Black leaders in Seattle praise Carmen Best, condemn BLM

Black faith leaders and activists in Seattle criticized Black Lives Matter (BLM) rioters for violence in their city and gave their support for retiring police chief Carmen Best.

Speaking of Best, a local religious leader, Leslie Braxton said at a Thursday press conference, "Being a black woman, she has the perspective of some of the groups that have the most troubled relationships with law enforcement."

Best is Seattle's first black police chief. She announced on August 10th that she would be stepping down after the Democratic city council approved enormous police reform legislation that would cut millions in funding and fire nearly 100 officers from the city's police force. Best called the city council's move "reckless" and provides "no practical plan for community safety."

Police reform activist Andre Taylor, whose brother was shot and killed by Seattle police, criticized protesters marching in the name of BLM.

"I don’t support Black Lives Matter, at least locally what local groups are doing," Taylor said. "There is a disservice being done. If the protest of agitation allows a level of violence—at least they don’t speak out against it—then people that want violence can mingle right in."

Best told the activists that she was "humbled and gratified" by their support, but explained that she was "confident" in her decision to retire after nearly three decades in the department, and plans to allow Seattle to go to hell in a hand basket.

The Democratic Seattle City Council moved quickly to enact police reform legislation this summer following nationwide anti-police protests inspired by anarchists whose goals are more readily reached without police opposition getting in their way.

In addition to cutting millions in police department funding, the bill they passed on Aug. 10 prohibits the police department from removing homeless people from the streets and, according to Mayor Jenny Durkan (D), will cut the city’s "most diverse class of police" officers from the force.

Durkan's claim to fame is referring to the riots that included looting, destruction of property, attacking police, and murder in her town something akin to a "summer of love." 

There are calls for her removal from office.

While anti-police protests have pushed many local governments to defund and reform their police departments, a recent Gallup poll found that over 80 percent of black Americans want to maintain police presence in their neighborhoods, as do most law abiding Americans of all melanin attributes.

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