Even worse, he planned it all earlier that morning and then staged it for prime time.

Local reporters were tipped off by inside sources:

Mayor Frey is telling far from the whole truth regarding the decision to let the 3rd Precinct go. Officers there knew this morning. I don’t know why they ended up defending it as long as they did, but there was just a skeleton crew left in the evening.

Earlier in the afternoon, I saw several officers come out and take photos of the building as if they didn’t expect to ever see it again. Moved much of the stuff out by mid afternoon. When that whole story is told, it will be an interesting one. https://twitter.com/LouRaguse/status/1266258467590828032