Posted on 09/24/2020 8:44:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rioters threw rocks, glass bottles, and explosives at police during another night of riots in Seattle
Following Wednesday's decision by a grand jury not to indict police officers on homicide charges in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, cities across the country erupted in protests and violence, including St. Petersburg, Portland, and Louisville, where two police officers were shot. In Seattle, riots erupted that included a vicious baseball bat attack on a police officer.
A shocking video from Wednesday night's riots in Seattle shows a man dressed in all black violently smash a police officer in the back of the head with a metal baseball bat. The police officer was wearing a helmet, which may have saved his life.
The officer was attempting to wrest his bicycle back from a person in the crowd. The masked rioter sneaks up on the officer while he is distracted and steps into a swinging attack with the metal bat that hits the cop in the back of the helmet. The officer was able to keep his footing after being bashed in the head and escaped the violent mob.
The Seattle Police Department issued a press release on Wednesday night's violence in the city. "Multiple officers were injured to include one who was struck in the head with a baseball bat cracking his helmet," the statement said, which included photos of the officer's damaged helmet.
The Seattle Police Department also noted that an individual threw an explosive at law enforcement officers at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday night. The incendiary device "exploded near waiting bike officers."
When cops attempted to arrest the suspect, they were assaulted with glass bottles and rocks from the crowd of rioters. Police said they "deployed pepper spray and blast balls in an attempt to create space between the officers and the protestors."
Agitators also cut wires powering the security cameras to the precinct and set dumpsters on fire, and more explosives were thrown at officers. Seattle Police declared the ongoing protest an unlawful assembly after several fireworks were fired at police.
The Seattle police said they arrested 13 individuals. Charges include property destruction, resisting arrest, failure to disperse, and assault on an officer.
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice announced that Seattle is one of three U.S. cities declared to be "anarchist jurisdictions," along with Portland and New York City. The designation could cause those cities to lose federal funding.
Attempted murder ?
And, all charges will be dropped immediately on all those arrested.
The cop who was hit seemed to run away.
The cop standing next to him seemed to have no reaction.
You know what...if the cops cannot defend themselves then they shouldn’t be out there. The Rules of Engagement with rioters needs to change ASAP.
Why doesn’t the black community object to this violence against cops?
“The officer was attempting to wrest his bicycle back from a person in the crowd.”
Police on bicycles is just nuts. Where are the horses? BIG horses intimidate crowds while bicycles make the cops look weak, ineffective and effeminate.
You never heard of a rioter taking a horse from a cop.
Water cannons...right now.
THE TIME HAS COME.
“Seattle Police declared the ongoing protest an unlawful assembly...”
This seems to be the latest policing fad — they have to use a PA system to “declare an unlawful assembly.” Why not just skip that silly formality and start cracking heads open?
I imagine that requirement comes from the namby-pamby ultra-leftist city councils.
In Portland, they will make that declaration ten to fifteen times before doing anything. It’s like the parent making the hollow threat to the unruly kid — “If you do that just one more time, I’ll...I’ll...paddle your bottom so hard you won’t sit down for a week.”
Bike cops have their place in a civil society. We’re well past that.
Mostly peaceful murder................
Agreed. The hammer should have come down long ago.
Because the black community just KNOWS the police are racist, have an open season on blacks, and dead black bodies are stacked like cordwood all around the nation.
“Bike cops have their place in a civil society.”
Agreed. It’s nice to see cops on bikes in the park on a pleasant Sunday afternoon when you are out for a walk with the family.
They are ridiculous in riots.
In all fairness, this is Seattle. Most of those cops probably voted for the current mayor and governor, and many of them might even support the riots.
Shoot them.
What I don't understand is why there is no sniper overwatch.
A rioter hits an officer in the head with a bat or shoots at an officer, they have forfeited their life. The ROE needs to keep up with the situation - and this ain't no "protest".
If cities, counties and states don’t do something about this soon (i.e., right now), then we are probably going to live in a lawless society forevermore. It really is the point of no return.
I was fishing in a city park, and a bike cop just materialized at my shoulder. Glad I had a license.
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