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1 posted on 06/21/2020 12:56:47 PM PDT by vis a vis
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SEATTLE — On June 8, Seattle police frantically loaded what they could from the east precinct onto trucks and cars. Within hours, they boarded up and abandoned the station. That night, left-wing protesters from Black Lives Matter and Antifa declared ownership of the six-block neighborhood in the middle of the Pacific Northwest’s largest city. They named their new territory the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” or CHAZ. No laws or rules applied here except for one: “No cops allowed.”

During five undercover days and nights in the zone, I witnessed a continuing experiment in anarchy, chaos and brute-force criminality. In order to avoid being exposed as a journalist — several reporters have been barred or expelled — I slept and showered outside the zone. (Those inside have no showers but they do have portable bathrooms.) I took meals, and most of my water breaks, elsewhere because I was reluctant to remove my mask and risk being recognized. Every day I entered the zone twice through its semi-porous borders — once in the early afternoon, and again after sundown, staying until the wee hours.

Crime has surged inside and outside the zone.

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2 posted on 06/21/2020 12:58:53 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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SEATTLE — On June 8, Seattle police frantically loaded what they could from the east precinct onto trucks and cars. Within hours, they boarded up and abandoned the station. That night, left-wing protesters from Black Lives Matter and Antifa declared ownership of the six-block neighborhood in the middle of the Pacific Northwest’s largest city. They named their new territory the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” or CHAZ. No laws or rules applied here except for one: “No cops allowed.”

During five undercover days and nights in the zone, I witnessed a continuing experiment in anarchy, chaos and brute-force criminality. In order to avoid being exposed as a journalist — several reporters have been barred or expelled — I slept and showered outside the zone. (Those inside have no showers but they do have portable bathrooms.) I took meals, and most of my water breaks, elsewhere because I was reluctant to remove my mask and risk being recognized. Every day I entered the zone twice through its semi-porous borders — once in the early afternoon, and again after sundown, staying until the wee hours.

Crime has surged inside and outside the zone.


3 posted on 06/21/2020 12:59:18 PM PDT by EEGator
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Bump


4 posted on 06/21/2020 12:59:51 PM PDT by lowbridge
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Search still works:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=terrifying%20five-day%20stay


5 posted on 06/21/2020 12:59:56 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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Do people die like flies from COVID in there?


6 posted on 06/21/2020 1:01:02 PM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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This guy has guts. No doubt in my mind the ferals would kill him this time if he’s recognized.


7 posted on 06/21/2020 1:03:04 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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Good grief. People send in food and supplies. The City is enabling them by providing porta potties and graffiti canvases. (On whose dime?)


8 posted on 06/21/2020 1:06:52 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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Should Chaz last until next year - I imagine that Father’s Day 2021 will be wrought with confusion.


9 posted on 06/21/2020 1:08:08 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3857706/posts


14 posted on 06/21/2020 1:13:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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I thought the “Rona” would have taken them all out by now?! /s


25 posted on 06/21/2020 1:56:50 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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The mayor and governor are completely responsible for all that happens in the zone.


26 posted on 06/21/2020 2:05:07 PM PDT by I want the USA back (THERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A DEBATE TRUMP VS BIDEN! It will be the best show ever!)
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“Our contempt for the media is inextricable from our hatred of this entire world,” the booklet reads. Attacks on journalists who are accused of not toeing the line have become commonplace."

The cowards at The Seattle Times think they can make themselves safe by kow-towing to the mob. What insipid idiots they are.
29 posted on 06/21/2020 2:47:52 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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