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VIDEO: Rioter hits Seattle police officer in back of head with metal baseball bat, explosives thrown at cops
www.theblaze.com ^ | September 24, 2020 | Paul Sacca

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.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; bidenrally; blm; breonnataylor; democratgovernor; democratmayor; democratriot; mostlypeaceful; seattle; systemicrioting
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To: Red Badger
skip a couple turkey loads off the pavement and they'll back up
61 posted on 09/24/2020 9:57:27 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: rigelkentaurus

If the Seattle City Attorney will not file charges for these actions, do not expect the police to even show up. Not for ‘peaceful protests’ nor court.


62 posted on 09/24/2020 10:01:07 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Jeff Chandler

And clearly luv Biden and especially Harris.


63 posted on 09/24/2020 10:16:53 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That is the reason Portland(D) mayor Ted Wheeler(D), got rid of the horse patrol.


64 posted on 09/24/2020 10:17:39 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
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To: central_va

“In a world with 110 pound female cops. . .”

Well, we do have Buffy on TV where she kicks butt of those violent 250-300lb bad guys. Must be true, after all, al female cops in movies kick bad-guy butt. . .I taught college political science and I’d say about 97% of all college girls think they can kick bad guy butt. . .they REALLY believe this.


65 posted on 09/24/2020 10:20:58 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: llevrok

The peaceful protesters are there for a reason, they equivalent of the getaway driver.


66 posted on 09/24/2020 10:21:29 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
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To: Chode

Place a couple of turkey loads in center of mass and they will fall down......................


67 posted on 09/24/2020 10:24:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Hulka

I think I weighed 110 pounds in the 6th grade.


68 posted on 09/24/2020 10:29:41 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
“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.

The requirement that local authorities formally warn a group to disperse, or be deemed an unlawful assembly, has been around for over 300 years. It was signed into law by this guy:

It is called "reading the riot act."

69 posted on 09/24/2020 10:36:47 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Red Badger

Put a wall around it like the Warsaw ghetto and let them fend for themselves - no cops; let them figure out their food/sanitation(hah)/health and water. Let them grow their veggies in the park.


70 posted on 09/24/2020 10:53:15 AM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: Red Badger

That’s attempted murder.

But what do these cops expect? The cops Democrat political bosses have totally emboldened these rioting anarchist.

So much so their smashing their head with baseball bats. So out of control. They should have been shooting these Communist on the spot and this bull shit would end fast. So simple.


71 posted on 09/24/2020 10:59:55 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Police on bicycles is just nuts. Where are the horses? BIG horses intimidate crowds while bicycles make the cops look weak, ineffective and effeminate.

I've thought the same thing. Watching them in action they seem to be used to push back on the crowds. Don't know if that's the purpose. Might be me but I haven't noticed shields being used much.

72 posted on 09/24/2020 11:00:20 AM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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To: Red Badger

I’m afraid so.


73 posted on 09/24/2020 11:16:04 AM PDT by southernindymom
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To: Pilsner

Jerry Nadler signed the original act?


74 posted on 09/24/2020 11:59:10 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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To: SJackson

Yeah, the enemy all have their homemade shields. The cops have few shields.


75 posted on 09/24/2020 12:01:23 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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To: dragnet2

These riots could be stopped immediately. The city obviously wants them to continue.


76 posted on 09/24/2020 12:11:08 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: DOC44
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
77 posted on 09/24/2020 12:14:41 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Cold Heart

The perfect explanation of their role in the protests !


78 posted on 09/24/2020 12:22:46 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it is still legal! And often.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I wonder why. Shields and clubs, can’t use axes, would seem to be a good crowd control device at close quarters.


79 posted on 09/24/2020 1:08:53 PM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Even knowing that he has the nuclear football, he still looks like a total wimp.


80 posted on 09/24/2020 1:18:52 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Joe Biden: Showing his leadership by cowering in the basement like a scared child.)
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