South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem capitalized on news that police officers are leaving Seattle at record rates amid budget calls and ongoing protests by offering them work in her state. In her message to Seattle police officers, the Republican governor promised South Dakota would not “demonize” them. “In South Dakota we stand WITH you,” she tweeted on Saturday. The governor even added a link to a […]
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At least 118 officers have left the Seattle Police Department (SPD) following mass Black Lives Matter protests and city budget cuts. It currently has around 1,200 officers on its force – the lowest number in a decade. According to statistics from the mayor’s office, the month of September typically sees five to seven officers depart from the department, but this year a whopping 39 officers left, […]
The Capitol Hill Organised Protest group has confirmed the artists will be compensated for their creative work on the mural, without giving the overall sum, though, citing upcoming additional maintenance costs. As the Seattle authorities reportedly paid street artists to restore a Black Lives Matter mural near the former Capitol Hill Organised Protest zone after it appeared faded and chipped, they also inadvertently funded such controversial […]
The city of Seattle apparently paid street artists to restore a Black Lives Matter mural near the former CHOP autonomous zone, in the process funding such eyebrow-raising messages as “ACAB,” “abolish ICE” and “100% Antifa.” Twitter user Kitty Schackleford posted a livestream video Wednesday of an unidentified artist showing parts of the mural with messages written on the BLM letters, including “abolish capitalism,”“F**k 12” and “pigs […]
SEATTLE—As demonstrations swept America last month in response to prosecutors failing to charge police for killing Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, hundreds of protesters here mobilized for their latest confrontation with cops. Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 24, a team of officers, many riding bicycles, advanced on activists in the freewheeling area of this city once known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) or Capitol Hill […]
A group of activists attacked a Starbucks in Seattle, shattering the coffee shop’s windows and then setting off fireworks inside the building. Police arrived at the scene and ordered the rioters to disperse. Black-clad protesters threw rocks and other projectiles at the business, while others used implements to destroy the windowed storefront. Video footage shows rioters lighting firecrackers and tossing them into the building. Several loud […]
A video of a Seattle police officer walking his bike across the head of a man lying on the ground has rocked social media, with users decrying the cop’s action and the Seattle Police Department later saying that the incident is under investigation. A police officer who was recorded walking his bike over the head of a man lying on the ground in Seattle has been […]
VT: The key incident isn’t the bicycle incident. No one was hurt by this. A cop ran his bike over the head of an off duty officer, one of dozens among the protesters. Below, you will see one. The real video is the one below, the fake baseball bat to the head, staged for a far better quality video. Antifa in Seattle attempted to murder a […]
At least 13 people were arrested as Seattle erupted into chaos following the Breonna Taylor case ruling. One officer was filmed pushing a bike over a protester’s head, while another cop was struck in the head with a baseball bat. A huge crowd of protesters gathered near Seattle’s federal courthouse on Stewart St. and it wasn’t long before the protests turned violent, as people began throwing […]
The Seattle Police Department is investigating after a video showed one of its cops rolling a bike over the head and neck of a fallen protester at Wednesday night’s Breonna Taylor demonstrations. Protests erupted in the city in response to officers in Louisville, Kentucky, not being charged for fatally shooting the 26-year-old Black woman. The SPD confirmed in a statement that 13 people were arrested at […]
The Seattle City Council has voted to overturn Mayor Jenny Durkan’s veto on legislation that would slash millions of dollars from the local police budget, a move cheered by activist groups and reviled by some residents. The council overturned Durkan’s veto by a vote of 7-2, securing exactly the number of votes needed to put the legislation into effect. “In the wake of a racial reckoning, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107730/90/1077309090_0:0:2882:1620_1200x675_80_0_0_fb22899da2aee5d571352a8fc51ea517.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009171080490013-ag-william-barr-mulls-criminal-charges-against-seattle-mayor-amid-blm-protests-media-says/ The attorney general also reportedly told federal prosecutors to consider charging rioters and protesters who’d committed violent crimes with sedition. United States Attorney General William Barr has recently asked prosecutors in the civil rights division of the US Justice Department to “explore” the prospects of bringing criminal charges against Jenny Durkan, the Mayor of Seattle, for her […]
