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Seattle Launches Investigation After Supply Van Full Of Weapons Found Trailing Behind Rioters
Hot Air ^ | July 30, 2020 | JOHN SEXTON

Posted on 07/30/2020 3:52:33 PM PDT by Hojczyk

On Wednesday, Best told reporters that officers saw a van following a group of protesters around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, before it stopped outside the East Precinct. At about the same time, she said, explosions started going off outside the precinct.

Best said a witness later told police they had seen baseball bats and explosives inside the same van earlier in the day.

Police later impounded the van and, after obtaining a search warrant, discovered firework pyrotechnics, smoke bombs, stun guns, bear and pepper spray, makeshift spike strips and gas masks, Best said…

Seattle Police Sgt. James Lee, who works with the department’s arson/bomb squad, said his team also found remnants of a Molotov cocktail that exploded near King County’s juvenile detention facility, which is under construction.

Sgt. Lee discussed photos of items found in the van, including a taser and homemade spike strips which were intended to flatten the tires of police bikes. Lee also showed photos of canisters of bear spray which he said had been “causing burns and itching and stinging to their face and exposed skin.” Chief Best interjected that the use of bear spray on human beings was a “federal offense.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: anarchists; anarchy; antifa; blacklivesmatter; blm; democratmob; domesticterrorism; seattle; washington
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1 posted on 07/30/2020 3:52:33 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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But they were peaceful weapons.


2 posted on 07/30/2020 3:53:48 PM PDT by shelterguy
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Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway,
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I’m getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto,
I’ve lived all over this town


3 posted on 07/30/2020 3:54:31 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Hojczyk

Peace paraphernalia?


4 posted on 07/30/2020 3:55:14 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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Why would the naughtZee ss troops leave that unattended? Check for nadless’ prints


5 posted on 07/30/2020 3:55:17 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Hojczyk

Someone owned the van, that is easy to verify. And what about the vans that blocked the highway to Mt. Rushmore? Who owned those? Have not heard.


6 posted on 07/30/2020 3:55:42 PM PDT by Fungi
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I’d be willing to bet that the FBI and DHS already know who the organizers are and who is financing them. Yet, all we see is street level thugs being arrested. Could it be that they won’t go after the organizers and financiers because they are too intertwined with the Deep State, the DNC, the media? Hollywood, and even the GOP?


7 posted on 07/30/2020 3:56:07 PM PDT by euram
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Please wake me when these Domestic Terrorists are somehow legally punished. Instead of the going through the revolving door at the Police Station. I know, I know, the Police’s hands are tied by the State’s Legislature.


8 posted on 07/30/2020 3:56:31 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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This has to be a lie. jerry nadler has said it’s a MYTH. /s


9 posted on 07/30/2020 3:59:08 PM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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Why are the BATFE convenience store group not involved?

As bad as the Feds are, the locals are highly compromised by their political overlords.


10 posted on 07/30/2020 3:59:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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This country is slowly being destryed by rioters but none have been shot. Does anyone think that they will give up? These anarchists are as persistent as the covid virus. No end in sight.


11 posted on 07/30/2020 4:00:21 PM PDT by 353FMG
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Media will report it is white supremacists. Count on it.


12 posted on 07/30/2020 4:01:56 PM PDT by maggief
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firework pyrotechnics, smoke bombs, stun guns, bear and pepper spray, makeshift spike strips and gas masks

A feller could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all that stuff - Mjr Kong - Dr Strangelove


13 posted on 07/30/2020 4:02:40 PM PDT by Jolla
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Too much stuff to carry in backpacks. If this is for rioting resupply, the rioters have their logistics down pat.


14 posted on 07/30/2020 4:03:06 PM PDT by diatomite (Soros delenda est and his flying monkeys too.)
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Come on now, we all know they’re nerf weapons.


15 posted on 07/30/2020 4:03:08 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 353FMG
"Does anyone think that they will give up? "

Won't happen until we can locate and reenlist those NG troops that stopped it at Kent State...

Worked then... Will work now...

16 posted on 07/30/2020 4:04:41 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: Fungi

The Seattle police and FBI could establish ownership of the van by plastering it with brand new Trump bumper stickers. That’s how the press established Trump’s ownership of the last election season mystery van.


17 posted on 07/30/2020 4:04:57 PM PDT by hardspunned (MAGA, now more than ever)
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To: euram

Yep. Might even be part of the FBI.


18 posted on 07/30/2020 4:05:09 PM PDT by ScholarWarrior
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Maybe the police chief should ask Nancy Pelosi. She has not condemned this type of activity, so they must be her people.


19 posted on 07/30/2020 4:05:53 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Fungi

I think those vans were rented, but the question is who rented and why no news story on an arrest?


20 posted on 07/30/2020 4:07:32 PM PDT by Lockbox
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