WEBVTT FILE X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:0,LOCAL:00:00:00.000 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:07.290 BEHIND THE CHIEF IS THE EAST 2 00:00:07.290 --> 00:00:08.060 PRECINCT AND I DON'T SEE A 3 00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:09.090 SINGLE PROTESTER HERE. 4 00:00:09.090 --> 00:00:11.760 WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE 5 00:00:11.760 --> 00:00:12.160 CHIEF TO START SPEAKING. HERE 6 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:13.100 SHE IS. 7 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:14.060 TWO HOURS AGO OUR DEPARTMENT 8 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:15.330 WAS PART OF A COORDINATED CITY 9 00:00:15.330 --> 00:00:16.900 EFFORT TO ADDRESS SAFETY, 10 00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:18.780 PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC 11 00:00:22.910 --> 00:00:23.840 PROPERTY DAMAGE ON CAPITOL HILL 12 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:25.440 AROUND THE CAL ANDERSON PARK 13 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:25.910 AND IN THE SEATTLE EAST 14 00:00:25.910 --> 00:00:27.010 PRECINCT. 15 00:00:27.010 --> 00:00:31.710 UNDER AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM 16 00:00:31.710 --> 00:00:32.880 MAYOR DURKAN, THE SEATTLE 17 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:34.580 POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THE FIRST 18 00:00:34.580 --> 00:00:37.400 OF THE AGENCIES TO ENTER THE 19 00:00:39.720 --> 00:00:41.220 AREA TODAY. 20 00:00:41.220 --> 00:00:42.760 OUR JOB WAS TO VACATE THE AREA 21 00:00:42.760 --> 00:00:44.330 AND ISSUE DISPERSAL ORDERS. 22 00:00:44.330 --> 00:00:47.460 THIS COMES AFTER WEEKS OF 23 00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:48.400 VIOLENCE IN AND AROUND THE 24 00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:49.530 CAPITOL HILL OCCUPIED PROTEST 25 00:00:49.530 --> 00:00:50.940 ZONE INCLUDING MULTIPLE 26 00:00:54.970 --> 00:00:55.770 SHOOTINGS RESULTING IN MANY 27 00:00:55.770 --> 00:00:56.910 INJURIES AND TWO DEATHS. 28 00:00:56.910 --> 00:00:59.710 THE DEATH OF TWO TEENAGERS. 29 00:00:59.710 --> 00:01:03.000 AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE HAD AT 30 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:08.880 LEAST 13 ARRESTS. 31 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:10.290 I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON 32 00:01:10.290 --> 00:01:11.490 ALL OF THE ARRESTS AND MY PLAN 33 00:01:11.490 --> 00:01:12.350 IS TO UPDATE YOU ON MORE 34 00:01:12.350 --> 00:01:13.120 INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES 35 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:14.220 AVAILABLE LATER TODAY. 36 00:01:14.220 --> 00:01:14.590 I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I HAVE 37 00:01:14.590 --> 00:01:16.060 SAID. 38 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:18.590 I SUPPORT PEACEFUL 39 00:01:18.590 --> 00:01:22.600 DEMONSTRATIONS AND BLACK LIVES 40 00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:24.370 MATTER. I TOO WANT TO PROPEL 41 00:01:24.370 --> 00:01:28.600 THIS MOVEMENT FORWARD TOWARD 42 00:01:28.600 --> 00:01:29.540 MEANINGFUL EXCHANGE AND A AND 43 00:01:29.540 --> 00:01:32.470 CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 44 00:01:32.470 --> 00:01:37.350 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. OUR JOB IS TO 45 00:01:37.350 --> 00:01:37.810 PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE 46 00:01:37.810 --> 00:01:39.310 COMMUNITY. 47 00:01:39.310 --> 00:01:40.520 OUR JOB IS TO SUPPORT PEACEFUL 48 00:01:40.520 --> 00:01:41.520 DEMONSTRATIONS. 49 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:43.450 WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON THE 50 00:01:43.450 --> 00:01:46.090 STREETS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS 51 00:01:46.090 --> 00:01:49.520 IS LAWLESS AND IT IS BRUTAL. 52 00:01:49.520 --> 00:01:50.830 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT IS 53 00:01:50.830 --> 00:01:52.960 SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. I WILL 54 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:55.830 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR 55 00:01:55.830 --> 00:01:57.270 COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION IN 56 00:01:57.270 --> 00:01:59.330 OUR OFFICE OF POLICE 57 00:01:59.330 --> 00:02:01.210 ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE OFFICE 58 00:02:04.770 --> 00:02:05.670 OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ALONG 59 00:02:05.670 --> 00:02:06.780 WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND 60 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:09.540 CITY LEADERS TO ENCOURAGE PEACE 61 00:02:09.540 --> 00:02:11.110 AND MOVE FORWARD WITH HOW TO RE- 62 00:02:11.110 --> 00:02:13.460 ENVISION PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR 63 00:02:16.820 --> 00:02:18.050 CITY. 64 00:02:18.050 --> 00:02:19.190 I WILL TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS. 65 00:02:19.190 --> 00:02:20.560 AGAIN, THIS IS EARLY IN FLUID 66 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:21.690 AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE 67 00:02:21.690 --> 00:02:22.060 INFORMATION THAT I CAN AT THIS 68 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:22.990 TIME. 69 00:02:22.990 --> 00:02:25.460 THERE WILL BE FURTHER UPDATES 70 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:27.100 AS TIME PROGRESSES. 