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Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Police converge on Seattle protest zone as mayor orders ‘occupied’ area cleared

Seattle police early showed up Wednesday in force at the city’s “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators’ tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks.

Television images showed no immediate signs of clashes between the police, many dressed in riot gear, and dozens of protesters at the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone that was set up near downtown following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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9 comments:

  1. Thus showing they could have done it at any time, but chose to allow it to continue.
    --generic

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  2. Crapping on the Mayor's lawn was a big mistake.

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  3. All it took was the mob coming to her house. Funny how that works

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  4. Probably taking them to lunch to reward a job well done.

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  5. Symbolically pulling a scab off a gangrenous wound.

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  6. I guess the death threats to the Mayor finally woke her up.

    Nemo

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  7. 6,00 bikers staging just outside the city, preparing to do the dirty work for 'em forced their hand. Too bad. Woulda been a hell of a rodeo!

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    1. Yeah, I was sorta looking forward to watching that play out...

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  8. It would have been easier to throttle the broadband internet and 5G and 4G wireless down to AOL Dial-up speeds, 48 kbps. All the protesters would have left voluntarily in a day or two.

    Geek

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