Here it is. Non existent antifa takes over Seattle neighborhood. No police presence

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TheDeeble said:
Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where Seattle protesters gather without police

Literally The Seattle Times
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That reads nothing like the anarchy that is being portrayed here. No mention of homeless people stealing food or extorting businesses for protection money.

By dusk Tuesday, a couple paced the autonomous zone’s 11th Avenue using trash-picking equipment they said they purchased for Burning Man. The streets smelled like the Fourth of July, as people seared hot dogs on curbside grills. “REGISTER TO VOTE HERE” read a poster at volunteer station.
At 11 p.m., former President Richard Nixon’s face beamed on a projector at the intersection of Pine and 12th Avenue, as a crowd of perhaps 200 gathered quietly to watch DuVernay’s film about racism and inequality, just steps from the precinct. The crowd remained calm and peaceful. About a dozen tents were pitched along streets near the intersection, nestled in for the night, and promising an interesting summer.
 
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Mick said:
That reads nothing like the anarchy that is being portrayed here. No mention of homeless people stealing food or extorting businesses for protection money.

By dusk Tuesday, a couple paced the autonomous zone’s 11th Avenue using trash-picking equipment they said they purchased for Burning Man. The streets smelled like the Fourth of July, as people seared hot dogs on curbside grills. “REGISTER TO VOTE HERE” read a poster at volunteer station.
At 11 p.m., former President Richard Nixon’s face beamed on a projector at the intersection of Pine and 12th Avenue, as a crowd of perhaps 200 gathered quietly to watch DuVernay’s film about racism and inequality, just steps from the precinct. The crowd remained calm and peaceful. About a dozen tents were pitched along streets near the intersection, nestled in for the night, and promising an interesting summer.
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Sounds straight of some novel romanticizing idiocy.
 
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Wafflestomper said:
No, my friend is a cop with SPD and he posted this picture on FB just as it appears here. I served with him in the Navy and don't believe he is embellishing. He's also a democrat.

These people aren't run of the mill liberals--they are anarchists who have exploited the protests for their own benefit. The local news media is admonishing SPD for "militarizing schools" (which are closed) since some police are now using schools in the area after these lunatics ran them out of their station. The media has apparently not been unkind to the anarchists though. Crazy times.
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Ok. I’m not questioning your friend, I’m just trying to get the scoop. I think I remember the OP being on twitter but I can’t track it down anymore.

The issue with the schools was that nobody asked and SWAT and national guard just showed up and set up camp there. But schools are closed, and it’s government property, so I don’t see the problem. I have a very low opinion of both Seattle public schools and SPD so won’t pick a side there. But it’s not a big issue; it barely made local news.

I will take issue though with your characterization that the police were “ran out of the station” or that protesters “took over their building”. The protesters didn’t take over the SPD’s building. SPD just packed up and left one morning.

Honestly, the neighborhood right now appears to be much more peaceful since the police have left. The SPD instigated a lot of the violence. Their entire strategy was stupid from the get-go. The SPD set up an approximately one-block perimeter around the station where they wouldn’t allow people to protest. This just so happens to be smack dab in the middle of the liveliest neighborhood of Seattle where the most protesters are concentrated, and the police station is the most obvious place to protest right around there. It is a protest against police brutality, after all.

So every day they engaged in silly turf wars where SPD would try to advance and move the barricades a few hundred feet, then retreat, then advance, then retreat for no apparent reason. The protesters on the line would refuse to move, and then the cops would start with the rubber bullets and tear gas again. Chaos ensues. Rinse repeat every evening (plus a lot of other BS). SPD and the mayor have handled the situation terribly. The mayor will likely be removed from office before she has the chance to lose reelection. The police chief (a black woman no less) is toast too.

Anyway, earlier this week the police just left. The building is locked and boarded up. Nobody has broken in. Although, there is a “plan” to turn the police station into a community center. The other night there was an armed crew defending the station from potential bad actors. The consensus seems to be that the police left hoping that the protesters would set fire to the building, thereby justifying their failed strategies. Then they can swoop in with their billy clubs and tear gas and save the day again.

These protesters really are almost entirely run-of-the-mill Seattle liberals (lunatics, yes, criminals, no). I have not seen antifa anywhere. The major criminal elements struck on day 1-2 of the protests and haven’t been back since. The CHAZ is just a big block party right now. All the police have to do to take back their precinct is walk back in from where they’re posted up enjoying coffee and doughnuts a few blocks over.
 
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Mick said:
That reads nothing like the anarchy that is being portrayed here. No mention of homeless people stealing food or extorting businesses for protection money.
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No ****? No one ever accused the Seattle media of not being delusional.

There are plenty of videos out there. Decide for yourself. Citizen stop and frisk. Random ass guys pulling up saying "We are the police now" threatening to blow people's brains out...
 
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Mick said:
That reads nothing like the anarchy that is being portrayed here. No mention of homeless people stealing food or extorting businesses for protection money.

