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Seattle Police, Protesters Brace for Violence as Mayor (Durkan) Orders CHOP Cleared
Newsweak ^ | 6/23/20 | Jenni Fink, Naveed Jamali

Posted on 06/24/2020 2:33:03 PM PDT by Libloather

Some Seattle police officers are concerned that disbanding the autonomous zone being occupied by protesters could turn violent. Since officers can't use pepper spray or tear gas to force people to disperse, some officers say their only course of action could be batons and firearms.

Two weeks after protesters cordoned off and occupied parts of Capitol Hill, now named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday it would be disbanded. Officials didn't share a specific timeline for clearing the area and Durkan said the goal is to have people leave voluntarily.

But a Seattle police officer who spoke to Newsweek on the condition of anonymity, said protesters don't have to listen to law enforcement. The officer expected protesters won't be keen on vacating the area, potentially leaving officers with one option: to use force.

"We're no longer allowed to use things like tear gas and pepper spray. The only thing that we can use is our sidearms or our batons," the officer said. "...And we lose if we use force, it's gonna look ugly."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: chaz; chop; durkan; idiot; mayordurkan; police; protest; seattle; seattlemayor; socialism
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To: Libloather

Just what I was going to suggest though I’m not sure if the poor little commies’ cellphones would survive a good soaking.


41 posted on 06/24/2020 2:58:52 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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To: Mouton

Blast with water canons then drop in CS gas and pepper spray. Then turn on the calypso music and watch all doing the limbo.

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Seattle might just blast them with money. Maybe they can get Bill Gates to pay. A couple million should do it.


42 posted on 06/24/2020 3:02:07 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Vendome

Nah...

Too tight urban space...

3 man Ghurka teams approach from each street...

meet in middle and grin big time...

Street hosed down...next!


43 posted on 06/24/2020 3:03:21 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Libloather

Shut off the power and water for 72hrs, don’t let anyone who comes out back in, and there won’t be much to clear but trash and feces in the streets along with the AntiFa who are armed and have been wanting an armed confrontation since they moved in there.


44 posted on 06/24/2020 3:05:12 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: AppyPappy
I would love to have live video of this

Watch you tube live tv Seattle Washington

45 posted on 06/24/2020 3:05:48 PM PDT by jetson (chiwowa)
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To: Libloather

Wait. Soyattle still has police? I would have told her “Not my problem, bitch. You said this was like the ‘Summer of Love’ out there.”


46 posted on 06/24/2020 3:07:54 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Isaiah 5:20 "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.")
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To: Libloather

Can’t the mayor just ask them nicely? She keeps saying what a good group of people they are.


47 posted on 06/24/2020 3:09:50 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Libloather
This could work too

As could this

48 posted on 06/24/2020 3:11:04 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Libloather

Throw a couple pounds of weed in there, laced with tranquilizers. Let them smoke up and roll them out of there.


49 posted on 06/24/2020 3:11:59 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: rigelkentaurus

I don’t think they did that....


50 posted on 06/24/2020 3:13:31 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: Libloather

“... some officers say their only course of action could be batons and firearms.”

Methinks most folks see no problem there whatsoever.


51 posted on 06/24/2020 3:18:01 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

How many police officers will need to be shot before Mayor Dorkan calls for Inslee to send the national guard? How many national guard will be hurt before Dorkan or Dimslee call for Trump to send troops?


52 posted on 06/24/2020 3:21:47 PM PDT by angry elephant (My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
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To: Libloather

The mayor is a liberal idiot. She could call out the national guard to support the police with overwhelming force and arrest all who will not disperse. This would give the police a break and prevent violence against the police.


53 posted on 06/24/2020 3:22:52 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
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To: Mr. Rabbit

Ah yes, the dogs — preferably large bad tempered males that weigh about 100 lbs each and that like to bite (oh say pitties, German shepherds and Malinois just for fun.)


54 posted on 06/24/2020 3:23:32 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites)
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To: Libloather

Lieutenant Gorman : [to Apone over the radio] Look, uh, Apone.
[Apone snaps his fingers, bringing his troops to a halt]
Lieutenant Gorman : Look, we can’t have any firing in there. I, uh... I want you to collect magazines from everybody.
Private Hudson : Is he fn’ crazy?
Private Frost : What the hell are we supposed to use, man, harsh language?
(Aliens)


55 posted on 06/24/2020 3:28:22 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: Libloather

Had she done her job the first day this started, it would have been a lot easier to get rid of the scum. She allowed them, even helped them to implant themselves, hoping it would allow her to keep her job. Anybody that gets hurt now, it’s on her. She could have resolved this from the beginning, but chose to ignore it. It’s all on her.


56 posted on 06/24/2020 3:31:29 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Libloather
"Water cannons. Lots and lots of water cannons."

Tanks. Lots of tanks, with teflon-coated treads, so those violent insurrectionists who refuse to move won't stick to it.

57 posted on 06/24/2020 3:32:44 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Covenantor

The G-Team.

If only we could use those guys here.


58 posted on 06/24/2020 3:33:08 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: Libloather
Ya'll mean-old FReepers who demanded that Trump stop Tweeting and send in the NG and crack skulls need to eat crow.

The evil Orange Man played this beautifully. Now the Mayor has to stew in her own feces.

59 posted on 06/24/2020 3:34:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Absolutely correct!! (IMHO, of course.)


60 posted on 06/24/2020 3:35:47 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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