by Nathalie Graham
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May 24, 2021 at 5:55 pm
I guess we've solved the East Precinct mystery that wasn't that much of a mystery. DAVID RYDER/GETTY
Twenty-year-old Alaskan sentenced for East Precinct fire: A federal judge sentenced Desmond David-Pitts, 20, to 20 months in prison for conspiracy to commit arson. David-Pitts set a fire outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct last August. Authorities identified David-Pitts by the pink camouflage pants he wore that night.
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Carmen Best spills: Former SPD Chief Carmen Best kinda revealed who made the decision to abandon the East Precinct last summer, the decision that precipitated the formation of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, and then the Capitol Hill Organized Protest. Best told the podcast "Reducing Crime" that her command staff chose to leave the precinct after Mayor Jenny Durkan made the call to remove the barricades at 11th and Pine, the intersection that saw all the action that June. Best maintained that she advised against evacuating the precinct and that she warned city officials that they should do something about CHOP, but no one listened.