By dusk Tuesday, a couple paced the autonomous zone’s 11th Avenue using trash-picking equipment they said they purchased for Burning Man. The streets smelled like the Fourth of July, as people seared hot dogs on curbside grills. “REGISTER TO VOTE HERE” read a poster at volunteer station.
At 11 p.m., former President Richard Nixon’s face beamed on a projector at the intersection of Pine and 12th Avenue, as a crowd of perhaps 200 gathered quietly to watch DuVernay’s film about racism and inequality, just steps from the precinct. The crowd remained calm and peaceful. About a dozen tents were pitched along streets near the intersection, nestled in for the night, and promising an interesting summer.
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All safely tucked behind the walls that they erected to deprive others of such idyllic community...
 
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Inside CHAZ: Protesters dance, sing and order vegan pizza in Seattle's six-block Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone where cops are kept out by armed patrol - as Trump brands them 'domestic terrorists' and orders Dems to take back the city NOW

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A map created by protesters shows the 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone', or CHAZ, in Seattle, where protesters are manning barricades and controlling entry. The CHAZ includes apartments, businesses, and an abandoned police precinct

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Armed men are seen manning checkpoints controlling entry to the CHAZ. Police say they have received complaints that protesters are demanding cash to enter the zone, and shaking down businesses inside for 'protection money'

Trump says domestic terrorists have taken over Seattle and demands CHAZ be retaken | Daily Mail Online
 
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Mick said:
That reads nothing like the anarchy that is being portrayed here. No mention of homeless people stealing food or extorting businesses for protection money.

By dusk Tuesday, a couple paced the autonomous zone’s 11th Avenue using trash-picking equipment they said they purchased for Burning Man. The streets smelled like the Fourth of July, as people seared hot dogs on curbside grills. “REGISTER TO VOTE HERE” read a poster at volunteer station.
At 11 p.m., former President Richard Nixon’s face beamed on a projector at the intersection of Pine and 12th Avenue, as a crowd of perhaps 200 gathered quietly to watch DuVernay’s film about racism and inequality, just steps from the precinct. The crowd remained calm and peaceful. About a dozen tents were pitched along streets near the intersection, nestled in for the night, and promising an interesting summer.
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Streets blocked off. Police not welcome. Autonomous CHAZ citizens walking around armed. Declaring it no longer the property of Seattle.

Matches what I've been reading.

A new protest society — centered on a handful of blocks in Seattle’s quirky, lefty Capitol Hill — has been born from the demonstrations that pushed the Seattle Police Department out of its East Precinct building.
On Tuesday, demonstrators hung a banner on the police station: “THIS SPACE IS NOW PROPERTY OF THE SEATTLE PEOPLE.” Teenagers passed a bottle on the exit ramp for police vehicles. A young man carried a long rifle down the sidewalk, despite the mayor’s ban on weapons in Capitol Hill, which has not been clearly enforced.

Sarah Tornai, a demonstrator leading by microphone Tuesday, called for pragmatic organization so demonstrators remain safe and in control of the area.
“We do not know when the police will arrive to reclaim this space,” Tornai told the crowd.

Meantime, Hendrickson voiced concerns over public safety.
“We’re not real easy with the autonomous zone. My understanding is they’re patrolling and protecting, but they’re just random guys and they have a gun,” Hendrickson said, referring to reports of armed people on the Hill. “The street’s barricaded so emergency vehicles can’t get through.” (Demonstrators during a Wednesday live stream said they were responding to community concerns over egress.)
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Orange_Crush said:
If it's true (it seems to be), and left-leaning sources aren't carrying it, that should tell you something about the sources you prefer.
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I looked at The Seattle Times; figured the leading local newspaper would be a good source.
 
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TheDeeble said:
Streets blocked off. Police not welcome. Autonomous CHAZ citizens walking around armed. Declaring it no longer the property of Seattle.

Matches what I've been reading.
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So they just have one gun. Even the 2A people are welcome. Oh, the humanity.
 
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Mick said:
That reads nothing like the anarchy that is being portrayed here. No mention of homeless people stealing food or extorting businesses for protection money.

By dusk Tuesday, a couple paced the autonomous zone’s 11th Avenue using trash-picking equipment they said they purchased for Burning Man. The streets smelled like the Fourth of July, as people seared hot dogs on curbside grills. “REGISTER TO VOTE HERE” read a poster at volunteer station.
At 11 p.m., former President Richard Nixon’s face beamed on a projector at the intersection of Pine and 12th Avenue, as a crowd of perhaps 200 gathered quietly to watch DuVernay’s film about racism and inequality, just steps from the precinct. The crowd remained calm and peaceful. About a dozen tents were pitched along streets near the intersection, nestled in for the night, and promising an interesting summer.
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shhh, you'll disturb the redhats so desperately trying to swallow the right wing slant.

But you're correct, and it's what I was trying to tell them.
 
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Mick said:
Well you have no excuse for believing the Gateway Pundit and the alt right social media tweets and blogs then.
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I don't have to. The Seattle Times is confirming that a group of protesters, some armed, have taken over several blocks of Seattle, declared themselves autonomous and free of Seattle, blocked off road access, refuse entry of police, and are making demands.

It's pretty much everything I've read at least. The only thing missing is confirmed reports of extortion. Its been rumored but nothing official.
 
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#325
If...if this group was to become violent and they begin to resist the law of the land, the city of Seattle, state of Washington and the Federal Govt. have the right to put it down. This is the Whiskey Rebellion 2.0.
 
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