🚨 UPDATE: Seattle Police Department Announces They Will NOT Cooperate With ICE Amid The LA Riots. – Seattle Police Department

Seattle Chief Of Police Shon Barnes stated in a post on X that the Seattle Police Department (SPD) should not assist in any ICE raids.

“The Seattle Police Department does not engage in immigration enforcement activity,” Barnes said. “We do not inquire into, or collect information about an individual’s immigration or citizenship status, unless it is directly connected to a state or local criminal investigation.”

Barnes stated he expects to be jailed by the Trump administration for standing up for First Amendment rights amid ICE protests.

Barnes’ statement was in response to questions about ongoing ICE protests in LA, and Trump’s decision to employ the National Guard and Marines to help disperse the area.

“I will do everything in my power…to protect anyone in Seattle from anyone who comes into this city with the intention to hurt them or inhibit their First Amendment right,” Barnes said. “At some point, I will probably go to jail and be in prison, because we have an administration that has threatened to jail politicians.”