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2020-07-02 Fifth Column
Seattle mayor slams protesters for showing no 'regard for' her 'safety' as demonstrators circle her home
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] A group of protesters marched to the home of Seattle Mayor "Summer of Love" Jenny Durkan on Sunday afternoon, upset that she pledged to dismantle the police-free "Capitol Hill Organized Protest" zone, known as CHOP.

Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant joined a group of dozens of demonstrators gathered at Durkan's home who were holding signs, chanting, and demanding she leave the area alone or meet protesters' demands.

Durkan said last week that police would soon return to Seattle's East Precinct, which has been overrun by protesters who set up the CHOP zone, but gave no timetable.

Demonstrators have controlled the six-block area since June 8, saying they will not leave until the city meets a list of demands.

Defunding the local police department by at least 50% is at the top of their list. Over the last several days, multiple instances of shootings, rape, and robbery have been reported inside or near CHOP, local police said.

As of Monday, the barricades guarding the area remain intact.

Durkan's office issued a statement on the protests, saying Sawant joined the protests "without regard for the safety of the Mayor and her family."

"Mayor Durkan and her family are in the state program to keep their address confidential because of the death threats mostly related to her work as Seattle's U.S. Attorney under President Obama," a statement from the mayor's office issued Sunday read. "Instead of working to make true change, Councilmember Sawant continues to choose political stunts. Tonight she did so without regard for the safety of the Mayor and her family. The Mayor was not even home — she was working at City Hall. Seattle can and should peacefully demonstrate but should not put families and children at risk."

Durkan's office said she supported peaceful forms of protest and the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole.

"Seattle has a long tradition of peaceful protest and advocacy for progressive change, and Mayor Durkan strongly supports those rights. Mayor Durkan will continue to listen to leaders in Seattle's Black community," the mayor's office said in a statement. "She is working hard to translate the calls for change into real, tangible systemic changes to policing and all the other systems needed for strong and healthy communities. She has prioritized these as Mayor, with investments in housing, education, youth opportunity, and economic equity. She proposes investing an additional $100 million into the Black community."
Posted by Fred 2020-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 That feeling when the crocodile shows up on your doorstep with a hungry look on it's face... and you thought being one of the Good Guys would save you.
Posted by SteveS 2020-07-02 01:33||   2020-07-02 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 She foolishly believed that he crocodile would eat her last.
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-07-02 02:23||   2020-07-02 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-07-02 04:08||   2020-07-02 04:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Reminds me of a Central Calif Mayor back in the sixties who pushed union largess until a labor dispute ended up with a bomb near hizzoner's office. "But don't they know I'm their leader?!?"
Posted by Mercutio 2020-07-02 05:00||   2020-07-02 05:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't this the sad result of electing crazy leftwing broad 'Democrats' (and some female Republican RINO's)? Hopefully these idjits in WA and other Dem cesspools figure it out by early November.
Posted by Raj 2020-07-02 07:46||   2020-07-02 07:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Raj, I don't take your broad brushing of all us as 'idjits' as there are many who also think the D's are beyond stupid, but the Seattle-Tacoma population is such they pretty much negate the rest of the state. I would do the Snoopy Happy Dance if those two sh1t holes fell into Puget Sound taking all the local idjits with them.
Thanks.
Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-07-02 08:56||   2020-07-02 08:56|| Front Page Top

#7 It's be one thing if she's red-pilled now, but more likely she will make a series of really stupid gestures to reinforce that she's still "down with the Cause..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-02 09:32||   2020-07-02 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 She will be red pilled the same day Scarlett Johansson comes knocking on my door and begs me to have sex with her.

She is little more than an idiot that thought she could score political points by siding with the Marxists. She forgot they shoot people like her first.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-07-02 11:11||   2020-07-02 11:11|| Front Page Top

#9 "Some animals are more equal than others!"
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-07-02 12:58||   2020-07-02 12:58|| Front Page Top

#10 "Don't be so afraid of democracy"
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-02 15:39||   2020-07-02 15:39|| Front Page Top

#11 ^Is she better educated than I suspected - knows "democracy" means mob rule?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-02 15:51||   2020-07-02 15:51|| Front Page Top

#12 The good mayor didn't mind unleashing these BLM and Antifa thugs on the rest of the people. Forgive me if I view her plight with a bit of Schadenfreude. Enjoy your "Summer of Love."
Posted by JohnQC 2020-07-02 18:43||   2020-07-02 18:43|| Front Page Top










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