Seattle police chief's Snohomish County home draws protesters
SNOHOMISH — A large number of protesters gathered outside Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best’s unincorporated Snohomish County home Saturday, prompting neighbors and law enforcement to intervene.
Best addressed the incident in a letter Sunday to the Seattle City Council.
“A residence of mine in Snohomish County was targeted by a large group of aggressive protestors late last night,” she wrote. “My neighbors were concerned by such a large group, but they were successful in ensuring the crowd was not able to trespass or engage in other illegal behavior in the area, despite repeated attempts to do so.”
An estimated 200 people gathered outside her home on the outskirts of Snohomish, but by the time deputies arrived most were gone, Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney said in a prepared statement.
That approximated number was calculated from callers who reported the crowd and deputies who arrived on scene, sheriff’s office spokesperson Courtney O’Keefe said.
Video circulating on social media shows trucks blocking a road, and people who appear to live in the area confronting demonstrators. Both neighbors and protesters were reported as being armed, O’Keefe said.
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