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On Thursday, Seattle Police Public Information Officer Sean Whitcomb posted his regular video game chat called Fuzzfeed206
“So this episode is going to be a little on the heavier side because of recent incidents here in Seattle,” Whitcomb says on the video.
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Even though Whitcomb expressed sympathy for Lyles, many who saw the chat were outraged.
“I just feel like heads should roll. I wouldn't want anybody to save my job if I made an appearance like that,” said Marguerite Richard.
Deputy Chief Carmen Best says the video game chat has since been taken down, and the department apologizes.
“Clearly we're very sorry that it happened and it won't happen again,” she told KIRO-7
Sgt. Whitcomb is known for his edgy attempts to engage young people who might be turned off by police.
“We feel it was inappropriate, for the video game and the chat that occurred through our communications department to occur. They have subsequently taken it down and apologized and rightfully so,” Best said
During the chat, Whitcomb said, “I know that the officers who were involved were deeply impacted and our hearts go out to Charleena Lyles' family and certainly most of all her children.”
But the damage won't easily heal.
“Those are the kinds of things that cause you to wonder what the real goals and values are of our system,” said Pastor Harvey Drake of Seattle Christians United for Peace.