A memorandum issued on Wednesday by the White House directed a review of federal funding allocated to certain cities that “allow themselves to deteriorate into lawless zones” and “permit anarchy, violence, and destruction.” In addition to the legal questions raised by the order, one expert claims it’s also filled with disinformation. Cities explicitly deemed “anarchist jurisdictions” by the White House included: New York City, New York; […]
“Anarchist” jurisdictions and cities that allow violent protests and cut police budgets will face the loss of federal funding, says the latest executive memo from US President Donald Trump ramping up his “law and order” campaign. A five-page memo sent to federal agencies on Wednesday orders them to report to the White House Office of Management and Budget on any funding that could be redirected. New […]
Over the past few weeks, at least seven members of the Seattle City Council have revealed a commitment to cut police funding by 50% in the wake of anti-police violence and anti-racism protests in the US, calling to defund police departments across the country. The Seattle City Council on Monday passed a spending plan that would reduce funding for the city police department as part of […]
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best will be resigning on Wednesday morning, following the city council voting to defund the police amid massive unrest. The news of Best’s resignation came one day after dozens of businesses were looted once again. Brandi Kruse of Seattle’s Q13 tweeted, “Seattle Police Chief @CarmenBest is going to resign, two sources familiar with her decision confirm. The announcement is imminent, I’m told. […]
Some Antifa members decided to make their way into a Seattle suburb. They were headed to the home of the city’s police chief. They were met by local residents who were armed and turned them away. Q13 FOX News reports: Protesters show up at Seattle police chief’s home in Snohomish County TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot […]
A group of protesters has sued the Seattle government, arguing that “unmitigated police violence” has imposed a monetary cost on their right to demonstrate freely, forcing them to buy expensive gear to safely confront the cops. Filed by five plaintiffs who took part in ongoing protests in Seattle, the suit seeks a temporary restraining order barring the city’s police department from wielding force and crowd control […]
A group of ‘peaceful’ BLM-Antifa ‘protesters’ marched to Seattle police chief Carmen Best’s Snohomish County home this week. The police chief didn’t want these ‘peaceful protesters’ in her yard, so she wrote a letter to the City Council instructing them to “forcefully call for the end of these tactics.” It’s all fun and games to the radical left-wing officials until the militants show up to their […]
For nearly a month, Riot Ribs served barbecue, tacos, jalapeno poppers—whatever they had on hand—from a series of tents near the site of ongoing protests in Portland, Oregon. Then, on Tuesday, the food collective announced an abrupt closure. Someone was impersonating the group and swindling money, members said. Riot Ribs was among an emerging network of mutual aid groups aimed at distributing free food to protesters […]
Seattle lawmakers are attempting to completely defund the city’s police department and replace it with a new “civilian-led” public safety system in response to ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. The Seattle City Council has already come under fire this week for proposing a 50 percent cut to the police department’s budget — a proposal that prompted hundreds of citizens to express their concerns during a council […]
First Minneapolis, now Seattle. Seattle City Council on Friday moved to abolish the entire police department and replace it with a Marxist “civilian led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention.” In the proposed legislation, the city council asserted that the Seattle Police Department perpetuates “racism and violence” and upholds “white supremacy culture.” “The Council is committed to confronting structural and institutional racism as a fundamental […]
The Seattle police said that they have recovered a large haul of pyrotechnic explosives, stun guns, bear spray and sets of spike strips in a van abandoned by protesters after they wrought havoc in the city over the weekend. In a press conference on Wednesday, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best revealed that officers decided to search a vehicle used by protesters and subsequently left near the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1a/1079984765_0:0:2875:1619_1200x675_80_0_0_29408071debe026116e0257bc43d978c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007261079984799-seattle-police-arrest-16-people-during-civil-unrest-in-city/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Seattle police have announced arresting 16 people during the civil unrest, classified as a riot. “Update: 16 arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse”, the police tweeted. Update: 16 arrests for assault on officers, obstruction and failure to disperse. — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) July 26, 2020 “Due to the ongoing damage […]
