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Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone(Utopia) - Seattle cedes to Antifa


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Protesters in Seattle posted a list of necessary supplies running short in the “autonomous zone” in the heart of the city; asking for everyday items like Gatorade, shoes, bedding, folding chairs, pillows, and more.

“I just want to remind all that when you create an ‘autonomous zone,’ you don’t get to demand a long list of supplies from the orderly capitalist society that you are rebelling against. Kind of defeats the meaning of ‘autonomous,’” posted Rep. Dan Crenshaw on social media.

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I think Trump should dispatch the border patrol and block off area and create a check point. No one can leave without proper documents. If they are autonomous, then they need to stay in there and create their own economy and food source. 

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15 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

At least the protesters are leaving one statue alone in Seattle.....

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Lenin is the hero of the left. I grew up during the Cold War. I never expected to see the American Democrat party turn communist. These people are lunatics.

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One reported dead, one wounded in overnight Capitol Hill protest zone shooting

Arriving police reported encountering hostile crowds after a large force assembled on the edge of the protest zone and entered the area on E Pine to secure the victim

https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/one-reported-dead-one-wounded-in-overnight-capitol-hill-protest-zone-shooting/

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/seattle-police-clear-chop-zone-make-arrests-mayors/story?id=71551625&fbclid=IwAR3rtrgcqlSpzkn0oQABlO4BEBkQSu75kkT4iSXJQYB3jocsSNz9W-uQ-Ts

Following "ongoing violence and public safety issues," Seattle's mayor has issued an executive order to clear the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone -- a several block, autonomous police-free zone -- and Seattle police enforced the order Wednesday morning.

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said in a statement, "This order, and our police response, comes after weeks of violence in and around the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, including four shootings, resulting in multiple injuries and the deaths of two teenagers."

"I support peaceful demonstrations," Best said, adding, "the CHOP has become lawless and brutal. Four shootings -- two fatal -- robberies, assaults, violence and countless property crimes have occurred in this several block area."

Police began issuing dispersal orders early Wednesday, and as of 7:45 a.m. local time, officers made 23 arrests for assault, failure to disperse, obstruction and resisting arrest, the department said.

The CHOP zone was formed after explosive standoffs between protesters and Seattle police after the death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minnesota who died while in police custody. Following days of clashes, Seattle police on June 8 largely withdrew from the Capitol Hill district, leaving a void for protesters.

The protesters seized a roughly six-block area, including the east precinct, to create an "autonomous police-free zone."

The zone remained for weeks, and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan told ABC News' "Nightline" last month that it required time and distance to de-escalate the tensions between the people and police.

"We need to have some time for people to feel that they have had the ability to protest and raise their voices and have the time to work, not just with the people on Capitol Hill but with all of Seattle," she said.

"These protests are protests fundamentally about a policing system that has tried to dominate Black Americans through the history of our country. You don't meet those protests with domination. You meet them with listening and with change," Durkan said.

And now they get to go back home to their parent's basements after proving nothing except that this didn't work........And SF is left wondering - "what changed?" (what did the mayor mean)

 

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Apparently the "social workers" were unsuccessful at removing the inhabitants of Antifastan on Sunday after two black men have been killed and another is in critical condition. Police in full riot gear arrest 23.

#BlackLivesMatter

 

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Maybe this picture of the Lenin statue in Seattle will shed a little light on what is happening in the "CHOP" zone.......Black Lives Matter you say?

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lenin-statue-of-fremont?fbclid=IwAR3aSJB7qeLs-QYmcm964Tra22IfkRw5tmLBbCqhz7tqDYo9stdOZjfs3_M

STRIDING FORWARD WITH A SCOWL on his face and surrounded by flames and the symbols of war this 16 foot tall bronze sculpture of Lenin looks particularly fierce, so it is all the more out of place in the friendly neighborhood of Fremont, located just outside of Seattle.

The statue was made in 1988 by Emil Venkov for the communist republic of then Czechoslovakia. The solid bronze statue was built to last but communist Czechoslovakia wasn’t and only a year later in 1989 communism fell during the now famous “velvet revolution.” The brand new statue was sent to the scrapyard.

Lewis E. Carpenter, an ex-pat from Issaquah, Washington living in the Czech Republic found the statue ready to be melted down and fell in love. He saw an artistic work that deserved to be preserved. At a total cost of $41,000 Carpenter bought the statue and shipped it back to Washington despite the general feelings from many residents that the statue and what it represented was abhorrent.

Sadly in 1994, Carpenter was killed in a car accident leaving the statue once again in limbo. After being shuffled around it found a home in nearby Fremont appropriately only a block from a salvaged Cold War rocket fuselage.

While Fremont may at first seem an odd home for the statue, it is a more appropriate location then first appears. Known as “The People’s Republic of Fremont” and”The Artists’ Republic of Fremont,” it was once a hotbed of radical politics and counterculture, and despite gentrifying a bit with age it is still home to a vibrant artistic community.

Besides being near the rocket fuselage, the angry Lenin is close to the Fremont Troll, a giant concrete troll crushing a car, and sign with such advice as “throw your watch away.” Lenin himself is the victim of various artistic exuberance and has appeared dressed as John Lennon, adorned with a red star during Christmas, in drag during gay pride week, painted as a clown, and his head is a prized seat during parades. In this context the scowling Lenin almost looks like he is in on the joke.

Should you fall in love with the Lenin as much as Carpenter did you can have it for yourself. As of 2006 the Lenin sculpture was on sale for $250,000 dollars.

 

 

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47 minutes ago, Howe said:

Seattle mayor slams protesters for showing no 'regard for' her 'safety' as demonstrators circle her home

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/seattle-mayor-slams-protesters-for-showing-no-regard-for-her-safety-as-demonstrators-circle-her-home

You meet them with listening and with change," Durkan said.

(Maybe not the best advice.........)

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