Seattle Police Officers Arrest Preacher During Pride Event
“I don’t want to leave because I’m not in danger.”
“I don’t want to leave because I’m not in danger.”
“No justice, no peace.”
“Our pride cruiser.”
“He waited for a key that was never needed.”
“The deputies acknowledged their wrongdoing and were disciplined for their actions.”
“He wanted to use that tragedy for his own political gain and I think that’s sick.”
“Policing doesn’t lead to thriving communities, investment does.”
“He was very, very scared.”
The department shared that it is “feeling the pain at the pump.”
“How do you explain yourself?”
“Don’t current best practices, lieutenant, call for officers to disable a shooter as quickly as possible, regardless of how many officers are actually on site?”
“What were the officers doing between 11:44 and 12:44?”
“More could have been done.”
“We are deeply distressed by the damage caused to our clinic as a result of this incident, but also grateful that no one was injured.”
“This is part of law enforcement’s ongoing joint effort to combat the opioid epidemic in the country.”
“The pieces of the puzzle just came together.”
“It was chaos everywhere.”