“A lot of politicians live in fantasy land,” Sen said. Tom Cotton on Tuesday, and responded to police chief Carmen Best, who resigned after the city approved a plan to develop police budgets.
“These police managers and their policemen are just trying to enforce the law and lay it out. If you defend the police, if you tell the police to withdraw from certain neighborhoods, if you just do not respect the rule of law in general, you will get more crime, you will not kill destroyers in the streets and , unfortunately, that’s what we continue to see in so many of our cities, “Cotton, R-Ark., told Fox & Friends. “
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Best, the Seattle police chief, on Monday, sent her conviction of dismissal, hours after the city council approved her promise to approve sweeping proposals that would cut about 100 officials and cut the department’s budget. .
Best’s email, which was received by Jason Rantz, a local radio host, said her retirement will be effective Sept. 2.
“I wish you had heard this from me, but some media have reached this conclusion on their own,” she wrote. “This was a difficult decision for me, but when it’s time, it’s time.”
She thanks Mayor Jenny Durkan for her “continued support” and said that the Seattle PD “is truly the best police department in the country, and please trust me as I said, the vast majority of the people in Seattle support you and appreciate you. ”
Durkan and Best had urged the council to carry out their talks on police budgets, saying the issue could be taken seriously when the 2021 city budget is considered.
They also said dismissals would disproportionately focus on newer officers, often hired from minority communities, and would inadvertently lead to lawsuits.
Brandi Kruse, a reporter for Q13 Fox, tweeted that a press conference has been set for 11 a.m. Tuesday. She said two sources told her the announcement was difficult.
The Seattle City Council also cut Best’s roughly $ 285,000 annual salary and the salaries of other top police leaders, although the final cuts to Best’s salary were significantly more modest than those approved last week. The council plan also takes officers off a team that removes homeless camps.
On Monday, only Councilor Kshama Sawant voted against the budget package, saying it does not do enough to defuse the police.
Best, who has served in the department for 28 years, ended her email saying she looks forward to “seeing how this department progresses through the process of re-enacting public safety. I love the work done by you will all be done. ”
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
