#scanner 15 and howell blocked

#message❗️Urgent Set Your Alarms for 8AM and 12PM❗️

Tomorrow, Wednesday the 15th, there will be TWO opportunities to provide public comment at the budget hearings at 10am and 2pm in support of Defund SPD.

⏰ We need people to sign up for public comment as soon as the link opens at 8am and 12pm, the list will fill up quick!

➡️We need to keep the pressure on City Council Members to maintain their commitment to defund SPD and fund community-led solutions and housing for all.

Use this link to sign up for public coment ➡️https://tinyurl.com/CityCouncilPublicComment

➡️ Sample noscript for testimony:
“I’m attending today’s city council budget hearing in support of defunding the Seattle Police Department by 50% and reinvesting in community-led solutions because ___. In addition to defunding SPD by 50%, I urge council members to support Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now’s four-point plan for community reinvestment of those funds to replace current 911 operations with a civilian-controlled system, scale up community-led solutions, fund a community-created roadmap to life without policing, and invest in housing for all. Please support defunding SPD and community reinvestment now!”

📢 TOGETHER we got this! Let's pack the public comment with support!

#scanner Bike police being called on 5th/Cherry to protect the police protestors from counter-protestors

that is a telegram username too! hit them up!

#schedule #calendar The D5 event that was scheduled for tonight has been moved to Sunday at 2pm!

“This event to pressure our city council rep has been moved to Sunday as part of a bigger North Seattle day of action, directly after the ICE march and before the D4 march.

Local Black organizers asked we not conflict with their demonstration- so, if you were planning on marching tonight, please join the EVERYDAY March on Cap Hill tonight, they are gathering at 6:30, mobilizing at 7 pm SHARP!

Please now join us on SUNDAY at 2 pm, followed by the district 4 march at 5 pm!”

https://facebook.com/events/s/rescheduled-n-seattle-protest-/625774338060130/?ti=icl

#scanner police near 23/Jackson looking for white SUV connected to suspected shooting.

#scanner “protestors walking towards 12/Pine, blocking all lanes”

#scanner some people at the federal courthouse on 5th avenue, lighting fireworks and cutting down the flag. Police are sending a taskforce to 5th and Seneca to respond

#scanner "we're just going to stay with the crowd as long as they stay mobile, if they become stationary (?) we'll give the order to disperse the crowd

#scanner 4:29PM both taskforces arriving at east precinct.

#scanner 4:26PM protestors eastbound on pine, possibly going to east precinct

#scanner It appears that SWAT may be joining on East.

#scanner SPD seems to have started heavily using encrypted comms around 4:20PM

#scanner SPD has called in mutual aid from surrounding cities and seems to be dispatching normal SPD calls to officers in other cities, so far Bothell, Redmond, and Kirkland seem to be involved, have heard them dispatched to DV calls, burglaries, disturbances, etc.

#scanner West precinct is no longer in lockdown.

#scanner Sounds like SPD 3rd watch will be going downtown: "for the mutual aid officers, bothell, redmond, and kirkland, our 3rd watch is actually going downtown, so you'll be a while"

#scanner "if there's any 3rd watch North units, you need to respond to the West precinct and switch to Tac 9", Tac 9 is encrypted