The Seattle City Council overrode Mayor Jenny Durkan’s veto Tuesday evening and forced through budget cuts that activists say are a “down payment” on an effort to defund the police in the city by 50%.
A rioter hit a Seattle Police Department officer with a steel bat during a riot Wednesday night after a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, declined to issue indictments for the death of Breonna Taylor.
Seattle hired a man who led violent protests in the city and who was convicted of running a prostitution operation as a policing consultant.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) soured after the Department of Justice (DOJ) included the Emerald City on a list of jurisdictions known for allowing anarchy, unrest, and violence to fester, stating that the Trump administration’s “obsession” with her city is “irrational.”
The DOJ announced NYC, Seattle and Portland are allowing destrucution and death in their cities and should not receive federal funds.
A now-deceased suspect of a brutal homicide in Seattle is reportedly a repeat offender who has been booked at least 46 times in the past four years.
Attorney General William Barr reportedly asked federal prosecutors to explore whether Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) should face criminal charges over the “autonomous zone,” otherwise known as Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), which she eventually shut down via executive order after weeks of escalated violence, robbery, assault, and increased gang activity over the summer.
Smoke pollution from wildfires raging in California and across the Pacific Northwest have caused four west coast cities to have the worst air quality in the world right now, according to IQAir.com.
A woman in Seattle attacked a security guard with a machete after inquiring if he was an “officer,” leaving him with two five-inch cuts on his arm.
Christians headed took to the streets of Seattle to hold a prayer rally after city officials closed off a park to prevent their meeting — all while continuing to allow anti-police protests to take place in the city.
Twenty-two individuals were arrested as a result of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Seattle on Labor Day, which saw protesters hurling Molotov cocktails at police officers.
Violent protests continued on Labor Day, as police dispersed riots in several cities and clashes between left- and right-wing groups erupted in Salem, Oregon.
Jaguar Security Firm pulled out of Cal Anderson Park on Tuesday night, after being hired to protect it while it was repaired during ongoing protests.
Washington State Patrol on Friday arrested multiple protesters for blocking southbound I-5 at the Ship Canal Bridge in the Democrat-controlled city of Seattle.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively on Thursday that the leftist mob that surrounded him on his way out of the White House after President Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention (RNC) speech last week, along with other leftist violence in Democrat-controlled cities, could be a game-changer in this election.
Democrat mayors of cities that have faced unchecked rioting criticize Trump as “not above the law” for reviewing federal funding to municipalities.
President Donald Trump is reviewing options to defund some of America’s most chaotic cities as Democrat leaders mull defunding the police.
Authorities in Seattle have recovered a variety of weapons, from a machete to an unexploded mortar, during the cleanup of Cal Anderson Park, the area previously occupied by anarchists and Antifa.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) told Breitbart News exclusively this weekend that his committee’s chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has been running a thus-far-unreported investigation into the Trump administration’s response to violence in American cities.
Journalist Andy Ngo, an expert on violent “Antifa” groups, identified the “Riot Kitchen” organization arrested by Kenosha Police this week, as a Seattle-based “Antifa group that supplies rioters.”
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s oldest son, used social media Thursday to call out Democrats for not condemning the looting and violence that has shaken Democrat-run cities across America.
During MSNBC’s coverage of the 2020 Republican National Convention on Wednesday, host Rachel Maddow brought on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) “to essentially run a reality check” on South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) statements on crime in cities like Seattle so that the network feels “responsible about our broadcast.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Thursday during the Democratic National Convention “after party” urged Democrats to unify and to “make sure” President Donald Trump “doesn’t sleep.”
Portland faced another night of violent and destructive riots on Tuesday as rioters moved their attacks to the seat of the county government.
A local Seattle brewer added the slogan “All Cops are Bastards” to his beer cans. At the bottom of the can, you will find a stamp that reads “ACAB means all cops.”
With a number of Democrat-run cities already ravaged by “unrest in the streets,” Squad Member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) got on national television and called for more — and MSNBC anchor Tiffany Cross agreed with her.
Black Lives Matter activists stormed a Seattle neighborhood this week, harassing residents and demanding that they “get the f*** out.”
Seattle police officer Sergio Garcia is “devastated” by Carmen Best’s decision to retire as police chief and believes the Seattle City Council, which voted in favor of measures effectively defunding police, is simply reacting with “no plan.”
Tuesday, during a press conference outgoing, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she is resigning due to a lack of respect for officers in the wake of a city council vote enacting significant budget cuts to the city’s police department.
On Monday, Seattle’s KOMO reported that Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best has announced that she will retire from the Seattle Police Department, effective September 2. In an email to the Seattle Police Department obtained by KOMO, Best said, “This was
The Seattle City Council approved proposals Monday that would reduce the police department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition — an action supported by protesters who have marched in the city following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis but strongly opposed by the mayor and police chief.
Hundreds of people gathered at Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park on Sunday for a “Let Us Worship” rally led by worship leader Sean Feucht.
Riots and looting broke out in Seattle on Sunday evening ahead of an expected city council vote to defund the police.
Hundreds of protesters supporting the Seattle Police Department gathered at midday Sunday in front of Seattle’s City Hall to show their support for law enforcement on the day before the City Council will vote whether to “defund the police.”
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best reacted to the Seattle City Council’s approval of an amendment aimed at further defunding the police by slashing the pay of Best and 12 members of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) command staff, questioning why the city would not want to fairly compensate the “best of the best.”
The New York Times published a lengthy report Friday on the degree to which armed Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists terrorized local businesses inside the “autonomous” zone in June.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed first-degree murder charges Wednesday against a man who allegedly shot and killed a teenager inside Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone.
The Seattle City Council is making good on its promise to dismantle the Seattle Police Department (SPD), moving to reduce personnel and to completely eliminate the Navigation Team, which deals with homeless encampments across the city.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said at a Senate hearing that without federal help, rioters would have destroyed the federal courthouse in Portland.
A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Seattle alleges that would-be protesters are prevented from demonstrating by the cost of protecting themselves from police.