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To Paul Schell, Seattle City Council
members and Mark Sidran:
As a Seattle resident and an active trade unionist, I am outraged by the
behavior of City officials during this past week. The police,
under direction of Norm Stamper and Paul Schell, ignored vandalism
masquerading as political protest, but tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed and
fired on peaceful protesters. Stamper has shown himself completely
unqualified to continue as any kind of ranking officer in the police
department, and Schell should be promptly recalled. The City
Council members have, for the most part, shown no leadership at all in
supporting the grassroots efforts to reclaim our city. We knew in
advance that the WTO, if it's allowed to continue, would devastate our
standard of living while keeping citizens of developing countries under
the thumbs of the multinationals. We didn't realize that the Mayor
of Seattle and his police chief would instantly collaborate with the WTO
to suspend the US Constitution in Seattle.
Fire Stamper - recall Schell!
Paul Bigman
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