OT Seattle pays convicted pimp $150k to be its 'Street Czar' and come up with 'alternatives to policing

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    Seattle pays convicted pimp $150,000 to be its 'Street Czar' and come up with 'alternatives to policing' as he boasts he can talk to 'gangsters and prostitutes who won't sit down with anybody else'
    • Andrè Taylor signed a $12,500 a month deal with the city on July 27 to work as its community liaison, according to the contract published by PubliCola last week
    • Taylor said he can talk to 'gang members, pimps and prostitutes who won't sit down with anybody else'
    • His nonprofit Not This Time will provide recommendations to the city on de-escalation, community engagement and alternatives to policing
    • Mayor Jenny Durkan's office said the partnership would 'help de-escalate the ongoing situation' by tapping into Taylor's 'lived experience'
    • In 2016, Taylor vowed to 'go to war' with Seattle after his brother Che Taylor was shot dead by cops
    • Taylor then set up Not This Time which champions statewide police reforms
    • This year he emerged as an ally to Mayor Durkan speaking out against the controversial CHOP zone where two people were shot dead
    • He was then exposed in a secret recording offering to negotiate a million-dollar package with the city on behalf of CHOP occupiers in exchange for them leaving
    • Back in 2000, Taylor was convicted of seven prostitution-related counts
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...st-paid-150-000-Seattle-work-street-czar.html
     
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    DAMMIT, why didn't I know about this? I gots skillz!

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    His pimp hand is strong.
     
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    Is there a supply of baby powder included in his contract
     
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    I'm not going to sit here and allow you guys to badmouth pimps of America
     
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    Think of the possible alternatives, “Hey, dude, drop the knife and go around the corner for a free BJ.”
     
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    Mayor Durkan will be working 4th and Pine by the end of the week.
     
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    I'd do that!
     
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    You'd be giving free BJs?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    at my age, I'd be more inclined to go around a corner for a free BLT
     
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    Man if someone is handing out BLTs in some dark alley some crazy shit must be going down.
     
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    Who knew that stopping a war only would cost the city 12k a month.
     
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    I can see a conflict of interest with the Me Too members and commies on the board of commissioners.
     
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