{"id":2637798,"date":"2026-07-30T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-seattle-top-cop-gives-absurd-new-name-to-criminal-gangs-confirms-he-was-at-black-conference-in-texas-during-seattle-mass-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:54:57","slug":"watch-seattle-top-cop-gives-absurd-new-name-to-criminal-gangs-confirms-he-was-at-black-conference-in-texas-during-seattle-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-seattle-top-cop-gives-absurd-new-name-to-criminal-gangs-confirms-he-was-at-black-conference-in-texas-during-seattle-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Seattle Top Cop Gives Absurd New Name to Criminal Gangs, Confirms He Was at Black Conference in Texas During Seattle Mass Shooting"},"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\">46<\/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%2Fwatch-seattle-top-cop-gives-absurd-new-name-to-criminal-gangs-confirms-he-was-at-black-conference-in-texas-during-seattle-mass-shooting%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=2637798&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--><p>The text discusses the tendency of some police officials in major cities too avoid directly labeling certain acts of violence as gang-related, opting instead for euphemisms like &#8220;small groups&#8221; or &#8220;groups&#8221; to describe suspects involved in shootings. It highlights criticism of this approach, noting that such evasion can obscure the truth about crime and hinder public understanding. The article criticizes Seattle Police Chief Shon barnes for being absent during a recent shooting and for blaming &#8220;small groups&#8221; rather than recognizing gang violence,while also defending his concurrent attendance at an unrelated conference. Similar language is used by Asheville\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-erupt-after-police-kill-black-ohio-girl-video-shows-cop-protected-woman-from-knife-attack\/\" title=\"Activists Erupt After Police Kill Black Ohio Girl; Video Shows Cop Protected Woman From \u2018Knife... Attack\">interim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless ... Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; ... 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As Police Refuse To Intervene\">police chief<\/a><\/a>, Jacquelyn Stepp, who downplays gang involvement in shootings by calling suspects &#8220;individuals who know each othre.&#8221; The piece suggests that avoiding accurate terminology about gang activity contributes to division and prevents effective addressing of violent crime.it emphasizes that transparency and honesty about criminal groups are essential for societal trust and public safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not especially difficult to call something what it is \u2014 unless, of course, you inhabit a woke parallel universe where doing that is akin to apostasy.<\/p>\n<p>When three people died in a shooting in Seattle, they unfortunately were killed in a city where that parallel universe still holds strong.<\/p>\n<p>The media, mind you, can call the shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival last weekend what it was: According to <a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/newsletter-daily\/police-union-president-defends-officers-response-to-seattle-shooting-police-department-spd-spog-trauma-daniel-loux-chief-shon-barnes-mass-shooting-bite-of-seattle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOMO-TV<\/a>, \u201ca suspected gang-related gunfight in the middle of the crowded event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, if you\u2019re Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes and you\u2019re looking to deflect from the fact that your department doesn\u2019t even have a unit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-searching-second-suspect-deadly-shooting-seattle-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devoted to gang crimes<\/a>, you can\u2019t call them gang crimes. Hence, our new absurd euphemism for them: \u201csmall groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This came during a news conference in which Barnes defended being at a Black Law Enforcement Executives\u2019 conference in Texas when the shooting took place. His absence from the city has been a sore spot, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/29\/us-news\/seattle-police-chief-erupts-at-reporter-while-under-fire-for-absence-from-city-after-mass-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported, due to Barnes\u2019 frequent absences to visit Chicago, where his family still lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish that I had a crystal ball and we could schedule gun violence, but we can\u2019t,\u201d Barnes said.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, but, can we predict who does? Well, sort of \u2014 although we won\u2019t call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/several-ms-13-gang-members-plead-guilty-violent-crimes-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gang members<\/a> \u201cgang members,\u201d because that\u2019s problematic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Seattle, the problem of gun violence is worsened by small groups,\u201d Barnes told the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in our city, 0.01 percent of the population is connected to 52 percent of our shootings, most of which are young people. Which is why our department partners with community members, with our mayor\u2019s office, without our prosecutors, our federal partners, some of whom are here today, to find the underlying causes of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Which apparently are \u201csmall groups.\u201d You know, like your church has.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: Bite of Seattle Shooting Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/on9DCuapc44?start=798&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And here he is explaining why he was in Dallas, since \u201ctwo members from our community were being honored,\u201d and he doesn\u2019t have that goshdarned \u201ccrystal ball\u201d that allows him to predict when violence is going to happen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: Bite of Seattle Shooting Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/on9DCuapc44?start=1124&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>You, Mr. Barnes, are the police chief. You are supposed to be there when violence occurs.<\/p>\n<p>This is like a pilot on a flight to London saying that you can\u2019t blame him for being asleep in the cockpit when the turbulence occurred, because how are we supposed to predict when sleepiness is going to hit? Nap attack! Can\u2019t help it.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s deal with the \u201csmall group\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-huckabee-dont-fooled-euphemisms-biden-harris-abortion-extremists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">euphemism<\/a>, because that\u2019s kind of important. Surprisingly, he\u2019s not the only police chief of a major woke city who\u2019s using this kind of euphemism to talk about gangs these days. Here\u2019s the interim police chief of Asheville, North Carolina, calling the suspects in a recent shooting \u201ca group of individuals who know each other\u201d who were \u201ccommitting acts of violence against each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s liberal Asheville Police Dept Interim Chief, Jacquelyn \u201cJackie\u201d Stepp tying herself in knots to not call the shooting that left 2 dead &#038; 7 critically injured this week gang related, but rather \u2018groups\u2019. Asheville continues to get what it votes for. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/asheville?\">@asheville<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CFsAbnyXt3\">pic.twitter.com\/CFsAbnyXt3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evans Wroten (@Evans_Wroten) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Evans_Wroten\/status\/2080705782429958301?\">July 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stepp and others in Asheville law enforcement wouldn\u2019t even answer <a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/news-13-investigates\/gangs-groups-apd-asheville-police-department-not-answered-city-downtown-retaliatory-violence-fatal-shooting-deadly-2-dead-7-injured-gun-violence-firearms-north-carolina-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media questions<\/a> about whether these shootings were gang-related, simply sticking to the line about \u201ctwo groups of individuals\u201d who knew of one another.<\/p>\n<p>And in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lgbt-people-surge-seattle-republican-states-demand-public-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle<\/a>, it\u2019s a \u201csmall group.\u201d Bigger the city, smaller the group, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Tying yourself in knots to avoid telling the truth about crime only divides us \u2014 which is the point, I suppose, when it comes from the left. This is especially true when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secy-psaki-comments-on-assassination-of-haitian-president\/\" title=\"White House Press Secy. Psaki comments on assassination of Haitian president\">gang-related violence<\/a>, especially when it\u2019s plastered over by a guy who was at an identitarian convention when it happened. 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In Seattle, three people lost their lives in a shooting, yet the city clings to euphemisms like &#8220;small groups&#8221; instead of gangs. The media reports it as a gang-related fight at the Bite of Seattle, but officials avoid calling it gang violence. Police Chief Barnes was absent during the incident, citing lack of foresight-yet he claims gun violence is caused by &#8220;small groups,&#8221; which are just like your church groups. Similarly, Asheville&#8217;s interim police chief describes suspects as &#8220;individuals who know each other,&#8221; avoiding mention of gangs altogether. 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