KING 5 NEWS, SEATTLE, WA - An Alaska man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for trying to set fire to a Seattle police precinct during last summer's racial justice protests. Desmond David-Pitts pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in January, acknowledging he set a fire to trash piled outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct Aug. 24 while others tried to bar a door to keep officers from leaving. David-Pitts was identified and arrested within an hour thanks to his distinctive pink-camouflage pants. He told investigators following his arrest that he had bad experiences with police and that he was angry. "The intentional fire set ... in an organized, pre-planned attack endangered the lives of our officers and our entire community," former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said at the time. "This was not a peaceful protest, or demonstration for equity, but an act of lawlessness." David-Pitts had arrived in Seattle from Alaska three days before Monday’s protest, according to the criminal complaint. Visit king5.com for video coverage.
Man gets 20 months for plan to burn Seattle police precinct during protests
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