Posted on 06/11/2020 8:56:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
People with guns are checking the identification of individuals trying to enter an area in Seattle run by far-left activists and groups like Antifa, the Seattle Police Department said.
We have been hearing from community members that they have been subjected to barricades set up by the protesters, with some armed individuals running them as checkpoints into the neighborhood, Assistant Chief Deanna Nollette told reporters on Wednesday.
While they have a constitutionally protected right to bear arms, and while Washington is an open carry state, there is no legal right for those arms to be used to intimidate community members, she added.
Police officials have also heard of businesses and citizens being asked to pay a fee to operate in the area, which is known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and includes about 500 houses. That would be the crime of extortion, Nollette said.
Anyone feeling threatened, intimidated, or extorted should call 911, she added.
The takeover of the area was completed after police officers abandoned the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct because of threats it would be burned down.
Because the building is connected to apartment buildings and businesses, officials made the choice to board it up and secure it before relocating officers.
Nollette said police want to return to normal operations at the precinct, which would improve response times and capabilities within the neighborhood. But there is no set plan for how to return yet, she said.
Putting up barricades and blocking some people from entering isnt legal, the police official continued. However, in an effort to try to cooperate and collaborate, and move forward peacefully, were trying to get a dialogue going so that we can figure out the way to resolve this without unduly impacting the citizens and businesses that are operating in that area,
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Is it just me?, but everyone looks FAT!
But walls don’t work!!!
Reminds me of Maidan Square ... it’s a direct challenge to the President.
If it was me, I’d put a ring of steel around their wall and check the ID of everyone going in and out, and charge a tax on all goods going in and out to pay for it as well - if I was minded to let any supplies go in at all.
I think it's a little late for that. The city admin of Seattle are true morons.
The cops will stand by, like the cops under stalin and hitler.
How soon before they ask a foreign power for military assistance and protection?
Any bets?
The Crapitol Hill area of Seattle is infested with LGBTQWERTY types. What are Commandante Raz’s plans for them? I’m sure they all support him...
Sad, but lol.
The only problem is it’s theirs.
When will they establish the people’s tribunals and start executing anyone not sufficiently loyal to the cause?
They’re checking ids? But, but that’s RACIST!!!!!!!!!
Meanwhile, in Chicago, Hispanic gangs are checking IDs of anyone entering their neighborhoods so the blacks won’t come in and loot.
Video shows warzone-like Chicago streets as Latino gangs reportedly patrol neighborhoods, battle looters
Yeah, call 911. Then the Seattle Police Department can come and observe the hell out of it.
If you didn't realize it before, then learn it fast now. You're on your own.
“The takeover of the area was completed after police officers abandoned the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct because of threats it would be burned down.”
That seems weak, but maybe I don’t understand. Did the Chief think he couldn’t protect his own building from threats?
They’ll cry when the shooting really begins.
Only in America could people with such horrifically large caloric intake claim to be oppressed.
Yes, I like that idea. Cut off water, sewer and power. That is exactly what some Dem beach towns did during the height of the virus when they tried to stop city folk from moving into their summer homes. Somehow it was not met with outrage from the media.
This guy did a couple vids about Seattle that are extremely relevant right now.
He’s an activist youtuber from SoCal (Gary Gileno)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G8JLDn4mXA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWe2ePGddc
Within a week. The executions start shortly after.
Anyone feeling threatened, intimidated, or extorted should call 911, she added.
The guys who turned tail and ran because they were unwilling to fight the fight they had to fight to maintain order say “call us if you feel intimidated”.
Remember “we run to the sound of the guns when you “civilians” are running away”?
Losers...
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