Police Leadership Defends Its Protest Response as Demonstrators Disrupt Council Meeting

Josh KeletyCouncil Member Kshama Sawant raised her hands in solidarity with today's protesters.
Things got rowdy at a Seattle City Council briefing this morning as Seattle Police Department leaders tried—amid shouts from protesters—to answer questions about their response to anti-police-brutality demonstrations over the last two months.
Council Member Kshama Sawant requested the meeting in December, after the police department estimated it had spent about $586,000 i