They’ve allowed “protesters” to take over a six block area. From
the story: The zone was born out of days of violent clashes between cops and the
protesters who hoped to push the Seattle Police Department out of their East
Precinct building in the area. Mayor Durkan, who has faced mounting calls from
protesters to resign, ordered police to leave the building Monday, explaining
the directive on Twitter as a way to “proactively de-escalate
interactions between protestors and law enforcement outside the East Precinct”
(NY Post).
Meanwhile, from a typo-filled
KOMO story: …police are receiving reports of armed people manning the check points
intimidating people trying to enter. “While Washington is an open carry state,
there is no legal right for those arms to be used intimidate community
members,” Nolette said. Nolette said operating a citizen checkpoint on a public
street is illegal (KOMO).
From Jay Cost: Watching the
stories about the anarchists in Seattle really struck me. I think we’re having
some kind of national freak out (Twitter).
According to Andy Ngo, antifa in
Portland are trying to set up a similar takeover. Why not? Seattle
let them do it (Twitter).
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