71 00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:28.530 IS THIS GOING TO BE BACK TO 72 00:02:28.530 --> 00:02:31.230 NORMAL TOMORROW WITH REGULAR 73 00:02:31.230 --> 00:02:32.500 CAPITOL HILL? 74 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:33.740 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CLEARED 75 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:35.170 OUT A NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATORS 76 00:02:35.170 --> 00:02:37.110 AND WE WILL HAVE OTHER CITY 77 00:02:37.110 --> 00:02:37.770 ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY 78 00:02:37.770 --> 00:02:41.510 INTERESTS COME IN. 79 00:02:41.510 --> 00:02:42.950 WE WILL CLEAN UP THE AREA AND 80 00:02:42.950 --> 00:02:44.050 CLEAN UP THE PRECINCT AND START 81 00:02:44.050 --> 00:02:44.650 OPERATIONS AS SOON AS WE 82 00:02:44.650 --> 00:02:45.810 REASONABLY CAN. 83 00:02:45.810 --> 00:02:47.220 Reporter: [ INAUDIBLE 84 00:02:47.220 --> 00:02:49.050 QUESTION ]. 85 00:02:49.050 --> 00:02:51.220 I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION AT 86 00:02:51.220 --> 00:02:53.560 THIS POINT. I KNOW PEOPLE WERE 87 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:54.920 ARRESTED AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS 88 00:02:54.920 --> 00:02:56.760 STILL CLEAN UP AND WE WILL BE 89 00:02:56.760 --> 00:02:57.630 ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BETTER 90 00:02:57.630 --> 00:02:58.990 LATER IN THE DAY. 91 00:02:58.990 --> 00:03:01.030 Reporter: [ INAUDIBLE 92 00:03:01.030 --> 00:03:02.630 QUESTION ]. 93 00:03:02.630 --> 00:03:03.200 WE ARE NOT IN THE BUILDING 94 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:05.200 AT THIS POINT. 95 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:06.440 WE'VE DONE A SEARCH TO MAKE 96 00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:10.010 SURE THERE WERE NO OBSTACLES OR 97 00:03:10.010 --> 00:03:11.140 CONCERNS IN THE BUILDING. WE 98 00:03:11.140 --> 00:03:12.470 HAVE CLEANED THE BUILDING OUT 99 00:03:12.470 --> 00:03:17.210 IN THAT REGARD, BUT WE ARE NOT 100 00:03:17.210 --> 00:03:18.210 MOVING IN AS OF YET. 101 00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:19.350 Reporter: CHIEF, CAN YOU 102 00:03:19.350 --> 00:03:20.250 TELL US ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND 103 00:03:20.250 --> 00:03:20.880 AGENCIES THAT HAVE ACCOMPANIED 104 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:22.020 YOU THIS MORNING? 105 00:03:22.020 --> 00:03:26.820 WE WANT TO THANK THE 106 00:03:26.820 --> 00:03:27.860 BELLEVUE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 107 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:29.420 SENDING RESOURCES TO ASSIST US 108 00:03:29.420 --> 00:03:31.390 AS WELL AS THE LOCAL FBI THAT 109 00:03:31.390 --> 00:03:33.530 WAS HERE AS WELL. OTHERWISE, 110 00:03:33.530 --> 00:03:36.350 THE PERSONNEL WERE FROM THE CITY 111 00:03:45.170 --> 00:03:46.010 -- SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 112 00:03:46.010 --> 00:03:46.480 Reporter: [ INAUDIBLE 113 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:47.680 QUESTION ]. 114 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:48.610 IN TERMS OF THE EAST 115 00:03:48.610 --> 00:03:49.810 PRECINCT, THE MAYOR'S ORDER 116 00:03:49.810 --> 00:03:50.510 MAKES IT CLEAR THIS AREA IS OFF- 117 00:03:50.510 --> 00:03:51.850 LIMITS AT THIS TIME. 118 00:03:51.850 --> 00:03:53.020 NO ONE SHOULD BE IN THE AREA 119 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:53.520 AND WE WILL ENFORCE THAT 120 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:54.720 THOROUGHLY. 121 00:03:54.720 --> 00:03:55.980 THERE ARE NO OTHER THREATS TO 122 00:03:55.980 --> 00:03:58.790 THE FACILITY THAT WE WILL HAVE 123 00:03:58.790 --> 00:04:00.090 ADDITIONAL STAFFING IN ALL AREAS 124 00:04:00.090 --> 00:04:00.520 . I WILL TAKE ONE MORE 125 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:01.560 QUESTION. 126 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.230 Reporter: [ INAUDIBLE 127 00:04:05.230 --> 00:04:06.700 QUESTION ]. 128 00:04:06.700 --> 00:04:07.700 MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 129 00:04:07.700 --> 00:04:08.600 NAVIGATION TEAM PARTICIPATED IN 130 00:04:08.600 --> 00:04:10.100 THIS ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORT. 131 00:04:10.100 --> 00:04:11.630 Reporter: ONE MORE QUESTION. 132 00:04:11.630 --> 00:04:13.980 YOU MENTIONED WORKING WITH THE 133 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:20.810 COMMUNITY, HAVE YOU SEEN THE 134 00:04:20.810 --> 00:04:21.640 LATEST LIST OF DEMANDS AND DO 135 00:04:21.640 --> 00:04:23.520 YOU HAVE A COMMENT?