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Seattle mayor announces plan to block ICE activity, use police to verify federal agent IDs (komonews.com)
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They quiet quit full-time during the BLM stuff, and part time for about 10-15 years before that. This wouldn't be the first time.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They never went back to work

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Idk, I think it's gotten better.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Seattle has the same thing. I think there were around 10 that made 400k from the overtime. The pay is horrific enough, but they weren't even showing up.