Peaceful Protest.Antifa went on an all-out assault Saturday against police officers and the city of Seattle. The protesters are firing mortars and hurling explosives at police.And the Democrat politicians are scolding police instead of the violent leftist mobs. Police have made at least 3 arrests and continue to work to disperse large crowd on Capitol Hill. Earlier incident was determined to be a life-safety issue/declared a […]
Protesters in Seattle have clashed with the officers, vandalised several buildings and set fire to a construction site for a county juvenile detention facility, forcing local police to declare a riot due to “public safety risks.” After a group of protesters set fire to the King County facility construction site, police have issued “dispersal orders” and were forced to deploy “less-lethal munitions” to clear the area and […]
Seattle police are reporting that several arson fires have been set by protesters Saturday afternoon local time. A construction trailer at the site of a juvenile detention center was torched. There is also a report of businesses set on fire. (Update: Starbucks). Update: Videos: I have shifted up to Seattle today to follow a large demonstration that’s in solidarity with Portland. I’d estimate a crowd of […]
Businesses and police precincts in Seattle boarded and barricaded their properties in preparation for expected violent Antifa and Black Lives Matters protests this weekend. The protective measures were taken as Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best sent a letter to Seattle businesses and residents that police, having been stripped by the City Council of standard non-lethal riot control tools, will not be able to defend property from […]
Who would want to live in the city of Seattle? The city has been the scene of riots for weeks, at one point culminating in the now famous ‘CHOP’ zone where people were actually killed. As you might expect, people who are able to do so are selling their homes and leaving the city. KOMO News reports: TRENDING: UPDATE: Navy Is Investigating Uniformed Sailor Sarah Dudrey […]
A tactical unit of federal agents has been placed on standby in Seattle to aid police should protests there spiral into unrest or rioting, the New York Times reported, a move that comes amid heated objections from local officials. A Special Response Team operating under the authority of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was reportedly dispatched to Seattle on Thursday, as a ‘precautionary’ measure. “The CBP […]
Antifa and Black Lives Matter protestors arrived in Seattle and vandalized an Amazon store by smashing its windows. Police officers were attacked by rioters as they defended their police precinct. A Seattle police officer reported, “A peaceful demonstration was held for a couple of hours. About three hours later, a secondary group of demonstrators showed up and they were carrying baseball bats.” The Seattle Officer later […]
On a recent Zoom based Seattle city council meeting, councilperson Lisa Herbold rambled on about who to fire in the police department if she gets her wish to cut the funding in half. Herbold made it a point that all police officers of color should be retained, and whitey should get the axe. Jason Rantz reports for MyNorthwest.com: Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold, a supporter of […]
Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters attacked an Amazon store in Seattle on Sunday. Video posted by conservative activist and citizen reporter Katie Daviscourt shows an Antifa and BLM mob smashing windows and spray painting the store’s front window and wall. The video is cut short as an Antifa goon orders the filming to stop. Other stores and the Seattle Police West Precinct were attacked by […]
Footage has shown protesters in Seattle smash windows at an Amazon Go store and cover it with graffiti. The shop was among many businesses vandalized on Sunday as an anti-ICE rally turned into riots and clashes with police. Also on rt.com Police union office set on fire as Portland protest descends into riot (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) The video, filmed by conservative activist Katie Daviscourt shows a group […]
Amazon Taxed! Lessons Of The Tax Amazon Victory In Seattle July 16, 2020 Amazon Taxed! Lessons Of The Tax Amazon Victory In Seattle2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/amazon-taxed-from-socialist-alternative-e1594917064485.jpg200px200px Above photo: Amazon Taxed from Socialist Alternative. The Tax Amazon movement and Seattle’s working class won a historic victory on Monday, July 6. Following a three year struggle against the richest man in the world – Jeff Bezos – and his political establishment, we’ve […]
Seattle: Get Police Out Of Handling Homeless By Joaqlin Estus, Indian Country Today. July 12, 2020 Seattle: Get Police Out Of Handling Homeless2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattletents-e1594582726449.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tents put up by homeless in Seattle. Gilfoto, courtesy of Creative Commons. Removals ‘often re-trigger trauma, deepen mistrust between Native community members and government institutions.’ The National Coalition to End Urban Indigenous Homelessness wrote to the mayor of Seattle this week […]
President Donald Trump joined Sean Hannity on Thursday night to discuss the latest on the Democrat endorsed riots and mayhem in cities across the US. During their discussion Sean Hannity asked President Trump about rumors he heard about the president warning the Seattle Mayor about the CHOP Zone in Seattle. Sean Hannity: I had a source that told us but have not been able to confirm […]
