Posted on 07/26/2020 5:24:51 AM PDT by karpov
Protesters in Seattle threw rocks, fireworks and explosives at police officers during violent confrontations on Saturday, police officials said.
In updates on Twitter, the Seattle Police Department said the chaotic scene near its East Precinct station was a “riot,” with some demonstrators breaking windows and setting fire to property in the area. In June, Mayor Jenny Durkan had ordered police to abandon the East Precinct station, which had been the site of almost daily confrontations between officers and people protesting the killing of George Floyd.
At least 16 people were arrested on Saturday for either assaulting an officer, obstruction or failure to disperse, the police department said on Twitter. One officer was injured by an explosive, according to the department.
“Police have issued dispersal orders and deployed less-lethal munitions to clear the area,” the department said in one Twitter update.
The protests came a day after a federal judge temporarily blocked a Seattle ordinance that would ban police from using tear gas, pepper spray and other less-lethal tools as crowd-control measures.
The Seattle City Council unanimously passed the ban in June. It was supposed to take effect Sunday and would have coincided with demonstrations planned in the city in support of protests in Portland, Ore.
Seattle Chief of Police Carmen Best had said the law would leave her officers unable to protect property during violence.
On Friday, in an emergency hearing, U.S. District Judge James Robart issued a temporary restraining order requested by the Justice Department to block the new ordinance.
Since 2012, Seattle’s police force has been under a consent decree and federal oversight after the Justice Department found that the police used excessive force and had a pattern of biased policing methods.
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Carmen knows that she’s the one who will be thrown under the bus.
A NIGHT IN PORTLAND WARZONE.
@tedwheeler has not only ordered the Portland Police Bureau to stop assisting the Federal Agents in his City, he has stood them down & allowed hyper-violent & destructive Antifa Marxist Anarchists to run wild for 50+ days.
When do we hold those politicians who allow this to be arrested and jailed
So, no feds involved and still they have riots. Guess they can’t blame this on Trump today.
She’s as bad as Jenni durka-Durka but finds herself locked in battle not only with the zombies but with the mayor and city council. It’s a full-on feeding frenzy and Seattle is doomed.
Seattle basically governed by their holy estrogen leftist women hacks. Oh what love, peace and happiness for all their many genders and binaries to enjoy.
Where is Madame Defarge when we need her? All those found guilty of treason against the country and against We The People should be, IMO, tried, convicted, and made to pay the price for their treason. Heat up the tar and pluck the chickens.
And, I want to add, that includes every traitor who participated in the coup against DJT, his staff, and family.
She can complain all she wants, but she probably has no place to go unless she learns how to code.
If she really knew anything she would resign and denounce the mayor and city council. She keeps saying she's "only following orders". That makes her a tool of the commies. "Only following orders" was the excuse of many Nazis who were hung @ Nuremburg.
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