Seattle autonomous zone

[Greenman]

Mayor issued emergency order to clear out CHOP last night. All local affiliates have live feeds. Area has been completely cleared except for an area north of Cal Anderson park where there is an encampment of several tents. This area is surrounded, and the last area to be completely cleared out. Party is over.

Why did it become an emergency? I thought they were having a summer of love?

 

[hal2kilo]

Why did it become an emergency? I thought they were having a summer of love?

Nope, no summer of love. Just a few hard cores pushing to get rid of the SPD. That wasn't going to happen.

 

[Greenman]

Pretty much the way it went. I'm sure there's a bunch of people disappointed in the lack of cracked heads. There will be a number of lawsuits.

The lawsuits are going to be interesting. Can those folks sue for the police abandoning them? I'm honestly not sure what liability the city has. I could see a recall election for the mayor and Governor.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Why did it become an emergency? I thought they were having a summer of love?

It fell out of the news cycle, he had to act before something happened and people started paying attention to it again. It was an emergency because he couldn't trust that the Police could go more than a few days without murdering someone in cold blood.

 

[soundforbjt]

The lawsuits are going to be interesting. Can those folks sue for the police abandoning them? I'm honestly not sure what liability the city has. I could see a recall election for the mayor and Governor.

Sounds like Fox News wishful thinking.

 

[hal2kilo]

Sounds like Fox News wishful thinking.

The person who will be worrying is Council person Kshama Sawant. She was very involved in this. The mayor had it out with her yesterday.

Kshama Sawant - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Durkan says Sawant should be investigated for ‘contemptuous’ behavior during protests

Durkan wrote that Sawant should be investigated for allegedly opening City Hall to protesters on June 9 and taking part in a protest march to Durkan's home this past Sunday.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Greenman]

Sounds like Fox News wishful thinking.

No idea. But a lawsuit must be claiming some sort of malfeasance on the part of the city or state. It seems like someone is going to be on the receiving end of the pointing finger. Or maybe not, maybe no one in that area cares. I sure don't know the answers, but I find the questions interesting.

 

[pcgeek11]

I guess the Summer of Love was a dream too far...

 

[SMOGZINN]

I guess the Summer of Love was a dream too far...

They said the same thing about the original Summer of Love and from it came the Civil Right Act. We don't yet know what will come from this one.

 

[Jhhnn]

Why did it become an emergency? I thought they were having a summer of love?

"Emergency" is just what the Mayor called it. The whole thing lost its Mojo, so relatively few protesters remained. It wasn't designed to last forever, anyway.

 

[Greenman]

"Emergency" is just what the Mayor called it. The whole thing lost its Mojo, so relatively few protesters remained. It wasn't designed to last forever, anyway.

I herd today that it ended with a couple of black kids getting killed. Haven't had a chance to hunt down the story yet.

 

[Jhhnn]

I herd today that it ended with a couple of black kids getting killed. Haven't had a chance to hunt down the story yet.

Idiots are inevitable under the circumstances-

Another shooting in Seattle's police-free autonomous zone kills man and critically injures boy | CNN

A shooting in Seattle's Capitol Hill Occupation Protest (CHOP) area Monday morning left one man dead and a 14-year-old boy critically injured -- bringing more scrutiny to the autonomous protest zone.

www.cnn.com

 

[pcgeek11]

They said the same thing about the original Summer of Love and from it came the Civil Right Act. We don't yet know what will come from this one.

Well we do know so far a lot of vandalism, injuries and at least 2 deaths.

 

[IronWing]

Well we do know so far a lot of vandalism, injuries and at least 2 deaths.

Gun nuts tell us that the cops can never arrive in time to prevent violent crime so what does excluding cops from the area have to do with the murders?

 

[pcgeek11]

Gun nuts tell us that the cops can never arrive in time to prevent violent crime so what does excluding cops from the area have to do with the murders?

Whatever makes you feel better about these deaths ....

 

[IronWing]

Whatever makes you feel better about these deaths ....

Dance a little sidestep there, pardner.

 

[pcgeek11]

Dance a little sidestep there, pardner.

I'm not the one dancing...

 

[Vic]

I'm not the one dancing...

No, you're just demonstrating that you don't know anything about actuarial science while callously using the deaths of 2 people for political purposes.

 

[pcgeek11]

~snip~
while callously using the deaths of 2 people for political purposes.

Pointing out the deaths in the failure of their "summer of love" as per the mayor and their fucked up take over of part of the city of Seattle is not using their deaths for political purposes. It is just a fact. These kid may have been saved had they been allowed emergency services.
Sorry, I know how much you hate facts when they disagree with your narrative.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

This was defo a no win situation for the Seattle mayor, but she played it about as well as it can reasonably be expected.

Send in the goon squad and crack a bunch of skulls at the start of the protest and now you're a fascist and maybe someone dies there and its directly your fault. Protest movement is invigorated and surges.

Or

Back off and let human nature take its course, then come back in with cause as the clean up crew and blame the protesters for everything.

Partisans will partisan. I can already imagine in the first scenario the "Democrats are the actual fascists" and "watch this cute girl take a tear gas canister to the face" talking points that would be everywhere.

All told, well played.

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278764912731250688

ironic?

 

[KMFJD]

Papers please!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1279110142575820802

 

[Greenman]

Well we do know so far a lot of vandalism, injuries and at least 2 deaths.

That really is the entire story in a nutshell. Where is the protest over those killings? Where is the outrage? Where are the calls for justice? We've learned exactly how much those lives mattered.

 

[nickqt]

That really is the entire story in a nutshell. Where is the protest over those killings? Where is the outrage? Where are the calls for justice? We've learned exactly how much those lives mattered.

Oh, the concern!

 

[Jhhnn]

That really is the entire story in a nutshell. Where is the protest over those killings? Where is the outrage? Where are the calls for justice? We've learned exactly how much those lives mattered.

Ugh. The police must obviously be held to a higher standard than street thugs. Otherwise there will be no difference.