Communist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant (Socialist Alternative) gave a victory speech Tuesday night after passage by the city council of the so-called Amazon Tax in which she vowed to overthrow the United States, replacing the government and society with a “socialist world”. Sawant, 46, immigrated from India as an adult with a B.S. in computer science from the University of Mumbai received in 1994. Once […]
Two women activists were hit by a car last night in downtown Seattle early in the morning on July 4th. The women activists were standing on the interstate at 1:30 AM. The protesters were wearing black on the highway at 1:30 AM. The car suffered front grill and windshield damage. TRENDING: Two Women Activists Hit by Car on I-5 Outside Seattle — Suffer Serious Injuries After […]
The CIA has flooded American campuses with the sons of Somali pirates, warlords and high ranking al Qaeda operatives. Sometimes it backfires just as with the Saudi pilots who started murdering US Naval Aviators. [ Editor’s Note: Our hit and run boy is a multi-cultural guy, and likes to spread it around. We suspect he will have quite a background. Here is a working link of […]
Seattle Activists Share Their Vision For Black Trans Pride By Manola Secaira, Crosscut. July 4, 2020 Seattle Activists Share Their Vision For Black Trans Pride2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pride_hero-e1593891323571.jpg200px200px Above photo: LüChi raise their fists to the crowd during the duo’s performance at Taking B(L)ACK Pride at Jefferson Park on June 27. Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut. Pride Month has been criticized for being too white and too commercial. Four activists share how they’ve built […]
Two women have been hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after a vehicle barreled past a police barrier and into protesters on a freeway overnight in Seattle. Washington State Patrol said Saturday that the driver of the white Jaguar sedan, a 27-year-old man, is in custody. At this point, officers have not offered a motive, though Capt. Ron Mead said officers believe the suspect was not impaired. […]
Two women activists were hit by a car last night in downtown Seattle early in the morning on July 4th. The women activists were standing on the interstate at 1:30 AM. The car suffered front grill and windshield damage. The driver was in custody but was not impaired when he hit the women on the highway. TRENDING: LIVESTREAM VIDEO: Via RSBN– President Donald Trump with First […]
In one of the most moving Hannity Shows ever, the father of a son slain in the CHOP zone in Seattle spoke out. It was a very emotional interview for Hannity and viewers who could see the pain the father felt after losing his son so senselessly. Hannity held one of his most riveting interviews of all time last night when he brought on his show […]
Seattle police stormed into the city’s CHOP/CHAZ zone early Wednesday morning, shortly after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order that demanded protesters leave the area, which has been occupied for more than two weeks. Far-left Mayor Jenny Durkan allowed anarchists to hijack six square blocks for nearly weeks. Durkan claimed CHOP was a “summer of love” full of potlucks and drum circles. In reality, CHOP […]
Seattle Mayor Orders Police Clearing Of Capitol Hill Occupy Protest July 1, 2020 Seattle Mayor Orders Police Clearing Of Capitol Hill Occupy Protest2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattle-e1593630839689.jpg200px200px NOTE: Bear in mind when you read this that this article is from the corporate media and gives the police’s perspective, which may or may not be accurate. During the Occupy movement, camps were infiltrated by people from the extreme right as well […]
1 Jul, 2020 12:32 Follow RT on Seattle police have begun clearing out the so-called “autonomous zone” created by Black Lives Matter protesters. Those who refused to vacate the area have been arrested, the police force said. A live feed shows the remaining protesters attempting to hold their ground near the East Precinct, which was abandoned by police last month. At least ten arrests have been […]
Jenny Durkan photo by Joe Mabel on Wikimedia Commons After initially passing off CHAZ/CHOP as an innocuous dance party, Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan is now calling for the communist utopia to be dismantled after a series of shootings have taken place there and citizens are pursuing legal action against the city for letting the cesspool grow. The mob, of course, is now turning their rage toward […]
Black lives matter, right? As previously reported, there was another shooting in the CHAZ/CHOP “autonomous zone” of Seattle around 3 a.m. on Monday morning — this is the fifth one since rioters took over the area. Early this morning it was reported that two people were shot, one to the head. At least one of the victims was transported to the hospital in a private vehicle […]
There was another shooting in the CHAZ/CHOP “autonomous zone” of Seattle around 3 a.m. on Monday morning — this is the fifth one since rioters took over the area. A livestreamer at the scene said that they believed there are at least two people shot, one to the head. At least one of the victims was being transported to the hospital in a private vehicle by […]
