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Is The Left Of Politics Fractured?

crossfire

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic Bully ☿
Premium Member
InChrist said:
Do you live in or near Seattle? You seem pretty familiar with the situation. What do you think about the resignation of the police chief? It sounds like her hands were tied concerning doing her job during the riots and she was almost forced out by the liberal mayor and city council, which is truly hypocritical, considering she had worked her way up to being the first black woman as Seattle Chief of Police and had encouraged and helped other minority people on the force.
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crossfire said:
Yes.

She was good, but she also violated City Ordinances about not using certain crowd control measures. (See my above post #96 about the WTO riots.) I know people who were injured by these prohibited devices. The use of these devices and injury of the peaceful protesters escalated the protests even more. (as well as leaving the City open to more lawsuits.) When the police went to open up the East Precinct Police Station (in the CHOP/CHAZ,) they were able to control the crowds just fine without the prohibited devices.

Her being a black woman had nothing to do with it.
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To continue: sure, there was a shooting in the CHOP/CHAZ. However, this is not the full story. There has been a tremendous uptick in the number of shootings and violent crimes in this area this year, the vast majority of which have taken place outside of the protest zones. 2020 has been a tough year. The national news has zoomed in on what happened at CHOP/CHAZ, but has ignored the larger context of what is going on outside of the protests.
 
Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
Friend of Mara said:
Neither did LGBT rights either.
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Actually it did.
Our first gain, 51 years ago, was that our being and existence was legalized.
Marriage happened just a few years ago. Many rights are still not equally applied.
It's pretty much the same with Civil Rights for black people, who have slowly gained and have more gains needed yet.
 
crossfire

crossfire

LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic Bully ☿
Premium Member
crossfire said:
To continue: sure, there was a shooting in the CHOP/CHAZ. However, this is not the full story. There has been a tremendous uptick in the number of shootings and violent crimes in this area this year, the vast majority of which have taken place outside of the protest zones. 2020 has been a tough year. The national news has zoomed in on what happened at CHOP/CHAZ, but has ignored the larger context of what is going on outside of the protests.
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Interesting. It seems that the tremendous uptick in murders is a national trend, not just a local one.
It’s Been ‘Such a Weird Year.’ That’s Also Reflected in Crime Statistics.
The rise in murders in the US, explained
 
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