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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·19 days agoThis is Washington State, not Washington, D.C. D.C. doesn’t have a governor, it has a mayor.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·edit-219 days agoTo be clear, I’m aware, Inslee is my governor. That’s why I’m sick of the cop situation here. https://www.cascadepbs.org/politics/2023/01/what-happened-after-jan-6-confrontation-olympia On January 6th, we had armed fools rolling up on Inslee. But the shitty cops issue goes waaaaaaay back. https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/chief-says-ruling-on-random-drug-testing-doesnt-make-sense/article_f5505e4e-7bf0-5863-8846-373428f6f783.html I remember when a police union ran a police chief out of town because he had the audacity to suggest drug testing his cops after a few were caught doing drugs in their police cruisers.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·19 days agoFair enough then. The January 6th part made me think you were talking about D.C.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoThat’s also fair, a lot of people don’t know that several states had their own local Jan 6th issues.
This is Washington State, not Washington, D.C.
D.C. doesn’t have a governor, it has a mayor.
To be clear, I’m aware, Inslee is my governor. That’s why I’m sick of the cop situation here.
https://www.cascadepbs.org/politics/2023/01/what-happened-after-jan-6-confrontation-olympia
On January 6th, we had armed fools rolling up on Inslee.
But the shitty cops issue goes waaaaaaay back.
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/chief-says-ruling-on-random-drug-testing-doesnt-make-sense/article_f5505e4e-7bf0-5863-8846-373428f6f783.html
I remember when a police union ran a police chief out of town because he had the audacity to suggest drug testing his cops after a few were caught doing drugs in their police cruisers.
Fair enough then. The January 6th part made me think you were talking about D.C.
That’s also fair, a lot of people don’t know that several states had their own local Jan 6th issues.