by Lionel Du Cane, via InfoWars:

Progressive Northwestern city one step closer to replacing police accused of “perpetuating racism and violence”

Seattle is moving to disband and replace its police force with a community-led initiative over accusations that the force “[perpetuates] racism and violence” and upholds “white supremacy culture.”

The progressive Washington city, famed for its now-defunct far left anarchist commune known as CHAZ or CHOP, is moving to reach a resolution to dissolve its police force in favor of a “civilian led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention.”

A “blueprint” on how the police would be defunded was offered, and “community-led activities” with non-profit organizations focused on “housing, food security, and other basic needs” alongside “culturally-relevant expertise rooted in community connections,” to be outlined as a viable replacement for the police force.

In a series of alarming tweets, Director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty Christopher Rufo revealed the plans supported by Seattle’s City Council. Although a date for the police’s defunding has not been set, the majority of the city’s council members agree to follow through with the resolution.

BREAKING: Seattle City Council moves to abolish the entire Seattle Police Department and replace it with a “civilian led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention.”

They want to replace the police force with nonprofit programs and “community-led activities.” pic.twitter.com/JnFaWusvvv

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 31, 2020

Written in verbiage couched in progressive phraseology, the new proposal finds groups “well-versed in de-escalation skills” coupled with “trauma-informed, gender-affirming, anti-racist praxis” and who are “committed to hiring staff from the communities they serve” to be worthy of police funding.

Some of the prerequisites to be met included:

• Culturally-relevant expertise rooted in community connections and support


• Well-versed in de-escalation skills and mental health support


• Peer-led models prioritized


• Including trauma-informed, gender-affirming, anti-racist praxis


• Connected to resources like housing, food security, and other basic needs with wrap-around services and long-term support


• Committed to retention of social service workers with adequate and equitable pay and benefits, preferably unionized


• Committed to hiring and retaining staff who are from the communities they serve and with lived experience of criminalization


• Demonstrated commitment to a harm-reduction model, including safer consumption practices.

Rufo then added, “And finally, the plan demands that the City conduct an “immediate transfer of underutilized public land for BIPOC community ownership”—in essence, the redistribution of land, which is a hallmark of Marxist regimes.”

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