Several Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested and charged with terrorism, rioting and assault following the violent protests in Oklahoma City following the death of George Floyd. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater told the rioters, “This is not Seattle. We’re not putting up with this lawlessness here.” This video from KOCO shows the rioters attacking a police station and hurling objects at police officers. TRENDING: […]
After a failed bid to remove barricades from Seattle’s protester encampment – in which municipal workers were blocked by demonstrators – the city’s mayor said they will try again Sunday, soon after being hit with another lawsuit. Friday morning saw protesters at the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” (CHOP) stand-off with city workers who’d arrived to clear away street barriers set up around the zone, with one […]
Seattle Department of Transportation trucks cleared several CHOP Zone on Friday morning. The SDOT crews then halted their work and left after speaking with the CHOP Zone squatters.The protesters blocked the crews from removing their street barriers. Advertisement – story continues below Just SMH! Protesters block city crews from removing barricades in CHOP zone | KOMO https://t.co/WZB378L3hU — Donny Clark⭐⭐⭐ (@Clark51Austin) June 26, 2020 TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: […]
More than a dozen businesses are taking the city of Seattle to court over its handling of the ‘autonomous’ police-free zone that sprung up two weeks ago, arguing that the city has failed to maintain basic public safety. The plaintiffs claim that the city government looked the other way as protesters took over a six-block neighborhood earlier this month, after police abandoned their East Precinct station. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/02/1079700277_0:276:2241:1536_1200x675_80_0_0_73e814a383f603886713c53c5f4c5e38.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006231079700178-seattle-protesters-will-resume-meetings-with-city-officials-in-coming-days-organiser-says/ SEATTLE (Sputnik) – Anti-racism protesters in Seattle will resume meetings in the coming days after cancelling one due to difficulty getting black representation, movement organiser David Lewis said on Tuesday. On Monday, Mayor of Seattle Jenny Durkan announced that the city intends to reclaim the neighbourhood taken over by thousands of anti-racism protesters after two shooting incidents in the […]
On Monday night the Seattle Police Department announced on Twitter that they will retake control of the police precinct overrun by Antifa domestic terrorists and their allies in the violent BLM mob. This was after the shootings this weekend in the lawless CHOP zone. Tonight The Gateway Pundit learned that a host ofconservative groups and possible hundreds of activists were planning to descend on the hellhole […]
The so-called “Capitol Hill Organised Protest”, or “CHOP”, was established by protesters in the vicinity of Capitol Hill about two weeks ago, after police retreated from the East Precinct in the area, with Durkan’s approval. Seattle authorities will take back control over the “CHOP”, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday, following two shootings that left a 19-year-old man dead and two more people injured. “The cumulative impacts […]
The Seattle Police Department posted a video compilation of the police response to a deadly shooting early Saturday morning at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) aka the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). The video contains security camera footage that captures the sound of gunfire, police entering CHAZ in a phalanx and then being encircled and forced to retreat by the mob. One person died and […]
The Seattle police revealed violent crowds in the activist-run zone prevented access to the victims, one of whom died, as they probe the shooting inside the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Officers responded to an early Saturday morning to a report of shots fired inside Cal Anderson Park, which resides in CHOP (Capitol Hill Organized Protest), previously known as CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone). “Officers attempted to […]
Police Officers Guild President Michael Solan blasted Seattle’s leadership on Saturday for enabling the conditions that are making it unsafe for police officers to do their job in the city. Two people were shot, one fatally, at CHAZ/CHOP early Saturday morning. Police had difficulty getting to the victim to help him due to the extreme lawlessness allowed to take over the area by the mayor. “Early […]
US President Donald Trump has argued that if “people slightly to the right” attempted to occupy a portion of a city – just like protesters against police brutality did in Seattle – they would have been dealt with swiftly. “Could you imagine if people just even slightly to the right tried to take over Seattle, they’d have machine guns out to get them,” Trump said as […]
Early Saturday morning, two people were shot—one fatally—inside the section of Seattle known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Area (CHOP), a police-free zone that sprung up in the wake of anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. The gunshots that rang out between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., killing a 19-year-old man and leaving another in critical condition, marked the first report […]
