Two people – including a boy – have been shot to death in and around Seattle’s notorious CHAZ and now the city’s police chief says enough is enough..In a Monday shooting, a 16-year-old boy died and a 14-year-old boy is in critical condition..“This is something that’s going to need to change,” Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best told reporters..“We’re asking that people remove themselves from this area for the safety of the people. If they care about people, they’re going to have to try to help us to make it safe.”.It was the fourth shooting in or near the CHAZ zone in the past 10 days. On June 20, 19-year-old Horace Anderson died from a shooting near the CHAZ zone and a 33-year-old man was injured. On June 21, a 17-year-old male was shot and later released from the hospital. On June 23, a man in his 30s was shot in the same neighbourhood.. “Detectives have been trying to get information from witnesses, but as has been the case in other crime scenes in this area, people are not being cooperative for our requests for help,” Best said.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .The U.S. has been wracked with violent riots since the death almost last month of George Floyd, a black man who was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer..Thousands of protesters – many hailing from the far-left ANTIFA terrorist organization – have taken over a six-square block area of Seattle – now dubbed the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) – where no police officers are allowed..Just 24 hours a day of protesting, music, dancing and communing without a cop in sight, they have already run out of food, putting out a plea for “vegan meat alternatives” and other soy-based food donations.. ChazCHAZ .At the heart of the CHAZ is a Seattle police precinct, abandoned by officers and now being used by gun-tooting warlords who have established themselves as the new keepers of law and order..They have a list of demands, including the “abolition” of the Seattle Police Department and its attached court system, free college for all people in the state, as well as “the abolition of imprisonment, generally speaking, but especially the abolition of both youth prisons and privately-owned, for-profit prisons.”.The streets are apparently controlled by a hip hop artist-turned-warlord by the name of Raz Simone, who has established an armed private police force that does not hesitate to dole out beatings to communal scofflaws..Another video shows Raz and friends confronting a man for making unauthorized graffiti on Raz’s turf, which results in the “police” stealing the man’s phone, breaking his glasses, and reportedly repeatedly kicking him in the head..The video reveals Raz’s gang telling the man, “For your own safety, you need to go,” and “You might need a little love tap” before seeming to assault him..The vandal is then ordered to hand over his phone as tribute to Raz, under the threat of more violence. “You just broke my glasses! I’m blind! You just broke my glasses and stole my phone!” the man pleads, before being told, “Yeah, we should have broken your face.”.“Don’t be making no threats … I’ll blow your brains out,” Raz says..U.S President Donald Trump and Seattle’s Mayor Jenny Durkan engaged in a war of words over the Zone..“Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will,” Trump warned Durkan and Washington state governor Jay Inslee – both Democrats – in a tweet late earlier in June, calling the protesters “domestic terrorists” who have taken over Seattle..“This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped (sic) IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST,” he said in another tweet..Durkan replied, telling Trump to “go back to his bunker” a reference to when Trump sheltered in the White House bunker after D.C protests and riots got too close..Inslee tweeted: “A man who is totally incapable of governing should stay out of Washington state’s business. ‘Stoop’ tweeting.”.And in an interview aired Tuesday, Seattle Police Officers Guild President Michael Solan warned CHAZ areas could become mainstream unless politicians take action..“It’s another example surrounding the conversations which elected officials and politicians across this nation are supporting when we talk about defunding the police,” he said..“The first thing to go when we talk about defunding the police is the training budget. And, what separates good cops from bad is training … And, what we need right now is more funding and more training and more police officers and we need to reengage, reimagine policing when it comes to reconnecting with our communities across – not only just Seattle, but across the nation..“That is the heart of what we should reengage with. Reimagining police.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
Two people – including a boy – have been shot to death in and around Seattle’s notorious CHAZ and now the city’s police chief says enough is enough..In a Monday shooting, a 16-year-old boy died and a 14-year-old boy is in critical condition..“This is something that’s going to need to change,” Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best told reporters..“We’re asking that people remove themselves from this area for the safety of the people. If they care about people, they’re going to have to try to help us to make it safe.”.It was the fourth shooting in or near the CHAZ zone in the past 10 days. On June 20, 19-year-old Horace Anderson died from a shooting near the CHAZ zone and a 33-year-old man was injured. On June 21, a 17-year-old male was shot and later released from the hospital. On June 23, a man in his 30s was shot in the same neighbourhood.. “Detectives have been trying to get information from witnesses, but as has been the case in other crime scenes in this area, people are not being cooperative for our requests for help,” Best said.. Defying crackdown, hundreds march against lockdowns in Calgary .The U.S. has been wracked with violent riots since the death almost last month of George Floyd, a black man who was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer..Thousands of protesters – many hailing from the far-left ANTIFA terrorist organization – have taken over a six-square block area of Seattle – now dubbed the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) – where no police officers are allowed..Just 24 hours a day of protesting, music, dancing and communing without a cop in sight, they have already run out of food, putting out a plea for “vegan meat alternatives” and other soy-based food donations.. ChazCHAZ .At the heart of the CHAZ is a Seattle police precinct, abandoned by officers and now being used by gun-tooting warlords who have established themselves as the new keepers of law and order..They have a list of demands, including the “abolition” of the Seattle Police Department and its attached court system, free college for all people in the state, as well as “the abolition of imprisonment, generally speaking, but especially the abolition of both youth prisons and privately-owned, for-profit prisons.”.The streets are apparently controlled by a hip hop artist-turned-warlord by the name of Raz Simone, who has established an armed private police force that does not hesitate to dole out beatings to communal scofflaws..Another video shows Raz and friends confronting a man for making unauthorized graffiti on Raz’s turf, which results in the “police” stealing the man’s phone, breaking his glasses, and reportedly repeatedly kicking him in the head..The video reveals Raz’s gang telling the man, “For your own safety, you need to go,” and “You might need a little love tap” before seeming to assault him..The vandal is then ordered to hand over his phone as tribute to Raz, under the threat of more violence. “You just broke my glasses! I’m blind! You just broke my glasses and stole my phone!” the man pleads, before being told, “Yeah, we should have broken your face.”.“Don’t be making no threats … I’ll blow your brains out,” Raz says..U.S President Donald Trump and Seattle’s Mayor Jenny Durkan engaged in a war of words over the Zone..“Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will,” Trump warned Durkan and Washington state governor Jay Inslee – both Democrats – in a tweet late earlier in June, calling the protesters “domestic terrorists” who have taken over Seattle..“This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped (sic) IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST,” he said in another tweet..Durkan replied, telling Trump to “go back to his bunker” a reference to when Trump sheltered in the White House bunker after D.C protests and riots got too close..Inslee tweeted: “A man who is totally incapable of governing should stay out of Washington state’s business. ‘Stoop’ tweeting.”.And in an interview aired Tuesday, Seattle Police Officers Guild President Michael Solan warned CHAZ areas could become mainstream unless politicians take action..“It’s another example surrounding the conversations which elected officials and politicians across this nation are supporting when we talk about defunding the police,” he said..“The first thing to go when we talk about defunding the police is the training budget. And, what separates good cops from bad is training … And, what we need right now is more funding and more training and more police officers and we need to reengage, reimagine policing when it comes to reconnecting with our communities across – not only just Seattle, but across the nation..“That is the heart of what we should reengage with. Reimagining police.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: Nobby7694