"I will do everything in my power to protect anyone in Seattle from anyone who comes to this city with the intention to hurt them or inhibit their First Amendment rights," Barnes told Council members during a Public Safety Committee meeting that is part of his confirmation process. "What that means is at some point I will probably go to jail and be in prison because we have an administration that has threatened to jail politicians… and has threatened to jail a governor."
"The federal government's decision to bring in the military — and I was a Marine — is not warranted," Barnes said.
KUOW - Seattle Police Chief Barnes says he expects to be jailed for resisting Trump's orders
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
— Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@acatwithnews.bsky.social) 11 June 2025 at 19:00
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