As Capitol Hill residents have cordoned off several city blocks and taken over a police precinct to set up the “Seattle People’s Department” in their “No-Cop Co-Op,” President Trump has threatened to use force to take back CHAZ if the city does not reassert control. Fifty years ago, an African-American mayor of the nation’s eighth largest city took similar action in the midst of a full-blown […]
Antifa arsonist caught in Seattle Antifa member Margaret Aislinn Channon went missing in Presidio, Texas last year. Antifa member Margaret Aislinn Channon faces federal arson charges. She was reported missing in Texas last year. https://t.co/0A3C0wA6d6 pic.twitter.com/NE0mV7rgLJ — Patriot Betty 🇺🇸 (@Patriot_Betty) June 12, 2020 Well, they found her this week!Margaret Aislinn Channon was arrested in Seattle after she torched five police cars during the the Black […]
After a week of lusting for conflict in a six-block activist zone in Seattle, far-right figures went and made their own trouble. Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone—or CHAZ, although some newer stylings refer to it as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP—is a small protest area that emerged last week, after police vacated a nearby precinct and city leaders agreed to leave the streets open […]
The government of Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) on Tuesday installed concrete barriers on city streets on the boundaries of the area occupied by armed leftists to prevent vehicles from entering. One lane is reported to be left open to allow access by emergency vehicles. Police will not be allowed in except to respond to life-threatening crimes. The concrete barriers are encased in plywood so occupiers […]
May day riot in Seattle Seattle City Council on Monday voted 9-0 to ban choke-holds and police use of crowd control devices such as tear gas, pepper spray, water cannons or acoustic weapons. Police officers can successfully disperse crowds using tear gas instead of using their riot batons, but the Democrats would rather weaken the police and put everyone in more danger. Seattle Police Chief Carmen […]
The Seattle district known as CHOP — for “Captiol Hill Organized Protest” — and initially known as CHAZ, has been occupied by demonstrators for over a week.The protesters pushed the police out of their precinct station a week ago. Democrats around the country are pushing to defund police departments following the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta. At the same time […]
The Seattle City Council has voted to make it illegal for police to deploy tear gas, pepper spray and chokeholds on peaceful demonstrators, as part of the city is being overrun by activists declaring it an “autonomous zone.” All nine members of the council voted to strip the city police of the authority to use a number of controversial crowd control means on Monday. In a […]
A black woman absolutely obliterated a woke white liberal Karen in the streets of Seattle on Biden vs. Trump. “If I had to pick between [Trump] and Joe Biden. I am not voting in Joe Biden. You want to see black people go to jail by the next 4 years? Vote for Joe Biden,” the black woman said. The black woman continued to school the woke […]
Raz Simone, the so-called warlord of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone carved out of Seattle by activists, has been filmed handing out assault rifles to minors. That’s a state felony, if only there were anyone to enforce the law. Video that surfaced on Monday – from Simone’s own June 10 Facebook livestream, apparently – shows him handing out assault rifles that look like the ubiquitous AR-15 […]
A Seattle Man Received a $1.1 Million Bill for His COVID-19 Treatment Time BY MADELEINE CARLISLE AND TARA LAW After spending months hospitalized for COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, Wash., Michael Flor, 70, says that he knew his stay would be pricey. He’d spent 62 days in an intensive care unit, including weeks in an induced coma, and come so close to death that his family […]
Guardian: Standing among a group of peaceful anti-racism protesters in downtown Seattle on a recent Saturday afternoon, Mando Avery held his seven-year-old son’s hand as he and three generations of his African American family finished a prayer with members of their church. Jared Campbell, a police officer with Seattle PD, used mace on a 9-year-old child and refused to give his badge number. We found it anyway. […]
Seattle’s bustling Capitol Hill neighborhood has long been a hotbed of gentrification, but right now, the streets surrounding Cal Anderson Park are undergoing a different kind of transformation. Over the past several days of its remarkable existence, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) has captured radical imaginations across the country, and struck fear into the hearts of conservative politicians and right-wing media pundits (including the president). […]
