Posted on 07/26/2020 5:35:39 AM PDT by karpov
SEATTLE — Nearly four dozen people were arrested, and more than 20 officers were injured Saturday after protests turned violent with trailers set on fire, windows at businesses smashed, cars damaged, and explosive devices thrown at police.
During a media briefing with Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, she said Saturday’s protest was not a peaceful demonstration at all, and many people were put at risk. She described the path that rioters took.
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Content Continues Below What started with thousands of people gathering peacefully Saturday afternoon in Capitol Hill in solidarity with the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in Portland changed later in the day.
The group met at Seattle Central College at East Pine Street and Broadway at around 1 p.m. before starting their march and loudly making their message heard to defund SPD.
Things shifted at about 4 p.m.
During the march, Seattle police said about a dozen people devolved into a rampage of destruction as they marched past the King County Youth Detention Center at 12th Avenue and Alder Street, targeting the site.
>>PHOTOS: Seattle protests turn violent Some rioters carried sledgehammers and began shattering workers’ car windows in the parking lot.
At one point, a rioter grabbed a flagger’s stop sign and used it as a weapon.
At the same time, a row of construction trailers next door on 12th Avenue were firebombed after some rioters scaled a fence.
The site used to be where the old juvenile detention center stood, but KIRO 7 was told workers at the site were building a parking lot.
Fire crews responded and reported that five construction trailers were on fire. They were destroyed.
(Excerpt) Read more at kiro7.com ...
The 45 arrested later released, whats the point, can we arrest and remove the politicians allow this?
What’s amazing is that this savagery is actually being reported by the media, although KIRO did produce the documentary “Is Seattle Dying?”. I can’t understand why elected officials support this wanton destruction of their city. The police chief seems to be trying to do her job and will likely get fired for it.
Leftists are pathetic losers. These malignancies on civil society need to be put away in GITMO.
Not only released but none of the 45 will be charged with any crime. It is just like all those arrested during Donald Trump’s inauguration. All of them except one were not charged at all. The one was tried and convicted but the sentence was greatly reduced.
Certain local and state governments are the enemy, folks. This is absolutely clear.
JoMa
Just spray these rioters with septic tank sludge. They will never come back.
How soon before blacks start pushing back against all these pasty face protesters rioting in their name
Just doin' what The Shadow President is telling them to do.
And not nothing nobody can do about it, until someone gets that extra special skylight projector that can signal "17", or something like that, up on the clouds above the city.
To bad it was not property owned by the Vito genovese construction company. They would be begging to be sent to GITMO. I wish they would take a few of these gas bomb throwers and douse them with gas and light them up.
Rioters get arrested and then let out straight away.
Cops get injured they're on the bench until they recover.
At this point, with the white punks getting away with throwing bricks, they'll escalate into using the IED's that they learned how to make while training with HAMAS. Maybe even some of the firearms they've made a show out of possessing, too.
It's gonna be a rough ride from here, unless the actual people of SeattlePortlandLousivilleAustinEtAl, even being left of center as they are, assert themselves...
At what point will we open fire? There are no consequences.
I wonder how many of these violent offenders are Q followers?/s
Don’t tell twitter!
Are there any stores/businesses left in Seattle? It seems that they have all been looted or burned.
The chief’s letter to council is pretty eye-opening stuff. It should be being discussed on every national news program today, but won’t be.
Letter to City Council Regarding Council Ordinance 119805 – Crowd Control Tools
https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2020/07/23/letter-to-city-council-regarding-council-ordinance-119805-crowd-control-tools-%EF%BB%BF/
Archive link:
http://archive.is/Fdn4M
I understand that this ordinance Is currently in limbo due to a Federal restraining order, but it sends a strong message nonetheless, a really, really bad one.
Right after they stop voting 90% democrat at all levels of elections. Don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
Ahhhh. Tolerant Democrat actions on display.
Antifa - Militant arm of the Communist Democrat Party.
These protests have the stink of the Clinton McCauliffe war room on them because of the sheer insanity.
This is way worse than the inauguration. What you have here is an ongoing and organized conspiracy to commit political violence. A squad of perps scaling fences, firebombing trailers. That is a para military op.
This calls for federal intervention, arrests and heavy federal prison terms for these domestic terrorists. That won’t be happening because the Deep State does not want to support Trump’s admin.
The left desperately want a Kent State moment. It’s only a matter of time (weeks) before antifa escalates its confrontation and starts shooting police officers.
45 arrested may be in for a surprise had a coworker who son was facing federal charges he had to wait a year in jail before he could face a judge for bail due to back log.
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