Posted on 06/10/2020 11:50:31 PM PDT by Libloather
Welcome to the CHAZ, the newly named Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where most everything was free Tuesday.
Free snacks at the No-Cop Co-op. Free gas masks from some guys sedan. Free speech at the speakers circle, where anyone could say their piece. A free documentary movie - Ava DuVernays 13th - showing after dark.
A Free Capitol Hill, according to no shortage of spray paint on building facades. And perhaps most important to demonstrators, the neighborhood core was free of uniformed police.
**SNIP**
A man passed out flyers calling for a Thursday meeting to help answer the question now lingering for demonstrators.
I support this, but whats next? said Max Hodges.
That sentiment summarizes a cascade of questions demonstrators now face. Autonomous from what, exactly? Who is leading? How long can it last? Is it a distraction from the larger movement for police accountability and racial justice?
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Hey if its B.S. they want, its B.S. they should get.
Yet another poster who thinks the under 35’s in the military are LESS commie than the under 35’s in Seattle.
25 years ago that would be a true statement.
Not now.
“...A couple of nights later the police came in at 3 a.m. and wiped out the whole camp, loading it all in dump trucks and hauling it off.”
Yes, and it looks like the same thing is about to happen in Portland - another CHAZ, with protection from the communist mayor.
Im with you bro!
Put concertina wire around the entire compound six feet high, then watch as Lord of the Flies plats out in real life.
It could be a new reality show.
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