정치 · Seattle Police Chief Resigns · 아카이브Seattle Police Chief Out — Resigned or Removed? The 'Multiple Factors' Mayor Won't Name작성 2026년 9월 7일 오후 9:22 UTC시청방송 전문0:00Seattle Police Chief Shawn Barnes is0:01out, but whether he resigned or was0:03removed depends on which account you0:05consult. The city's official statement0:06says Barnes resigned over the0:08department's handling of the food0:09festival shooting, but Mayor Wilson told0:11reporters she made the decision to0:13remove him, insisting it was not solely0:14due to Sunday's events. The shooting0:16killed three people and wounded four0:18others. Beyond the tragedy, violent0:20crime in Seattle has actually been0:22trending down, and the department has0:24been rebuilding after years of staffing0:26losses, facts that make the sudden0:28departure harder to explain. It started0:30Sunday with the shooting. By Wednesday,0:32Barnes was out. By afternoon, the mayor0:34made clear her decision would not0:36change, even as supporters rallied0:38inside City Hall and community members0:39urged her to reconsider. Chief Barnes,0:41now former chief, has supporters who0:43packed City Hall demanding his0:45reinstatement. Mayor Wilson calls the0:47mayor-police relationship core to the0:49city's success, and says she does not0:50react to a single event, but she still0:53won't name the other factors that sealed0:54his exit. The contradiction between0:56resigned and removed remains unresolved.0:59Until the mayor names the multiple1:00factors, it reads less like a semantic1:03dispute than a struggle over who1:04controls the narrative in the police1:06department in Seattle.기사 읽기스토리 타임라인HeyDex짧은 영상 ↗
