The Seattle City Council is facing something of a dilemma in its popular pledge to cut the police budget by 50 percent. To do so would require firing a significant number of police officers, which is also popular. The problem is that the firing would be done by seniority and many of the less senior officers are black. The solution according to City Council member Lisa Herbold is simple: fire officers based on their race. While that would be the definition of racial discrimination, Herbold clearly believes that it is discrimination for a good cause. The federal courts are likely to disagree. Most notably, Herbold’s call for racial discrimination against white officers would seek to undue the work of Justice Thurgood Marshall who insisted that racial discrimination unlawful and evil regardless of the race you want to disenfranchise or discriminate against.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best released a video calling the plan of Herbold and others “completely reckless.” She also sent a letter to Mayor Jenny Durkan warning that dramatic cuts would require the layoff of hundreds of officers. The Police Department also warned that the firings would include many minority officers.
It was only the last risk that concerned Herbold who promptly suggested discriminating on the basis of race:
Herbold insists that this would be perfectly legal despite the prohibitions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What concerns me most is not that such calls for racial discrimination are possibly constitutional but that they are so clearly popular.
The EEOC amplifies this point on its website: “It is unlawful to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race or color in regard to hiring, termination, promotion, compensation, job training, or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment.”
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No longer demonstrations for black people. It has now been proven the anarchists have taken over the cause by the fact the mayor said for the trashers to keep going. I wounder how the tax payers in Oregon like paying for the destruction and policing while the city is being destroyed.
This Mayor needs to be held accountable under the law for aiding and abetting -Domestic Terrorism, sedition, and insurrection... Why has President Trump failed to have the FBI arrest and prosecute this Mayor and any others taking similar action... the arrest and prosecution of one or two high-level politicians for engaging in such illegal activity would likely lead to many left-wing politicians reexamining how they address political differences and the use of their offices.
You tell us how this is all going to end and who WILL restore law and order!
Dumbest White People In The World!
Why is most of these problems are caused by whites? I don't understand how being white qualifies you to demonstrate as a black person. These people need to move to a communist country like Venezuela, Russia, or China!
if seattle doesn't want white people fine then don't expect a great deal of tourists revenue from white tourists who will take their business else where
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242 - Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
This statute makes it a crime for any person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to willfully deprive or cause to be deprived from any person those rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S.
This law further prohibits a person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to willfully subject or cause to be subjected any person to different punishments, pains, or penalties, than those prescribed for punishment of citizens on account of such person being an alien or by reason of his/her color or race.
Acts under "color of any law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under "color of any law," the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. This definition includes, in addition to law enforcement officials, individuals such as Mayors, Councilpersons, Judges, Nursing Home Proprietors, Security Guards, etc., persons who are bound by laws, statutes ordinances, or customs.
Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to one year, or both, and if bodily injury results or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire shall be fined or imprisoned up to ten years or both, and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or maybe sentenced to death.
This law can be used to arrest, detain, and prosecute local authorities for acting under the color of law to deprive their citizens of their civil rights as guaranteed under the US Constitution and various statutory provisions. The President may arrest, indict, and try any Governor, Mayor, City Council, or other public officials who act in an official capacity to deny any citizen their civil rights. The President has no excuse for allowing local authorities to deny anyone their civil rights or to permit one class of individuals to assemble while denying others the same right.
What is she going to do if she is assaulted and the police don't show up because there are none? These people are so ignorant and stupid.
Everybody and every entity that practices racial discrimination believes it to be in a "good cause." Hitler sought the total extermination of Jews in Europe in a "good cause" -- Aryan supremacy. As the old saying goes: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." In this case however Herbold's position is made with badi intentions because she knows for Seattle to do this would be racist and illegal, and she doesn't care. So much for upholding the laws and constitution.
So, now we are all on the same page in our thinking. Firing all white policemen is DISCRIMINATION, finally the truth comes out. Yell it from the rooftops, make it clear that REVERSE DISCRIMINATION EXISTS.
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