5 % ▁un emp loyment , ▁U hl man ▁had ▁to ▁cut ▁city ▁bud gets . ▁" The ▁greatest ▁challenge ," ▁he ▁would ▁say ▁years ▁later , ▁" was ▁just ▁keeping ▁the ▁economic ▁ship ▁af loat ." ▁ ▁U hl man ▁inherited ▁a ▁police ▁department ▁r ife ▁with ▁cor ruption , ▁and ▁ran ▁through ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁acting ▁police ▁chief s ▁and ▁otherwise ▁short - l ived ▁occup ants ▁of ▁that ▁office ▁attempting ▁to ▁clean ▁it ▁up . ▁The ▁prior ▁chief ▁had ▁res igned ▁in ▁dis gra ce . ▁U hl man ' s ▁own ▁choice ▁to ▁clean ▁up ▁the ▁mess — Fran k ▁Moore , ▁a ▁department ▁ins ider ▁who ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁U hl man ' s ▁series ▁of ▁acting ▁chief s — had , ▁according ▁to ▁U hl man , ▁begun ▁making ▁progress ▁on ▁the ▁clean up , ▁but ▁it ▁became ▁un ten able ▁to ▁appoint ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁permanent ▁chief ▁because ▁he ▁was , ▁himself , ▁called ▁before ▁the ▁grand ▁j ury ▁investig ating ▁the ▁cor ruption . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁period ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁federal ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Al co hol , ▁Tob acco ▁and ▁Fire ar ms ▁( AT F ) ▁st aged ▁several ▁violent ▁ra ids ▁on ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁Party ▁strong holds . ▁Moore ▁ad vised ▁U hl man ▁that ▁A TF ▁wanted ▁to ▁stage ▁a ▁similar ▁ra id ▁in ▁Seattle . ▁Ne ither ▁man ▁was ▁enthus i astic ▁about ▁the ▁prospect . ▁U hl man ▁viewed ▁the ▁Seattle ▁chapter ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Pan