August 26, 2020 Aaron Colen
Anti-police
rioters in Seattle attempted to trap officers inside a precinct by
sealing the door with cement and setting the building on fire, KTTH reported.
Unrest in Seattle has been on going since late May, when
George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police Department officers, but
it may have been further inflamed by the police shooting of Jacob Blake
in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Video of the Blake shooting went viral over the
weekend.
According to KTTH, some protesters brought quick-dry
cement to the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct. As other
rioters vandalized the building, some of them mixed up a cement solution
and applied it to the door, as well as destroying the key card reader
on the door.
At the same time, some of the rioters tried to set
the building on fire with officers inside, with the apparent intention
of burning the officers alive. Fortunately, they weren't very good at
mixing up concrete. From Jason Rantz of KTTH:...............At the wishes of the protesters, the Seattle City Council voted 7-1 to
cut the police budget so severely that it could cause the department to
lose 100 officers. The vote spurred Chief Carmen Best to submit her
resignation. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, who was supportive of the
anti-police protests, vetoed that cut.........To Read More...
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