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After a prolonged siege the Seattle Police Department abandoned its East Precinct building.  In a private message to the department, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best passed the buck upstairs:

After a prolonged siege the Seattle Police Department abandoned its East Precinct building.  In a private message to the department, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best passed the buck upstairs:

{{quotebox|“You fought for days to protect it. I asked you to stand on that line day in and day out, to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened, and in some cases hurt. Then to have a change of course nearly two weeks in — it seems like an insult on our community.”<ref>https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/seattle-police-chief-speaks-out-on-chaz-leaving-the-precinct-was-not-my-decision/</ref>}}

{{quotebox|“You fought for days to protect it. I asked you to stand on that line day in and day out, to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened, and in some cases hurt. Then to have a change of course nearly two weeks in — it seems like an insult on our community.”<ref>https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/seattle-police-chief-speaks-out-on-chaz-leaving-the-precinct-was-not-my-decision/</ref>}}

Several hundred demonstrators, led by Seattle City Council [[Socialist Alternative]]<ref>Socialist Alternative is a [[Trotsky]]ite organization.</ref>  Kshama Sawant, occupied City Hall calling for the resignation of Democrat mayor Jenny Durkan and the [[defund the police|defunding of the Seattle Police Department]] after a march from the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.  Sawant was backed by [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA).<ref>https://keywiki.org/File:Zshama.PNG</ref>  The DSA provided logistical support for the [[riot]]s.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-communist-origins-of-the-antifa-extremist-group_2282816.html</ref>  Sawant called for the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ women and other issues.  At City Hall another speaker decried Sawant’s co-opting of the movement to push her own agenda.

Several hundred demonstrators, led by Seattle City Council [[Socialist Alternative]]<ref>Socialist Alternative is a [[Trotsky]]ite organization.</ref>  Kshama Sawant, with a key to City Hall, opened the front door and let the protesters in. Sawant called for the resignation of Democrat mayor Jenny Durkan and the [[defund the police|defunding of the Seattle Police Department]] after a march from the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.  Sawant was backed by [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA).<ref>https://keywiki.org/File:Zshama.PNG</ref>  The DSA provided logistical support for the [[riot]]s.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-communist-origins-of-the-antifa-extremist-group_2282816.html</ref>  Sawant called for the importance of Black LGBTQIA+ women and other issues.  At City Hall another speaker decried Sawant’s co-opting of the movement to push her own agenda.<ref>https://twitter.com/rruwidaa/status/1270574806614847493</ref>

{{quotebox|“Please stop using [[Black Lives Matter]] for your political campaigns....I’m really sorry, I want to tax [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] too, I want to do all these things too, but this is not a movement for you to be politically active, for you to be [[politically correct]], and for you to gain all these votes. Please stop taking advantage of us.”}}

{{quotebox|“Please stop using [[Black Lives Matter]] for your political campaigns....I’m really sorry, I want to tax [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] too, I want to do all these things too, but this is not a movement for you to be politically active, for you to be [[politically correct]], and for you to gain all these votes. Please stop taking advantage of us.”}}

The speaker noted the whiteness of many speakers at recent protests. Protesters left City Hall chanting "Defund SPD" and headed back to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where protesters watched ''13th'', a documentary on the [[The New Jim Crow]].

The speaker noted the whiteness of many speakers at recent protests. Protesters left City Hall chanting "Defund SPD" and headed back to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where protesters watched ''13th'', a documentary on the [[The New Jim Crow]].