Following Monday’s press conference with Mayor Bruce Harrell , State Attorney General Nick Brown, and other city officials, President Trump again inflamed tensions today by claiming he’d use Seattle and other “dangerous” cities as “training grounds” for the military. Over the past two years Seattle crime rates have trended downward, police hiring is dramatically up, and the City Council has passed nearly 30 public safety bills . Councilmember Bob Kettle (District 7), who chairs the Public Safety Committee, shared the following thoughts:

I stood with Washington State Attorney General Brown and Seattle Mayor Harrell yesterday as we stated there is simply no reason for the National Guard to be deployed in our city.

In my 21 months as a city councilmember and chair of our Publi

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