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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-float|“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, 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>

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.”}}