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Oh, and what happens to the Justice Department oversight when Trump takes over? Police reform is done.
The city council still has the power to de-fund the police. That's our only tool. Cut off the money, and redirect it to things that really Seattle needs.
Here's a super-close-up of Kris Kobach's proposed first-year agenda for DHS under Trump.
Notice the bit about "______ Record Number of Criminal Aliens in the First Year" where that invisible first word is probably "Deport." Also notice the bit about defining "criminal alien" as any alien who has been arrested -- not convicted -- for a crime.
So, yeah -- local policing is where the Trumpian xenophobic rubber is gonna meet the civil rights road. No doubt there's a lot of cops in Seattle who will be more than happy to make a questionable arrest if the subject is sufficiently brown.
And the majority of cops voted for a contract that gutted any external review of their actions. The majority of cops will accept no accountability at all.
Don't really give a shit what they post on FB when you're staring at those facts.