It was even in Lisa’s article that I learned why the police left the station to begin with.
“Best remained noncommittal on a when police might return to the area, but explained that the evacuation had come after reports that the precinct could be burned down.
“We were asked to do an operational plan, in case we needed to leave,” Best said, not saying who exactly gave the order to withdraw. “We got an update that there was the potential for fire — of course if the precinct goes down in fire, the whole block could potentially burn up.”
What law would be used to arrest anyone since they were not directly involved in the reason the police left the precinct to begin with?
The head of the Seattle’s Police Department told officers in a video address on Thursday that the decision to abandon the city’s Third Precinct to activists was “not my decision,” and has prevented the department from responding to emergency calls in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.Police Chief...
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