Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she would be stepping down from her post following votes by the city council to cut the department budget, including her own salary, and reduce the police force, as part of an effort to reform policing. Ms. Best, the city’s first Black police chief, is the latest in a string of high-profile chiefs to depart following sometimes violent protests against racial injustice and police brutality. Since the May 25 killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, top law-enforcement...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 11, 2020 17:15 UTC