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Fifth Column
Bulldozers move in and crush Seattle's CHOP camp while police reclaim their vandalized precinct and arrest at least 31 people - as Republicans led by Mitch McConnell say 'it's several deaths too late' after two black men were shot dead in area
2020-07-02
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The clean up operation began at Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone on Wednesday

  • It came after officers in riot gear issued a dispersal order at 5am and used bicycles to herd the protesters

  • Eyewitness Omari Salisbury said: 'The Seattle Police Department basically reclaimed the precinct in less than 30 minutes, five feet at a time with the bicycle officers out in front.'

  • Pictures show trash and debris being collected by city workers with tents and protest signs taken down

  • Mitch McConnell said the move to shut down the zone 'is several deaths too late' after two black men were shot dead

  • Mayor Jenny Durkan said there has been a 525% spike in violent crimes, including rape and assault, in the area

  • People had occupied several blocks around a park and the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct

  • Police had abandoned the building June 8th, following clashes with those calling for an end to police brutality

  • Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said: 'The CHOP has become lawless and brutal'

  • Police found 'recovered improvised spike strips—designed to puncture vehicle tires—in the area of the CHOP'

  • The 31 arrests were for failure to disperse, obstruction, assault, and unlawful weapon possession


Durkan orders CHOP/CHAZ/CHEAP/WHATEVER shut down
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Posted by:Skidmark

#12  My favourite comment:

Notice how less than 24 hours after they showed up outside HER doorstep this happened? But I'm sure that's just a coincidence....
Posted by: gorb   2020-07-02 18:57  

#11  Somebody shot out the window
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Posted by: Frank G   2020-07-02 18:35  

#10  Any sighting of Saint Pancake?
Posted by: AlanC   2020-07-02 17:21  

#9  With any luck there will be some pictures of truly epic piles of used needles.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-07-02 10:47  

#8  I'd love to see these 'revolutionaries' also fined for littering.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-07-02 10:40  

#7  The chop eradication effort may, in part, be due to the 2 (at least) lawsuits brought against the mayorette and the city by residents and businesses impacted by the protest clowns and seattle's non-attempt to stop them.
Cya at work here.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2020-07-02 09:21  

#6  Workers are left to clean up huge piles of trash and tents left behind by protesters at Seattle's CHOP after it was finally cleared following two deadly shootings and a 525% spike in crime
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-07-02 08:29  

#5  ^The type existed long before Marx - look up dominance hierarchies in rats.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-07-02 07:41  

#4  Marx may not want them, but he sure as Hell spawned them.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-07-02 07:25  

#3  'led by Mitch McConnell'

Once every blue moon!
Posted by: Raj   2020-07-02 07:06  

#2  ^Marx doesn't want them.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-07-02 05:33  

#1  Stop calling embarrassed communists "anarchists".
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-07-02 05:30  

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