Posted on 11/01/2020 6:08:37 AM PST by texas booster
When violence erupted in downtown Seattle in late May, Ed Little was disturbed by the images of looting and violence he saw on television.
“I thought it was crazy. That shouldn’t be happening at all,” said Little, who believed that peaceful protests against police brutality were hijacked by criminals.
Weeks later, there was a knock at the door of Little’s Everett apartment when police came to arrest his 25-year-old son and search the family’s apartment.
“It’s hard to believe. We don’t know Jake like that. It’s not the kind of boy he is,” Little said.
In September, federal prosecutors accused Jacob Little of stealing an M4 rifle from the back of a charred Seattle police vehicle on May 30 during riots that broke out that weekend over the death of George Floyd.
In documents charging Little with possession of a stolen firearm, investigators say a tipster led them to Little, an employee at a janitorial service in Mukilteo who worked a second, part-time job at an appliance store to help support his parents.
Little has no prior criminal record and has pleaded “not guilty” to the federal charges.
“He’s not a troublemaker. Not normally. He doesn’t go out looking for trouble,” said a baffled Ed Little.
A KING 5 Investigators analysis of nearly 100 arrest records related to the Seattle protests shows that Jacob Little fits the typical profile of the people accused of veering into criminal activity.
The suspects are mostly white men who came into Seattle from communities outside the city to commit their crimes.
Of 95 cases obtained from public records requests and through court filings, KING 5 found:
48% of suspects are white 18% of suspects are black 28% of cases race was undetermined or not listed 32% of suspects listed Seattle as hometown
(Excerpt) Read more at king5.com ...
From the article:
"A white, Kirkland teen is charged is one of the most disturbing social media videos of the protests.
Jacob Greenburg, 19, is accused of smashing a metal baseball bat into the head of Seattle police officer Jose Jimenez on Capitol Hill on September 23. Investigators say the officer’s bike helmet likely saved his life.
RELATED: 'A brutal crime': Seattle chief decries violence after officer hit with bat during protest
Greenburg is the stepson of former Kirkland State Representative Laura Ruderman, who did not respond to a message seeking comment. Greenburg’s attorney said in court that his client is the victim of mistaken identity.
When they charged Greenburg a month after the assault, court documents revealed text messages in which Greenburg and a friend allegedly conspired to set fires around SPD’s east precinct and glorified the assault on Jimenez.
“Wish he didn’t have a helmet on lol,” Greenburg texted his friend, Danielle McMillan, according to charging documents.
McMillan, a 29-year-old real estate agent from Woodinville, is also charged with arson as a co-defendant."
However, the arrest reports that KING 5 did obtain include Seattle police arrest records from the first week of violence starting in May, 24 cases from felony filings by the King County prosecutor’s office, and eight criminal cases filed by federal prosecutors. The records indicate the common thread among most suspects is their hostility toward government, the police, and corporate America.
“You can’t help but want to see the demise of corporate society,” Jeremiah Hilbert told KING 5, days after he pleaded guilty to looting the downtown Seattle Old Navy store.
Yep, another case of a Soros DA practicing legal "catch and release".
One would be a nut to work in Seattle as a peace officer.
Of course
They’re bought and sold like slaves
But the “social justice” types and the media never look into that.
Cue up the Casablanca video................
Odd wording eh? “Jacob Greenburg, 19, is accused of smashing a metal baseball bat into the head of Seattle police officer Jose Jimenez on Capitol Hill on September 23. Investigators say the officer’s bike helmet likely saved his life. “
Whitesplaining : this time they are helping when they burn down a black community
No kidding??
Michelle Mallkin and many, right here, were reporting this SAME thing...months ago. They were bused in. Many vehicles with out of states plates, etc.
They knew this as it was happening, but the coward media and stand down leaders are just now reporting about this.
These people enjoy what I call “Bill Ayers Syndrome.”
Pampered suburban brats who want to make marxist revolution because there are few consequences. Everywhere else in the world and throughout history, you do this, and you either get to the top of the greasy pole, or you wind up with a bullet in your head.
In America, you get free stuff, feted by elites, or even wind up as the head of a globalist foundation.
Well Duh! FReeeprs were on to this months ago. If they cross a sate line to promote a riot they should get nailed with Federal charges.
Wouldn’t traveling across state lines to incite riots and crime be considered a federal offense? /s
The question is why did they do what they did. Is there any commonality in their background, education, etc.? Why didn’t the parents know there son would do such a thing? have they never had a conversation around the dinner table about the world around them???? Why! Why!
“It’s hard to believe. We don’t know Jake like that. It’s not the kind of boy he is,”
I really think that 25 is really pushing it for a “boy”, living at home or not.
Bernies dopes
40 and below, you can still be a boy at home with your mama.
>>pokesperson Dan Nolte says city prosecutors have declined to charge 143 suspects and about 110 others are awaiting charging decisions
In Houston the Soros DA not only dropped charges against 900 rioters and looters, she purged their arrest records.
So any “statistics” are bullshT since the record has been purged of the facts for political reasons.
>>One would be a nut to work in Seattle
period
And it is doubtful they were bused in from elsewhere in Washington to Seattle so crossing state lines or even the Canadian border means this is a FEDERAL offense.
The FIB ain’t doin’ much, is they?
Some of the problem may come from low expectations. The families of these young men still consider them to be “Boys”, and still incapable of adult reasoning skills.
Never in my life have I considered smacking a police officer in the head with a baseball bat because of “corporate injustice”, or any reason. This sounds like the thinking process of people who spend too much time reading comic books or gaming via Fortnight and similar computer games.
That might be a major part of the problem. I person that is 25 and still treated like a boy has failed to grow up. Too much coddling and too much free time. If they had a full time job, bills, a home to take care of and possibly a family, there would be no time for the anarchist nonsense.
I agree with those that say if you cross state lines to riot it should be a federal crime. If some of these people were sentenced to 10 or more years in a federal prison, others might learn. even if they don’t, the original idiot would be safely off the street.
For your interest.
“This is a not a peaceful protest, this is not civil disobedience, this is illegal, and this is violence,” Diaz said. “You will be arrested.”
The September protest near Cal Anderson Park in the former Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone exceeded more than 100 people and was eventually declared a riot by Seattle police.
Greenburg is the stepson of former Kirkland State Representative Laura Ruderman, who did not respond to a message seeking comment. Greenburg’s attorney said in court that his client is the victim of mistaken identity.
When they charged Greenburg a month after the assault, court documents revealed text messages in which Greenburg and a friend allegedly conspired to set fires around SPD’s east precinct and glorified the assault on Jimenez.
The court documents also show a chat conversation where Greenburg admits to throwing a Molotov cocktail at the East Precinct.
“It is clear from their actions they are not protesting anything but are purposefully and methodically planning attacks on our police officers and facilities,” Diaz said.
A King County judge set Greenburg’s bail at $750,000 and McMillan’s (the girlfriend) at $100,000.
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