{"id":1996880,"date":"2023-08-10T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/criminals-are-running-this-city-veteran-seattle-cop-resigns-with-scathing-letter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:18:20","slug":"criminals-are-running-this-city-veteran-seattle-cop-resigns-with-scathing-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/criminals-are-running-this-city-veteran-seattle-cop-resigns-with-scathing-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle cop resigns, blames criminals for running city."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcriminals-are-running-this-city-veteran-seattle-cop-resigns-with-scathing-letter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1996880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Seattle Police Officer Resigns,\u200d Criticizes City Leadership<\/h2>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Police Officer \u200bResigns\"><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officer<\/a> in Seattle who served\u2062 on the force for more than 23 years resigned last week after submitting a scathing letter calling out the leadership of the city \u2062and force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their absurd policies have turned Seattle into \u2063a playground for\u2064 anarchists and criminals, and they seem utterly unconcerned with\u200d the \u2062devastating consequences of \u200btheir actions,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/seattle-cop-15-page-resignation-letter-full-jessica-taylor-1818812\">wrote<\/a> Jessica Taylor, who joined the \u200bforce\u2062 in \u200d1998 and resigned last week. &#8220;If you haven&#8217;t noticed, the criminals are \u200drunning this city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor refused\u200d to fill\u200c out a standard\u2062 exit form and instead submitted\u2062 the 15-page letter to chief \u2062of police Adrian\u200b Diaz, \u200cwho she says &#8220;has brought this department\u200d and this \u200ccity to \u200cits knees,&#8221; adding \u2062that \u2064the department &#8220;has \u200dtransformed into a cesspool \u200cof corruption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diaz and other city leaders prioritize \u200c&#8221;playing\u200b politics and pandering to radical ideologies rather than genuinely serving the city&#8217;s and its residents best interests,&#8221; \u2062Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen officers\u2063 on \u200cthe force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/seattle-cop-15-page-resignation-letter-full-jessica-taylor-1818812\">reportedly<\/a> quit\u2062 this year as of\u2064 March 1,\u200b and\u2062 only 10\u200b of those positions had \u2062been \u2064filled.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor called Diaz a &#8220;vindictive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/have-lockdowns-made-troubled-people-even-more-dangerous-uvalde-suggests-so\/\" title=\"Have Lockdowns Made Troubled People Even More Dangerous? Uvalde Suggests So\">power-hungry individual<\/a>,&#8221; telling him, &#8220;I \u2063wouldn&#8217;t trust you as \u2063far as \u2063I could throw you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neutered-the-police-and-handcuffed-them-seth-barron-pummels-mayor-de-blasio-for-crime-surge-in-nyc\/\" title=\"\u2018Neutered The Police And Handcuffed Them\u2019: Seth Barron Pummels Mayor De Blasio For Crime Surge In NYC\">amid rising crime<\/a> in the city, \u2063 <em>Newsweek<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/seattle-cop-15-page-resignation-letter-full-jessica-taylor-1818812\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A 2021 year-end crime report from the\u200b SPD shows that violent crime\u200d in the city rose by 20 percent, one of\u200b the highest levels in over a decade. At the same time, robberies rose by \u200c18 \u200cpercent and aggravated assaults by 24 percent. In 2022, the overall crime rate \u2064in \u200dthe city \u200bgrew by 4\u2062 percent compared to the previous year, with a 24 percent rise\u2062 in \u200chomicide, a 4 percent rise \u2062in rape, and a 5 percent rise \u2064in aggravated assault, according to\u200d the\u2063 SPD.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/criminals-are-running-this-city-veteran-seattle-cop-resigns-with-scathing-letter\/\" title=\"Seattle cop resigns, blames criminals for running city.\">city recently installed fentanyl detectors<\/a> on \u200ccity buses \u2062after \u2062more than 50 bus operators <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/seattle-installs-fentanyl-detectors-on-public-buses-as-drivers-get-sick-from-fumes\/\">submitted<\/a> worker compensation \u2063claims for drug \u200cand chemical exposure last year.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor&#8217;s resignation comes amid \u200cpolice shortages and increasing crime in liberal cities. New York City \u2063police officers are <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/unfixable-new-york-city-cops-are-fleeing-the-force-in-droves\/\">resigning<\/a> in\u2063 record numbers and the\u200b NYPD has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/nypd-lowers-fitness-standards-to-recruit-more-women\/\">lowered<\/a> \u2063its\u2064 fitness\u200b requirements to bring \u200dmore \u2064women on the\u200d force.<\/p>\n<p>Homicides in San Francisco have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/tens-of-thousands-flee-san-francisco-as-liberal-leaders-struggle-with-crime-and-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased<\/a> nearly 40 percent from 2020 to 2022, and \u200ddeaths from fentanyl have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/california-dems-go-easy-on-fentanyl-dealers-as-overdose-deaths-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spiked<\/a>. The downtown area of the\u200c city has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12101001\/Crime-ridden-San-Francisco-lost-HALF-downtown-stores-COVID-hit-95-shuttering.html\">lost<\/a> half of its businesses since the start of the\u200c pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Seattle, Washington, police detain a person while city crews dismantle the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) area outside the vacated East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department. At least 31 arrests were made as the CHOP area was cleared this morning. 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