{"id":21919,"date":"2020-07-25T17:44:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T21:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21919"},"modified":"2020-07-25T17:44:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T21:44:01","slug":"seattle-city-council-and-police-put-residents-and-their-property-in-harms-way-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21919","title":{"rendered":"Seattle City Council and Police Put Residents and Their Property in Harm&#8217;s Way (Videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Seattle Police Abandon Residents As Antifa Uses Twitter, Facebook To Organize Nationwide Protests<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle Police Department announced on Friday that residents and business owners are essentially on their own,\u00a0<strong>after the City Council banned the use of pepper spray and other &#8216;less lethal tools&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0to disperse crowds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simply put, the legislation gives officers\u00a0<em>NO<\/em>\u00a0ability to safely intercede to preserve property in the midst of a large, violent crowd,&#8221; reads a letter from Seattle Chief of Police, Carmen Best &#8211; who added that thanks to the City Council, &#8220;Seattle Police will have an\u00a0<strong>adjusted deployment<\/strong>\u00a0in response to any demonstrations this weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1286902138996572160&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fseattle-police-abandon-residents-antifa-uses-twitter-facebook-organize-nationwide&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9066bb2%3A1593540614199&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1286902138996572160\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And in anticipation of\u00a0<strong>violent\u00a0<\/strong><strong>weekend protests<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>coordinated over social media platforms\u00a0<\/strong>(which ban conservatives for mean words), Seattle business and police have been boarding up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1286864715226873857&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fseattle-police-abandon-residents-antifa-uses-twitter-facebook-organize-nationwide&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9066bb2%3A1593540614199&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1286864715226873857\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Nationwide coordination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Portland-based Pacific Northwest (PNW) Youth Liberation Front &#8211; which describes itself as a &#8220;decentralized network of autonomous youth collectives dedicated to direct action towards total liberation,&#8221; has issued a\u00a0<strong>call to action for other Antifa cells across the country<\/strong>\u00a0on Saturday &#8211; calling it &#8220;J25&#8221; (July 25).<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/297775964669563\/\">Facebook &#8216;call to action,&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0the anarchist group writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Federal Government has already\u00a0<strong>waged war against Portland<\/strong>, which has been protesting everyday for 50 days straight, and now feds are going to war against protesters everywhere in an attempt to take control and snuff out the fire of this uprising.\u00a0<strong>We must become more powerful than them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Form an affinity group.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinate an action.<\/p>\n<p>Get tactical.<\/p>\n<p>Mask up.<\/p>\n<p>Bring a friend.<\/p>\n<p>Show up.<\/p>\n<p>-PNW Youth Liberation Front.<br \/>\n-Marin Youth Liberation Front.<br \/>\n-Tennessee Youth Liberation Front.<br \/>\n\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b-Direct Action Alliance.<br \/>\n-Maryland Youth Liberation Front.<br \/>\n-Olympia Youth Liberation Front<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Oakland action: 7:30pm, Grant Oscar Plaza.<br \/>\n\u2022Tacoma action: July 24th, 2pm, tollefson plaza.<br \/>\n\u2022Seattle: July 25th, 1pm, Pine and Broadway.<br \/>\n\u2022Portland: July 25th, 8pm, Alberta Park.<br \/>\n\u2022Salem: 6pm, Oregon State Capitol.<br \/>\n\u2022New Jersey: at Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 12, 6pm.<br \/>\n\u2022Washington DC: DuPoint circle, 6pm.<br \/>\n\u2022Eugene, OR: 8:00pm, federal courthouse.<br \/>\n\u2022Los Angeles: 4:30pm, LA city hall.<br \/>\n\u2022Richmond, VA: July, 25th, location TBD.<br \/>\n\u2022Las Vegas: Bellagio fountains, 7pm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stand in solidarity with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Portland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Portland<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/J25?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#J25<\/a>.<br \/>-Form an affinity group.<br \/>-Coordinate am action.<br \/>-Challenge the police state.<br \/>-Don\u2019t back down.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACAB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACAB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PortlandProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PortlandMoms?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandMoms<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ub7EqoYiPF\">pic.twitter.com\/ub7EqoYiPF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PNW Youth Liberation Front (@PNWYLF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PNWYLF\/status\/1285325630167371776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<strong>Antifa protests are already heating up across the country after demonstrations began on Friday night:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/seattle-police-abandon-residents-antifa-uses-twitter-facebook-organize-nationwide\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/seattle-police-abandon-residents-antifa-uses-twitter-facebook-organize-nationwide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Police Abandon Residents As Antifa Uses Twitter, Facebook To Organize Nationwide Protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}