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Cops allegedly refused to respond to shop under attack near Seattle CHAZ
An auto-shop owner on the edge of Seattle’s cop-free CHAZ says police refused to help as an angry mob stormed his property — forcing his son to pull a gun to protect them, according to video and reports.
John McDermott told KIRO 7 News that he initially tried to detain a protester Sunday night who stole cash and set a fire in his Car Tender business on the edge of the so-called “Capital Hill Autonomous Zone.”
His son, Mason McDermott, helped tackle the suspect who “tried to cut me with a box cutter,” he told the station, showing large slits in his jeans close to his crotch.
Other protesters soon arrived — and video on social media shows the mob eventually knocking over a section of fencing, running in to confront the owners and angrily demand the return of the original suspect.
McDermott told the station he repeatedly dialed 911 for both police and fire crews. “All told 19 times,” he said.
He was “heartbroken” when they “finally said that they weren’t going to send somebody,” he said. “I mean, they are the cavalry,” he told the station.
He said he eventually had to let the initial suspect go free to avoid “mayhem beyond mayhem” — and his son pulled a firearm to protect themselves from the mob, some of whom were also armed, they said.
“He’s just trying to protect his business,” a local reporter said in a livestreamed video as he noted the gun during the attack. No shots appeared to have been fired.
Mason said the near-disaster was proof that the “mayor and governor need to get their act together” over the area.
https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/cops-refused-to-respond-to-shop-under-attack-near-seattle-chaz-report/
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It's a fucking 'no go zone'
New border technology helps combat illegal drug, weapon and cash smuggling
A new piece of X-ray technology may help prevent illegal drug and gun smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico border. Security technology company Viken Detection created a unique handheld scanner called the HBI-120 for law enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. It’s goal is to help fight drug trafficking, terrorism and other hazardous threats, all with a simple X-ray scan.
“So we have, actually well over 1,100, 1,200 of these units deployed worldwide,” said Jeff Hunt, senior director for Viken Detection.
Not only can it find hidden weapons, drugs and cash but almost any anomaly. This means that it can also be used to detect human trafficking.
“Even with this easy hand-held device, if I were to scan a tractor-trailer that may have a false wall that has stowaways in it I’m going to be able to see actually those people inside there,” said Hunt.
Tamez said that officers can quickly find items in compartments hidden in the seats of a car. “No kidding, in ten seconds an officer who has never even put hands on this machine found 8 kilos of meth in a compartment," he explained. "It's truly a game-changer."
Tamez says even if a scan shows an empty hidden compartment it could pay off down the road.
“The imager gives us the opportunity to, once we find that compartment, scan it. If it’s empty we never have to tell the bad guy that we found it and all we can do is start doing our research and putting lookouts on this particular vehicle so we can target it at a later time,” said Tamez.
Tamez says it saves his team time, money, and officers' lives.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/border-technology-combat-illegal-smuggling