Posted on 02/01/2021 7:55:25 AM PST by SeekAndFind
On Sunday, a group with close ties to Seattle Antifa took control of a hotel in Olympia, Washington. They forced guests and staff to shelter-in-place and made threats with knives, hatchets, and other weapons. At least one hotel staff member was injured during the seige.
“Oly Housing Now,” a makeshift political organization that advocates “direct action” in order to meet their goals, had rented 17 rooms from the Red Lion Hotel for homeless people in the area. But they went in with dozens of agitators and turned the “humanitarian” event into a show of force. Reports from local journalists indicate many of the members of Oly Housing Now were also known Antifa domestic terrorists.
The agitators — including some I recognize from Seattle — tore the police line down as a way to antagonize a conflict with Olympia Police. Then when police move, agitators play victim. pic.twitter.com/4cpFA2s28M
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) February 1, 2021
"F— your sister, f— your wife … I hope you all f—king die. Rest in piss!"
Protesters confront police in Olympia, Wash. after they arrest the #antifa who sieged a Red Lion hotel. Police are making arrests. Video by @jasonrantz: pic.twitter.com/MYmsE2bKAa
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) February 1, 2021
National media has thus far ignored the story altogether. Meanwhile, local media made no mention of Antifa and positioned the violent group as “activists.” According to KOMO News:
Several homeless activists were arrested in Olympia on Sunday after the group allegedly occupied a downtown hotel, assaulting at least one employee and prompting guests and staffers to shelter in place for several hours, authorities said.
Olympic Police Department Lt. Paul Lower told KOMO News that employees of the Red Lion Inn & Suites, located at 621 Capitol Way South, began calling for help at 11 a.m. after several people, one of whom was wielding a hatchet while others brandished batons and knives, entered the facility, saying they were taking the hotel over.
One unidentified hotel worker who tried to stop the occupation was hurt although the nature of the victim’s injuries was not immediately disclosed.
City officials said in a written statement that the incident was carried out by 45 members of a group called Oly Housing Now, and as many as eight were detained while three were said to be facing felony charges in connection with the incident.
But as journalist Andy Ngo noted, this should be international news, not something relegated to local coverage:
Should be international news:
An #antifa group sieged a Red Lion hotel in Olympia, WA, forcing staff to flee for their lives & guests in 40 rooms had to shelter in place. The antifa brought hatchets, knives & other weapons to the siege. City statement: https://t.co/dBAYoxqTEP pic.twitter.com/5s0LTo5BU8
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) February 1, 2021
Local journalist Jason Rantz documented as much as he could from the ground, but was at one point accosted by Antifa members who did not like him filming the events:
Agitator grabbed my phone for filming at Olympia occupation. pic.twitter.com/H5RIgeia0q
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) February 1, 2021
Small group of activists continue to harass Olympia Police as they take back the occupied hotel. pic.twitter.com/0S5U7Rzw6n
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) February 1, 2021
All of this betrays the local, state, and national Democratic narrative that “peaceful protesters” are “activists” who perpetrate attacks like the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia, WA. Media continues to push the propaganda that Antifa is just an idea.
Photo Credit: Jason Rantz / Twitter
This should have been met with direct and lethal force. Period.
I agree.
I guess the author was too dumb to use the right word ‘besieged’.
Friend of mine with family in Olympia says it’s REALLY bad there with homeless tents lining the streets downtown, etc....but, they get what they voted for.
The Democrat’s mercenaries must live somewhere
It wasn’t and it will get worse. Much worse.
Isn’t amazing how little of this news reaches the media now that biden is in office.
Actually, it’s not been reported for months...Dems don’t like their dirty laundry on display
But there were none of the ‘special’ people from congress in the hotel, so.... never mind
On Saturday night, Oly Housing Now purchased one night in the hotel rooms and moved 33 unhoused people in, where they plan to stay indefinitely. They want Thurston County to apply for funding that’s being offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay for “non-congregate” shelter for people who are 65+ or have pre-existing health conditions that put them at elevated risk for COVID-19 complications - a descriptor that applies to many people who are unhoused.
” Reports from local journalists indicate many of the members of Oly Housing Now were also known Antifa domestic terrorists.”
Antifa test case again.
Remember media covered and said Antifa was similar to Thoreau and MLK along with George Washington’s soldiers? CNN and MSNBC. Also they are merely “an idea.”
Once they get suppressed media coverage assured, and neutered police forces, they will be the new Gestapo.
A story like this will be “a talk radio whacko rumor of an incident that never happened.” On the same credibility level as UFO abductee cults and the US never landed on the Moon.
Could have used "besieged" or "laid siege to". Or since the invaders actually entered and occupied the hotel, they perhaps meant "seized", but that's a stretch.
Actually, "siege" as a transitive verb is a valid form, synonym to "besiege": https://www.dictionary.com/browse/siege?s=t
Exactly.
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