Jason Rantz: Seattle mayor now says city needs police – but it’s too little, too late as things get worse
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan now says the city needs more police, a message she’s been reticent to deliver publicly due to toxic politics and a militant activist base.
The painful reality is the situation is likely to get much worse before we see relief. It’s not even clear yet if residents are ready to acknowledge the crisis. Several anti-police voices head into Tuesday’s primary with winds at their sails. And Durkan is a lame-duck Mayor as she announced months ago that she wasn’t running for reelection. Durkan’s message is not only too little, too late, but it’s falling on deaf ears as the Seattle City Council continues its defunding efforts. Next week the Council is expected to reroute some $14 million from the Seattle Police Department budget.More Related News