesting it's a possibility. Wilson will have to take seriously the difficulty getting SPD to do anything other than bully and surveil poor and Black and Brown people.
