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Seattle cedes fire station to protesters to turn into community center
Washington Examiner ^ | June 12, 2020 | Madison Dibble

Posted on 06/12/2020 2:55:04 PM PDT by kevcol

The city of Seattle announced that it would turn a fire station into a community center for black residents after weeks of protests.

The city announced on Thursday that it would be turning over ownership of the fire station to the community in line with a list of demands given to the city from Africatown and other black activist groups.

"We at the City of Seattle understand the urgency behind making bold investments in the Black community and increasing community ownership of land in the Central District," the city wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: antifa; chaz; georgefloydrits; leftists; riots; seattle; washington
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To: Rebelbase

force evacuation and dynamite the border?


61 posted on 06/12/2020 4:12:42 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: kevcol

Nice city. It would be a shame if it were to burn down. Dems would be responsible.


62 posted on 06/12/2020 4:16:12 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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To: llevrok

Am I dreaming all of this in a bad nightmare after eating an iffy street vendor burrito?

No. Seem to be awake and losing my free country!


63 posted on 06/12/2020 4:16:27 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: elpadre
Seattle has plenty of community centers. Aren’t blacks welcome at each and every?? A community center for blacks alone violates the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Like that university in Feb.14, 2020--------BBC News site----

A viral video showing a black student at the University of Virginia asking white students to leave the campus diversity center has sparked a debate over race. "Frankly, there's just too many white people in here," the student says in the clip posted on Wednesday. The incident has divided students and commentators on Twitter. Some argue that minorities at the predominantly white school should have their own space.

64 posted on 06/12/2020 4:20:47 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: plain talk
The surrounding fire stations have to respond and put it out or at least keep it from spreading into the rest of the city.

It's time to convert ALL the fire stations into community centers in order that justice is served. It's the only way to be sure..

65 posted on 06/12/2020 4:26:03 PM PDT by Thommas
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To: kevcol

Seattle is a 2.5 hour drive from my place on the Olympic Peninsula. It’s about 30 minutes away as a crow flies and I live at the top of a mountain .

I will get a great view when that place begins to burn. We will at least see the smoke. I think I’ll get my camera gear out and take lots of pics while I kick back and enjoy a nice rack of ribs on the BBQ.


66 posted on 06/12/2020 4:36:11 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020 and again in 2024. EPSTEIN WAS MURDERED. "Seditious Conspiracy" is everywhere.)
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To: kevcol

Please forward the mayor’s address to Warlord Simone.


67 posted on 06/12/2020 4:36:48 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus aka CCP virus.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

firewomen station

Gee, I think I created my own dumpster fire. ;-)


68 posted on 06/12/2020 4:59:38 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: kevcol

so I take it if your home catches fire......it burns?


69 posted on 06/12/2020 5:37:28 PM PDT by blueyon (`nt to be a nothing burger)
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To: kevcol

but the city sends in people to clean up the mess


70 posted on 06/12/2020 5:44:11 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Fresh Wind

Many of those kids are getting $600 /week unemployment checks.
When that $ runs out, it’s going to definitely get worse.


71 posted on 06/12/2020 5:44:24 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Singermom
I agree. Since the Left apparently believes that laws and law enforcement are antiquated concepts, and politicians on the Right are too afraid of being called a name to stand up for anything, I guess it’s perfectly fine to go on our own rampage, destroying everything the Left values and reveres.

Seriously.

72 posted on 06/12/2020 5:45:09 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: Steve_Seattle
I don't know if this was an active station or a mothballed one.

Good point.

“Fire Station 6, built in 1932 at the intersection of East Yesler Way and 23rd Avenue South, and has been decommissioned and unused for years. Now, it will be repurposed into the William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation.”

73 posted on 06/12/2020 5:48:26 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: joshua c

Actually the CHAZ people colonized that area. They are Imperialists.


This is a great point that has been missed by many. It is not the residents, property owners, and businesses in the controlled district that have made these declarations. It is a group of outsiders with no skin in the game who have appropriated their neighborhood and streets for their own purposes.


74 posted on 06/12/2020 5:48:58 PM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You know what happens to us. You do understand the entire federal government and entire local officials including chiefs of police hate us. you know that right?? you try this stuff and you’re gonna get a tank through your house.. see WACO.


75 posted on 06/12/2020 5:51:02 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: kevcol

This entire thing is a kluster of epic proportions.

Since it’s obvious the Governor won’t do anything, and the Mayor won’t do anything..it’s up to Trump to take care of this.

Problem is, he’s surrounded by squishy moderates who won’t support his traditional American instincts to be the “law and order” President. Instead, they either outright disagree with his orders, or spend huge amounts of energy trying to change his mind.

I’m for one getting tired of Trump tweeting about all of this and want him to DO something about it. (Or, stop tweeting about it - one or the other). If the people who currently work for him (Esper and others) won’t support his orders, GET RID OF THOSE PEOPLE and get some new ones who WILL follow orders. He can’t let all of this ongoing chaos continue..


76 posted on 06/12/2020 5:56:40 PM PDT by jstolzen
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To: snarkytart

Yeah..

They hate guns and borders, but immediately create an armed border for themselves.

No.

Communists don’t hate guns. They just don’t want us to have them. They have been very willing to use them in every communist revolution. Pushing gun control here is just an attempt to make their takeover easier.

Look at the riots the last couple of weeks and the beatings near Trump rallies in 2016. They are much more willing to use force than we are, even in this country. They have been using force for years.

If Trump supporters tried what these Antifa gotta are trying, the government would not hesitate to crack down with force. They will support the communists and oppose us... It is just what they do. People need to understand this.

It’s the same thing with republicans in Congress. People say they are spineless, but then they fight like hell against us.. they are not spineless by a long shot, it’s just that their goals are different from yours.


77 posted on 06/12/2020 6:03:02 PM PDT by EvilOverlord (Socialism makes workers into slaves and couch potatoes into kings)
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To: kevcol

It’s time to go in there with military in full artillery behind a row of bulldozers.


78 posted on 06/12/2020 6:04:11 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: kevcol

wtf is going on with this retarded city


79 posted on 06/12/2020 6:10:56 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: kevcol

Every red state and every red municipality in a blue or purple state needs to ban official travel to the State of Washington. We need to use the same tactics that the blue states use against red states who refuse to call anyone with a penis anything other than a male.


80 posted on 06/12/2020 6:17:38 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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