Incredible story broken by Seattle Talk Show Host Jason Rantz.
Seattle is home to Socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant who has led the efforts to defund the city’s police department.She also led marches to the Mayor’s home in an effort to intimidate and harass her.
Last December, Sawant received a series of threatening emails.
“But Sawant did not report the emails to the police as she’s supposed to. In fact, Sawant’s office has chosen not to put protocols in place to handle potential threats like this. Her hatred of police runs that deep.Instead, Sawant released a press release in the form of an open letter to the Mayor, Police Chief and other local officials...
SPD only learned about them when Sawant engaged in her Twitter press strategy to play victim to police disinterest when she claimed they weren’t taking the threats seriously.
A detective started reviewing the case when the SPD learned of the threats. But Sawant wasn’t pleased. In two weeks, they hadn’t made an arrest!Understaffed and with fewer resources than in years passed, the detective is moving forward. But Sawant is upset she’s not getting better treatment. She wanted the investigation to be wrapped up immediately...”
So she wants police defunded except when it comes to her, then maximum police resources must used.
This story is reminiscent of the Portland Commissioner who pushed to defund police then called police for help after getting into an argument with a Lyft driver.