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Seattle cedes fire station to protesters to turn into community center
Washington Examiner ^ | June 12, 2020 | Madison Dibble

Posted on 06/12/2020 2:55:04 PM PDT by kevcol

The city of Seattle announced that it would turn a fire station into a community center for black residents after weeks of protests.

The city announced on Thursday that it would be turning over ownership of the fire station to the community in line with a list of demands given to the city from Africatown and other black activist groups.

"We at the City of Seattle understand the urgency behind making bold investments in the Black community and increasing community ownership of land in the Central District," the city wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: antifa; chaz; georgefloydrits; leftists; riots; seattle; washington
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To: LibertyWoman
I think this is a mothballed fire station. I did some research and found photos of two Fire Station #6 - the old one shown in the photo that someone posted, and a newer one that is probably the one that is still in service.

If true, this somewhat changes the picture. Shutting down an active fire station with no replacement would jeopardize the fire department's rating, which I don't think they would want to do.

Still, I have questions about this. Who exactly is the "black community" that this is being ceded to? That is an amorphous term, and it must be a euphemism for some specific group. Which group?

Or perhaps the title to the property is not actually being transferred; perhaps they are just rededicating the site to a different use, and saying they are "giving" it to the "black community" is just a euphemism.

But if they actually are transferring the title to some group, I have questions about the legality of that.
161 posted on 06/13/2020 8:28:21 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Singermom
Seattle has a statue of Lenin, that would be a good one to destroy.
162 posted on 06/13/2020 10:21:46 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (America has a DemocRat problem.)
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To: Elsie

I completely agree, but there are a lot of low IQ people who need a massive explicit example to learn from. Watching rampant crime destroying people’s lives on TV in real time would do a lot to make some of these low IQ BLM supporters say, “Gee, I didn’t know THAT was going to happen.”

It would be a wonderful “See I told you so” moment. The carnage would be sad and the collateral damage would be devastating, but it would be a crystal clear example of what happens when you get rid of the police.


163 posted on 06/13/2020 11:48:58 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: kevcol

Idiocrazy in action.


164 posted on 06/13/2020 12:10:15 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Now the arson will be more effective. Defund the Fire Department!


165 posted on 06/13/2020 12:10:55 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Most TV channels will not show the rampant crime and destruction. They started talking about the “mostly peaceful” protest even while buildings were being burned to the ground and looted until empty. One of the greatest powers of the media is the power to decide what to cover and want to hide


166 posted on 06/13/2020 12:49:27 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: kevcol

Obama issued a statement claiming that mere peaceful protest is not enough


167 posted on 06/13/2020 1:31:16 PM PDT by KTM rider (why do I feel like I am living in a dystopian science fiction novel watching Liberty get defeated)
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To: kevcol

Community center? You mean crack-house.


168 posted on 06/13/2020 1:48:24 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: kevcol

“... community center for black residents “

None of the white residents of chaz can use it?

Isn’t that racist and segregation?


169 posted on 06/13/2020 1:50:54 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: kevcol

And no fire engines and firemen in that station to fight their fires. These people are nuts, and need shipped to their own island where they can fend for themselves as captains of their own society.


170 posted on 06/13/2020 2:51:32 PM PDT by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism.)
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To: kevcol

No fire station. What could possibly go wrong?


171 posted on 06/13/2020 3:08:20 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

33 fire stations located throughout the City

They have 32 to more to go


172 posted on 06/13/2020 3:15:59 PM PDT by deport
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To: kevcol

Have to wonder who the land and property owners are within this “zone”, and why are we not seeing anything at all, as to either their plight, or support of this marxist revolutionary democrat circus —

If the land and property owners are not supporting any of this, they should not have to pay property taxes to the city, and should be rapidly moving toward major lawsuits against the city.


173 posted on 06/13/2020 4:13:20 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: kevcol; All

Have to wonder who the land and property owners are within this “zone”, and why are we not seeing anything at all, as to either their plight, or support of this marxist revolutionary democrat circus —

If the land and property owners are not supporting any of this, they should not have to pay property taxes to the city, and should be rapidly moving toward major lawsuits against the city.


174 posted on 06/13/2020 4:13:36 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: ducttape45
It’s time to go in there with military in full artillery behind a row of bulldozers

No need to afford the neo-COMINTERN the opportunity to block roads and/or acquire more Rachel Corries... There is a big sub base nearby...leave the artillery on base...when the smoke clears treat it like post-war Berlin haul debris away in bucket brigades under guard.... a delight open air community exercise effort....

175 posted on 06/13/2020 4:30:33 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: LilFarmer

Good grief. Circular firing squad of virtue signalers( regarding giving all black people ten bucks). Wait until they run out of tolerance for each other.


176 posted on 06/13/2020 4:35:18 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28 Isa 17 "This is the end of the beginning" W Churchill)
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To: faithhopecharity

If it was a closed fire station, that sat vacant, that is one thing. However, it does not appear that is the case.


177 posted on 06/13/2020 10:26:04 PM PDT by matt04
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To: sport

Correct, they made their bed, let them lie in it.


178 posted on 06/13/2020 10:54:34 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: ducttape45

No need, they’re well on their way to burning it all down anyway. Seattle is the next Detroit.


179 posted on 06/13/2020 11:26:53 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: kevcol

seattle is insane. They willingly gave in to these savages. I have absolutely no doubt that they would capitulate even more rapidly if a bunch of jihadi sharia allahu akhbar savages took over the city.


180 posted on 06/14/2020 7:25:07 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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