What The Heck Is Going On In Seattle? By Emily Pothast, Medium. June 14, 2020 What The Heck Is Going On In Seattle?2020-06-142020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/the-area-around-seattles-east-precinct-is-now-the-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz.-photo-by-tim-held.-e1592099884760.jpeg200px200px Above photo: The area around Seattle’s East Precinct is now the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). Photo by Tim Held. UPDATE 6/12: I changed the title of this article to make it more family-friendly so people are less shy about sharing it with folks who […]
We have just watched for two solid weeks as Democrats, media personalities, and even some medical professionals, bent the rules of mask wearing and social distancing to cheer on left wing protests. Now that Trump is planning a rally in Oklahoma, many of the same people now want us to believe crowds are dangerous again. Do they really believe anyone is going to listen to them […]
Protesters have set up barricades around the abandoned Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct after police retreated from Capitol Hill on Monday in what was approved by the city mayor as an act of “trust and de-escalation”. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and police chief Carmen Best appear to disagree on how to handle the so-called “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”, or “CHAZ”, set up by protesters around the East Precinct. […]
A street preacher who entered the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone established by Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle was attacked by Antifa thugs on Saturday who choked, sexually assaulted and pinned him to the ground. A Black Lives Matter activist intervened on behalf of the preacher. One video shows the preacher surrounded by Antifa goons with a self-proclaimed gay man holding him in a […]
Seattle: The Demands Of Collective Black Voices At The CHAZ By Free Capitol Hill, Medium. June 13, 2020 Seattle: The Demands Of Collective Black Voices At The CHAZ2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/1_z1lvbjue51aye77eamu3qw-e1592070822165.jpeg200px200px Above photo: “Welcome to Free Capitol Hill” — Posted 06/08/2020. To the Government of Seattle, Washington: In credit to the people who freed Capitol Hill, this list of demands is neither brief nor simplistic. This is no simple request […]
Even as new protests in Seattle have Donald Trump engaging in his usual bluster, Norm Stamper, the former police chief in that city, has watched the recent images and videos of cops cracking down on nonviolent protesters with tear gas, batons, and pepper spray across the country with the same feelings of sadness and wrongness that have gripped so many Americans. But Stamper had an extra […]
Raz Simone, the self-appointed ‘warlord’ of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), blames a hacker for “old” tweets, after users found decade-old homophobic posts – similar to what once happened to MSNBC host Joy Reid. Simone, a rap musician and activist, has risen to prominence as a leading figure in the CHAZ experiment, and his newfound status has brought with it new scrutiny of his record. […]
A video surfaced online purportedly showing a machete-wielding man scaring people inside the ‘autonomous’ CHAZ enclave set up by activists in the middle of Seattle, Washington. Police have warned of lawlessness in the area. The short clip that has been circulating on social media shows a man in dark clothes holding what appears to be a machete while strolling near tents set up on a sports […]
Tucker Carlson continued his extensive reporting on CHAZ, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and nation state inside Seattle, Washington. Advertisement – story continues below CHAZ was a creation of Antifa-Anarchists and Black Lives Matter protesters following the mass protests of last week. On Friday night Tucker Carlson ran a tourism ad for the nation state of CHAZ.This is hilarious! Via Tucker Carlson Tonight: TRENDING: JUST IN: […]
Seattle Police have been ordered to stop using pepper spray, tear gas and flash-bang grenades following a lawsuit, further tying their hands as the so-called ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ sprouted round their abandoned precinct. Handed down by US District Judge Richard Jones on Friday, the order concludes that “on some occasions [Seattle police] used less-lethal weapons disproportionately and without provocation,” having a “chilling” effect on free […]
Black Lives Matter held a protest march today in Seattle, Washington. The rally organizers forced all whites to the back of the march. And the rally organizers pushed whites to the back if they did not go willingly. What a great organization! From a reader: I attended today’s Black Lives Matter march in Seattle, which started downtown before making its way to the Capitol Hill Autonomous […]
President Donald Trump says Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, a largely police-free community space fashioned amid protests, is run by “domestic terrorists.” Seattle’s police department made (and walked back) a claim about anarchists “extorting” businesses in the area. But actual businesses around the zone say they’re watching Ava DuVernay films, handing out granola bars, and having a nice time. Following several nights of showdowns between police […]
