Black community activist Victoria Beach says the Seattle Police Department, via the mayor's office, warned her to stop giving interviews.
Victoria Beach, a member of the Seattle Police Department’s African American Advisory Committee and an influential community activist, doesn’t like being silenced. But she alleges that’s precisely what the Seattle Police Department and the Mayor’s Office are demanding as she openly criticizes the decision to terminate Chief Adrian Diaz. She calls it “retaliation.”
But now that Beach is vocally opposing the staffing decision, she said that she’s being silenced under threat of discipline, including termination.“The Jason Rantz Show” Beach suspects the orders came from Deputy Mayor Tim Burgess, a close ally of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. Burgess is believed to be behind the changes to SPD, upset he hasn’t been able to control messaging and, in some cases, policy, according to sources.
Beach says she has previously been allowed to talk to media with few restrictions. If there are consequences for her speaking to the media now, it could come at a political cost. After lawsuits and complaints alleging racism and gender bias, will the department and mayor’s office feel comfortable firing a black, female, community activist?
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