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Seattle Mayor Admits CHOP Antifastan Caused Crime Wave, 'Alarming' Spike in COVID Cases
NOW she tells us. When Mayor Jenny Durkan (D-Seattle) finally ordered police to clear out the antifa instigators in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) Occupied Protest (CHOP), which has been dubbed “Antifastan” (no offense to Central Asian countries), her order made some very fascinating observations about the occupation she had allowed to fester for three long weeks. As it turns out, a lawless rebellion protest/anarchist commune might be bad for… public health and safety. Specifically, CHOP appears to have caused both a crime wave and an uptick in coronavirus cases amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
But don’t take my word for it. This admission about the terrifying effects of lawlessness in downtown Seattle comes from the lips of the very public official who put up with it for so long — and who defended CHOP when President Donald Trump called on her to restore law and order.
Durkan, in justifying her executive order finally clearing out the occupation, made some rather harsh admissions.
“After significant national attention, many protesters have left the area but the conditions in the Cal Anderson Park Area have deteriorated to the point where public health, life, and safety are threatened by activities in and around this area,” Durkan’s order states. The order lists a few key facts, including the three tragic shootings on June 20, 22, and 29, which claimed the lives of two black teenagers and left more wounded.
During the first of these shootings, the order notes that “first responders from the Seattle Fire Department and Seattle Police Department were denied safe access to the area by hostile crowds, including armed individuals, and obstructions.”
While these shootings represent the worst of the tragedies, they fail to capture the horrifying CHOP crime spike.
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The crime wave
“In addition, SPD has received numerous reports of narcotics use and violent crime, including rape, robbery, assault, and increased gang activity,” Durkan’s order states. “An increase of 525%, 22 additional incidents, in person-related crime in the area, to include two additional homicides, 6 additional robberies, and 16 additional aggravated assaults (to include 2 additional non-fatal shootings) between June 2nd and June 30th, 2020, compared to the same period of time in 2019.”
Durkan had originally defended the CHAZ as a peaceful protest that had the potential to become a “Summer of Love.” Yet it seems patently obvious that a violent occupation — which began with antifa and Black Lives Matter militants seizing control of a police station and the surrounding six blocks — would descend into lawlessness. Durkan could have prevented this tragic turn of events by restoring law and order in CHAZ from the get-go.
This crime spike alone would justify retaking the CHOP zone, but Durkan’s order lists many other reasons.
“Residential [sic] and businesses in the area have documented incidents of harassment, graffiti, noise disturbances, and obstruction of vehicular traffic to residences and places of business, and multiple lawsuits and claims have been filed against the City by residents and businesses impacted by the activities in this area,” the order adds, referencing recent lawsuits. “Significant damage has been caused by those remaining unlawfully in the area to City property, including Cal Anderson Park and the East Precinct facility.”
It seems Cal Anderson Park also has strategic importance for Seattle’s water system — yet another fact that should have led Durkan to act at the beginning of the CHAZ occupation.
“Open fires and vehicles on the reservoir are placing important regional water infrastructure located within Cal Anderson at risk,” the order adds.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/02/seattle-mayor-admits-chop-antifastan-caused-crime-wave-alarming-spike-in-covid-cases-n597504
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