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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 11:54 PM Jul 2020

Federal Agent provocateurs? The timing is curious.

Protesters break Seattle East Precinct windows; 12 SPD officers injured.

A large group of demonstrators marched into Capitol Hill from downtown Seattle on Sunday, as part of a protest against ICE.

Seattle police made two arrests, and report at least one officer has been transported to the hospital after police say protesters threw bottles and rocks downtown near the West Precinct.

In total, SPD reports 12 officers were injured.

Police say protesters broke several windows of businesses on their way to Capitol Hill, before doing the same to the East Precinct building. A device thrown into the window ignited a small fire inside the precinct lobby.

https://mynorthwest.com/2032645/protesters-moving-through-downtown-seattle/

They never were violent before this.
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Federal Agent provocateurs? The timing is curious. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
Guess they're deploying DHS goons to Seattle next. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1
Kind of like... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #3
Yup. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #4
That's their standard play wherever they can get away with it. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #5
Absolutely right! Nevilledog Jul 2020 #6
'Curious' indeed. elleng Jul 2020 #2
Lots of 2naSalit Jul 2020 #7

Nevilledog

(51,122 posts)
1. Guess they're deploying DHS goons to Seattle next.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 11:59 PM
Jul 2020

I find it suspicious that 12 officers were "injured". I'm gonna call bullshit unless there were substantially more than 12 protesters hurt. We've seen how they react with ZERO provocation. Now we're supposed to believe the cops are getting "injured" and they're not responding with violence?

BULLSHIT

Nevilledog

(51,122 posts)
4. Yup.
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 12:18 AM
Jul 2020

Besides being assholes, the cops in AZ always try to tack on an assault charge because then they gain victim status and under the AZ Victim's Bill of Rights, they can refuse to be interviewed by defense counsel.

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
5. That's their standard play wherever they can get away with it.
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 01:51 AM
Jul 2020

These associations and unions need to be broken up and disbanded, they are a faction that is not healthy for the country.

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
7. Lots of
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 01:54 AM
Jul 2020

peeps already in the area, Sea-Tac area is a major international port so lots of feds all over the place, Portland only a little less so.

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