The rioters have been given a free pass.
The Seattle Police Department began informing small business owners in the city on Friday that the force will have little to no means to prevent crimes from vandals and rioters targeting their businesses, after the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance preventing the city police from using even less-lethal crowd control measures such as pepper spray to deter violent crowds.
Ordinance 119805 prevents the Seattle police from using common law enforcement tools such as pepper spray and tear gas.
The stark admission was made in a letter addressed to Seattle small businesses.
Ordinance 119805 prevents the Seattle police from using common law enforcement tools such as pepper spray and tear gas.
The stark admission was made in a letter addressed to Seattle small businesses.
“Simply put, the legislation gives officers NO ability to safely intercede to preserve property in the midst of a large, violent crowd.
For these reasons, Seattle Police will have an adjusted deployment in response to any demonstrations this weekend- as I will never ask our officers to risk their personal safety to protect property without the tools to do so in a safe way.”
Downtown Seattle has suffered from a whopping 525% increase in crime since the start of the now-dismantled Capital Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) project, an anarchist commune in which several people were murdered by...
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I see it a different way. That leaves the cops only one way to stop the criminals. Shoot them.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds to me like the go ahead for business owners to ammo up and form their own protection....anybody approaching a business with the intention of doing harm gets shot....see how long these fools want to keep breaking and entering after several get blown away....
ReplyDeleteThey should have done that a long time ago. Probably a little late to arm themselves= they might not be able to find anything now, train, and develop the tactics needed to confront an unruly mob.
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