Shon Barnes named new Seattle police chief

On Friday, Mayor Bruce Harrell named Shon Barnes as Seattle's new Chief of Police.
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[@rickrobbins1037]

Is there no one in the 87% that can do the job?

[@davidsimmons8447]

We represent 20%.Who cares. 🤷‍♂️

[@rickrobbins1037]

@davidsimmons8447 dei

[@SiccDeville]

exactly. across the country this is happening.

[@theconcerned]

@@davidsimmons8447 not in washington state. more like 6%.

[@thomasparks6822]

Because the last 5 DEI hires for Chief of Police worked out so well.

[@davidnewton6441]

Sounds like he’s against the second amendment!

[@PenTheMighty]

They brought him in because he's open to gun bans and confiscation. That's it. They could otherwise care less. KC made a huge mistake when they abdicated their right to vote for the Chief of Police, thus turning it into a political appointment. It goes all the way back to when Durkan bypassed the usual process of selecting a Chief and chose Carmen Best (who was originally NOT eligible to be Police Chief, skipping past 3 qualified candidates).

[@OfficialSpiritualSuccess]

He's getting blocked on gun confiscation and bans....not happening FYI...the dumbazz governor already fked up gun laws here...they need to stop abusing their power when the constitution is the Supreme law of the land and they know they are out of their jurisdiction / legal authority to do so.

[@dmpi483]

I wonder how many DEI boxes he checked off.

[@bfranco1519]

Another DEI hire… Expect no meaningful change!

[@jamesfields7]

I lived in Madison for most of his tenure. Our crime went off the charts, yet they managed to show crime declining in all of the press releases....expect a similar outcome there

[@Aaron1911-e2b]

@@jamesfields7Good to know, been curious about this new Chief and wanted to hear from people who actually have experience with him as Chief. Not just what’s available online. Hope you’re wrong but unfortunately I’d bet you’re right. SPD doesn’t select the best Chiefs it seems.

[@jamesfields7]

@@Aaron1911-e2b in 2022 he told the city’s residents to not to entertain in yards and on decks because it invited crime. We didn’t have a huge crime problem until he began the types of things he was noted for It is what it is. Neither Madison, nor Seattle see their errors so…

[@SiccDeville]

@@jamesfields7 crime is down because they are not being reported because why bother calling the depleted police force.

[@eddieg6436]

…….Good luck!!……you’ll NEED IT!!

[@wadedavies3924]

So......another DEI hire?

[@Aaron1911-e2b]

In your opinion, is Shon Barnes not qualified and why? Genuinely curious. Was there someone else you were hoping for?

[@wadedavies3924]

@Aaron1911-e2b just somebody who isn't going to sexually harass their subordinates and leave the department with gigantic law suits.

[@Aaron1911-e2b]

@@wadedavies3924Totally agree but what does that have to do with Shon being a DEI hire? And I’m not being a smartass here, I’m curious as to what you know about Shon Barnes that we should be aware of.

[@wadedavies3924]

@@Aaron1911-e2b I'll let you figure it out.....meanwhile, what just happened at JBLM? Oops, sorry. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

[@Aaron1911-e2b]

@@wadedavies3924 Okay man, have a great Christmas.

[@Gimmeanother]

13% chance this goes well

[@davidsimmons8447]

20%

[@Gimmeanother]

@ it may seem like 20%, if you go by every commercial advertisement it’s seems like 90%, but in reality it’s only 13%, but then again it’s Seattle Liberalism’s reality so there is that

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

This man is either "woke, wacko, liberal" matching the city counsel's profile in Seattle, or totally desperate to have a job.

[@RacheILevine]

Where’s his partner “Noble”?

[@hectorrock9647]

Hope he does a better job putting criminals in jail .

[@epilepticwelder]

hes known to bring down crime, except for those murders he just got fired over👺👹🤡💩

[@RiannonBardsIey]

police make us more safe unless yourea bad guy.

[@BotchedSurgery37]

Whats his F-ing Salary?

[@crammond7114]

Why is he not from here?

[@theconcerned]

another token appointment for SPD. that last couple have been complete failures.

[@gman376]

Seattle seems to pick the bottom of the barrel. They should stick with the one they have now

[@davidsimmons8447]

Don't worry he won't be here long.

[@RacheILevine]

neither will you

[@billmoore7133]

@@RacheILevine Or you!!!

[@RacheILevine]

@@billmoore7133 or you!

[@Luigi_Mangina]

We don’t want anymore woke starbucks employeesS

[@nyancatnatalie]

I liked Carmen Best. Too bad they drove her out for being good at her job.

[@theconcerned]

she was a complete failure.