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Dispatch from the War Zone of Seattle
This Fox News Web Site story today is just priceless. The Mayor,a white, homosexual, female Jenny Durkan, has been “demanded” to resign by avowed Socialist City Council-creature Kshama Sawant. Yeah, as if Durkan takes orders from the Clowncil! Sawant let demonstrators into City Hall because in her view it “belongs to the people”.
“Protesters” Storm City Hall! Those same protesters took over the Seattle East Precinct, making a 6-block “police-free zone”.
And now this, from MyNorthwest.com. It seems that the so-called “demonstrators” on Capitol Hill (above) are armed, and now establishing checkpoints around the neighborhood, and attempting to extract “protection money” from local businesses. How is this helpful? With no police, this is what you get.
Here are some quotes from another article on the KOMO Web site, about the “protester-occupied Autonomous Zone” near the Seattle Police East Precinct on Capitol Hill.
After Seattle police boarded up and abandoned the east precinct, a story started to spread that protesters with guns had broken in and were occupying the building. This is false. [emphasis mine]
Now, just think about the bolded statement above. The Seattle Police have abandoned their precinct station, and basically surrendered to the Occupying Force of Protesters. What, exactly, does this say about the Police of the City of Seattle, whose job it is to protect the citizens of the city. This is appalling! In my opinion, this reflects the known fact that the city government of Seattle does not support its police force, and has not done for many years. They are the descendants of 1960s radicals who think of police as “pigs”.
However, armed citizens are patrolling the streets around the police station. It’s also true that rifle-toting citizens have set up checkpointsand may be restricting who goes in and out.
Does this sound like a revolution to you? An entire neighborhood of the city patrolled by armed “citizens” who probably do not live in that neighborhood.
And the truth actually gets even worse.
“We have heard anecdotally reports of citizens and businesses being asked to pay a fee to operate within this area,” Nollette said. “This is the crime of extortion.”
“The collective believes in the diversity of tactics,” said protest organizerDae Shik Kim Hawkins, Jr. “I think a lot of different coalitions and efforts are trying to achieve a very similar goal.”
Police said they are reaching out to these leaders so they can move back into the east precinct without inciting more civil unrest.
What does this sound like to you? To me, it sounds like, again, the Police have surrendered to the Protesters, and have to ask their permission to move back into their precinct house! The Protesters’ Goal is a Police-free city.
Hey, “protesters” and “demonstrators” in Seattle. Be very careful what you wish for, you might just get it. I wonder how criminal gangs and drug-pushers feel about Leftist wimps who pull the police from the streets in favor of social workers? We may be about to find out.
[originally posted over at RushBabe49.com]
Published in Policing
The thing about defined neighborhoods is that things like electricity, water, and sewer can be cut off. Not that the city of Seattle would do something that mean.
I’m embarrassed for our once-great city. How in the world we’ve turned it over to these unrealistic children is beyond me.
It’s like a bad science fiction movie.
Well, at this point they should count themselves blessed being outside the autonomous zone. Because, unless they kneel, I’m guessing they might lose their autonomy.
Next question: are there any reporters or camera crew on the inside of the zone?
Last point, starve them out. Don’t let them leave. No one go in. Let them have their experiment.
What distributor would go in there?
I assume the police did not abandon their precinct willingly. Undoubtedly the Mayor/City Council ordered the retreat. One may rest assured that local law enforcement is thoroughly disgusted.
Hey RushBabe – Do you know whether or not there are any residential buildings in the area taken over by the mob? If so, there is also a serious hostage situation to deal with on top of everything else.
If they start playing jugger it will be.
No, it’s still pretty funny, in a very (very) dark humor sort of way.
Intersting comment. Organized criminals have probably taken a hit business-wise due to the rioting and occupation. It should be interesting to see what would happen if they decide to take “affirmative action” against the anarchists . . .
Something like this happened in Philadelphia on a smaller scale some years ago. It did not end well. A whole block was blown away. BTW Durkan is probably related to me. I shouldn’t tell anyone.
Capitol Hill at this location has Seattle Central Community College, as well as old and new/luxury apartments and businesses. It has been a hotbed of Antifa activity for years as well as a large homosexual population. Not too far away live Seattle “old money” in some of the most expensive mansions in Seattle proper. The Seattle Police have a history of standing by while Antifa thugs destroy and loot businesses downtown.
I find it fascinating that there are now two city governments in Seattle that are extorting its citizens.
The streets of Capitol Hill are sorely neglected, with huge potholes everywhere and evidence of multiple patches. I have always wondered how the Seattle old money there put up with it. I would be agitating day and night for repaving.
Seems like they’ve done something similar a couple years ago
https://mynorthwest.com/1141186/dori-portland-antifa-mob/?
Hamas got its start and gained popular support by providing social services; (this was also the way Hamas’ parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood’s did things.) Hamas also was, or initially appeared to be, less corrupt than the Palestinian Authority. The top bosses in Hamas now have luxury homes in other countries.
James: do you see anyone in your city expressing a desire to emulate? I acknowledge the “disband the MPD” effort might have preempted that ambition.
So did Pablo Escobar.
Dinner Time?
My neighbor has a grandson who lives in that area of Capitol Hill and has been out on the streets for the last three days. He claims all is well and is totally unafraid. Of course, he’s 22, just graduated, just started his first job with Amazon and is convinced the occupiers’ cause is just. At this point in his life he sees the world in black and white but through rose-colored glasses.
My son was like that too, went college in Detorit, got pulled over by the police for being a little white boy in a nice car in a bad area, and lectured him. He was mad at the time, but as an adult looking back is thankful they did that.
Hi Doug I tried sending you a Private Message I dont know if you got it.
And according to US Senator Patty Murray*, so did Bin Laden.
*On more than one occasion voted “Dumbest Senator” by a poll of Capitol Hill staff.
According to some of my sources these Antifa groups are modeled directly on Hamas.
The people there voted for the people doing this. This is the result of far left decay.
Not being Republican is more important to these voters than anything.
Find me one person trapped in that zone who is conservative.
I thought Debbie Stabenow had that honor. She must be runner up.
When the Soviet Union fell the remarkable thing was how quickly it happened. All the forces that were supposed to keep it going just quit. People started surging over the Berlin wall without interference and it was all downhill from there (if you were a Soviet communist).
With the lack of action by police across the country, I can’t shake the feeling that the same type of thing is about to happen here. The underlying theme is fear of being on the wrong side of the liberal narrative. Literally all public authorities, including the police, are in the grip of this fear. Just look at the groveling of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs today. I’m afraid that very soon even routine law enforcement activities will be seen as racist, and then we’re at the point of no return. I can feel it coming.
Feudalism getting underway.
me too. It seems like the insane are running things, and I suppose there is a critical mass of thought were it doesn’t take a majority to take over. We have a lot to lose because we do have private property and rights that are being abused and people are allowing themselves willingly to be abused, and when those are gone, people will ask, what happened? I thought I was free! This is a free country! Whoops, no it isn’t.
From the first time you give in on your principals you lose on the next, and the next argument. See, nothing bad happened, then wham. It’s on like donkey kong.
The competition is fierce and it takes a lot of sound bites to make it to the nationals.