Quote:Addressing the takeover of the area surrounding the Seattle Police Department’s abandoned East Precinct building, Chief Carmen Best said in a video addressed to her officers Thursday major chaos had been averted but also that she was “angry about” how the situation unfolded.
After days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, Seattle police boarded up and left the East Precinct building Monday night – and then a crowd of protesters set up barricades in the surrounding area, declaring it an “autonomous” and “cop-free zone.”
Images of the barricades show hand-written messages including “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” and “You are now leaving the USA.”
“The decision to board up the precinct, our precinct, our home, the first precinct I worked in, was something I had been holding off,” Best said. “You should know, leaving the precinct was not my decision. “
The immediate area had seen more than a week of protests, with some of them growing violent. A man allegedly drove into a crowd of protesters Sunday night and shot someone just a block away from the building.
“You fought for days to protect it,” Best continued in her remarks. “I asked you to stand on that line, day in and day out – to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened and in some cases hurt.”
Protesters allegedly also threw glass bottles, rocks and “explosives” at police there on Saturday. Police said they used blast balls and pepper spray to try and break up the crowds. The city also made the decision to ban its police force from using tear gas to quell the unrest.
“To have a change of course, nearly two weeks in,” Best said, shaking her head. “It seems like an insult to you and our community.”
She blamed “the city” for giving in to “severe public pressure” for the decision to pull out of the East Precinct building.
“We had solid information to believe that anti-government groups would destroy the precinct once we left, whether through vandalism or arson,” she said.
But despite the credible intelligence and widespread vandalism in the area, she said major destruction of the police building and surrounding homes and businesses was avoided. And no police were hurt, she added.
“Today, the precinct remains standing,” she noted – even if it’s boarded up and empty.
She also said, using air quotes, that police had heard reports of armed people “patrolling” the area, which she said was “very concerning.”
“Especially because we don’t know who these people are,” she added.
And she hinted that they may even be extorting local business owners and demanding local residents show identification.
“This is not legal,” she said. “And we ask anyone who may be experiencing this to come forward and file a police report.”
In closing, she said that she believed most city residents supported the police force – despite left-wing calls to defund departments around the country — “even though they may not be the ones posting on social media.”
(06-11-2020 04:08 PM)Kaplony Wrote: Well it seems like the People's Republic of CHAZ is in this for the long haul
Remember this photo the next time we have a discussion about the left & the right splitting the country in two and a leftist says they can grow their own food.
They claim they'll "come to the rural areas and take from them" lol
Now the good people of Portland are trying the same thing. That's the only thing I worry about letting it play out. We've seen over the last 2 weeks that these kids around the country are nothing but copycats without an original thought in their heads.
Let the blue states burn *shrug*. I'm assuming voting will not be allowed in these new "countries", and even if they vote it shouldn't count in this country anyway, so less blue votes. Works for me.
The Seattle mayor yesterday called the criminals that took over this area "Patriots". She sad she was in no hurry to end this illegal takeover and said on CNN she was ready to have a summer of "love". F'n unreal how irrational these people are.
(06-12-2020 08:39 AM)usmbacker Wrote: The Seattle mayor yesterday called the criminals that took over this area "Patriots". She sad she was in no hurry to end this illegal takeover and said on CNN she was ready to have a summer of "love". F'n unreal how irrational these people are.
So they wanna secede but are pattiots. Arming themselves.
Building walls.
Pro tip. Dont even bother building statues.
Sounds familiar.
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(06-11-2020 09:40 AM)usmbacker Wrote: The picture of Biden's America
anyone ask this guy if he has a permit for that weapon?
He does. It's called The Second Amendment.
CHAZ's Constitution has TWO Amendments already? What was the first?
BTW, even in the USA you still need to have a permit to legally own such a weapon, and you already know this. Don't be obtuse.
I own more than one such weapon, all legally purchased, and I have NO permit for them. God bless the Constitution. I do have a handgun carry permit, but I owned many guns long before I got that. There may be states where you need a permit to buy guns, but I've never lived in one (apparently you do?), nor do I ever plan to.
I wonder why our resident libs aren't on this thread touting the greatness of CHAZ? Since the Seattle mayor is good with it, why not our blue groupies?
(06-12-2020 12:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: I wonder why our resident libs aren't on this thread touting the greatness of CHAZ? Since the Seattle mayor is good with it, why not our blue groupies?
I already posted saying I would send in the troops to get back what is belong to the USA.
(06-12-2020 12:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: I wonder why our resident libs aren't on this thread touting the greatness of CHAZ? Since the Seattle mayor is good with it, why not our blue groupies?
I already posted saying I would send in the troops to get back what is belong to the USA.
I've put you in a more centrist group...not on the far left.
(06-12-2020 12:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: I wonder why our resident libs aren't on this thread touting the greatness of CHAZ? Since the Seattle mayor is good with it, why not our blue groupies?
I already posted saying I would send in the troops to get back what is belong to the USA.
I've put you in a more centrist group...not on the far left.
I am for some stuff that you would call far left like Medicare for All and free college. That is as far I would go. I consider them as investments.
(06-12-2020 12:04 PM)GrayBeard Wrote: I wonder why our resident libs aren't on this thread touting the greatness of CHAZ? Since the Seattle mayor is good with it, why not our blue groupies?
I already posted saying I would send in the troops to get back what is belong to the USA.
I've put you in a more centrist group...not on the far left.
I am for some stuff that you would call far left like Medicare for All and free college. That is as far I would go. I consider them as investments.
Take a look at how the UK's socialist healthcare works, or doesn't. I think you will find that our healthcare is far better.
Why are shop owners still selling in that area? I'm sure if it's not a grocery story who will want to buy anything. Besides how much money did these idiots have to be able to afford anything. Are they using credit cards aka the capitalist system?
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