The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, Where Seattle Protesters Gather Without Police By Evan Bush, Seattle Times. June 12, 2020 The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, Where Seattle Protesters Gather Without Police2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/seattle-autonomous-zone-e1591927282924.jpg200px200px Above Photo: East Pine Street reopens to at least pedestrian traffic after Seattle police closed the East Precinct. Protesters surge toward the East Precinct as demonstrations continued. By Dean Rutz for The Seattle Times. Welcome to the CHAZ, […]
It looks like the party is over. Antifa domestic terrorists in Washington state set up an “autonomous zone” in six square blocks in Seattle this week. On Tuesday “Free Capitol Hill” the Antifa “Autonomous Zone” released its list of demands from the Seattle and Washington State governments. TRENDING: “I Should Never Have Been There” – Gen Mark Milley Stands with the Mob – Apologizes for Walking […]
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Far left Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan lashed out at President Trump on Thursday evening and threw her support behind the leftist insurrection. President Trump fired a warning shot to radical Democrat governor Jay Inslee and the Seattle Mayor on Thursday. “Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be […]
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has rebuffed US President Donald Trump’s vow to send in troops to remove protesters occupying an abandoned police station if local officials don’t act, saying it would be an “illegal” invasion. Responding to the president’s remarks earlier on Thursday – in which he threatened to directly intervene if Seattle officials don’t “take back” the city – the mayor insisted any such move would violate […]
A self-styled “warlord” of the Seattle Autonomous Zone (and local rapper) is quickly learning that policing is a tough job, struggling to maintain safety and order amid the newly minted commune’s post-revolutionary hangover. Raz Simone, self-appointed “warlord” of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), attempted to clear up some misunderstandings about the protest community, explaining to the Post Millennial on Thursday that his only goal for […]
President Trump issued a stark warning Wednesday night to Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (D) over his allowing Antifa activists to take over a six block section of Seattle. Trump said if Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) do not act then he would act to take back the city from anarchists. “Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and […]
As we reported yesterday — Antifa domestic terrorists set up an “autonomous zone” in six square blocks in Seattle over the weekend. The antifa terrorists are advocating for “folks with firearms” to take shifts defending the barricades. The Antifa group set up barricades at the border and certain areas for dining and public speech. Andy Ngo reported on this yesterday. TRENDING: Antifa Domestic Terrorists Take Over […]
Protesters and rioters have been allowed into Seattle’s City Hall after Councilwoman Kshama Sawant used her key to unlock the building and allow them inside. Sawant has been calling on Mayor Jenny Durkan to resign over “violence and brutality” by police in the city’s response to the “overwhelmingly peaceful” riots they have seen in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. #BlackLivesMatter protesters in […]
After police in Seattle, Washington retreated from the Capitol Hill neighborhood, protesters took over the abandoned ‘regime’ precinct and erected barricades to mark an ‘autonomous zone’ for several blocks around it. Six blocks of downtown Seattle have been declared the ‘Free Capitol Hill Zone’ or ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ (CHAZ), according to area activists that have taken control of Seattle PD’s East Precinct, on 12th Avenue […]
Free Capitol Hill zone in Seattle, Washington. This is your future with no police. Democrats want to defund the police.But don’t worry Antifa will defend you — for a price. Antifa domestic terrorists set up an “autonomous zone” in six square blocks in Seattle. The antifa terrorists are advocating for “folks with firearms” to take shifts defending the barricades. TRENDING: Chicago Mayor Now Pleading With Walmart […]
A protester was shot in Seattle Sunday night as he attacked a man who was driving his car through a George Floyd-Black Lives Matter protest after going through a barrier. The shooter is in custody after leaving the scene. The victim was hit in the arm and walked away, but was taken to the hospital by Seattle Fire Department medics. The victim said he punched the […]
In Brooklyn on Sunday evening, a crowd chanted and danced around Grand Army Plaza, where a drum circle brought applause. Earlier in the day, hundreds gathered in silent meditation for Black Lives Matter in Herbert Von King Park. Marchers on Manhattan’s First Avenue passed a hospital and were cheered on by hospital workers, while more demonstrators sat down on Central Park West. Even on the North […]
A man has been arrested after driving a car into a police barricade at a protest against police brutality in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area. The man reportedly fired his gun, injuring one person, before he fled the scene. Video of the incident shows the man driving into a barricade. Protesters first rush toward his car and begin hitting it, only scattering after the man appears to […]