Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by loeg on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @12:31PM
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Seattle protesters were unarmed and getting tear gassed by SPD for a solid month before SPD decided to just leave the East Precinct on their own. "Armed protectors took over gov. buildings and city blocks" is just completely false. After SPD left, some people put up some signs and blockades and that's about it.
SPD is an arm of executive branch of the municipal government. Again, SPD was beating and gassing protesters (and the entire neighborhood — gas spreads) for a solid month. That is the city's clear policy on protests against police brutality — bash the protesters until they stop protesting. Outside of maybe Sawant, who is a weirdo, no city official promoted, condoned, or "excused" SPD leaving the east precinct.
Lots of violence and murder: your implication is that the handful of shootings in cap hill while SPD were out of the precinct were caused by CHOP/CHAZ, but correlation isn't causation. (And N is also pretty small.) Outside of the handful of shootings, there was only increased violence in Cap hill after the cops left if you don't count violence by cops.
SPD is an arm of executive branch of the municipal government. Again, SPD was beating and gassing protesters (and the entire neighborhood — gas spreads) for a solid month. That is the city's clear policy on protests against police brutality — bash the protesters until they stop protesting. Outside of maybe Sawant, who is a weirdo, no city official promoted, condoned, or "excused" SPD leaving the east precinct.
Lots of violence and murder: your implication is that the handful of shootings in cap hill while SPD were out of the precinct were caused by CHOP/CHAZ, but correlation isn't causation. (And N is also pretty small.) Outside of the handful of shootings, there was only increased violence in Cap hill after the cops left if you don't count violence by cops.