posted by Hannity Staff - 6.12.20
Local officials in Seattle refused to crackdown on protesters occupying the ‘Capital Hill Autonomous Zone’ Friday; referring to the demonstrators as “patriots.”
“It’s simply not true. Lawfully gathering and expressing first amendment rights, demanding we do better as a society, and providing true equity for communities of color is not terrorism. It’s patriotism,” said Mayor Jenny Durkan, referring to President Trump’s labeling of the protesters as “domestic terrorists.”
Durkan has previously posted that the protest is “a peaceful expression of our community’s collective grief and their desire to build a better world.”
More than a dozen people were arrested in Washington and Oregon amid politically-charged Inauguration Day protests that reportedly involved vandalism and assault.
The Seattle Times reported that about 100 demonstrators took to the streets in downtown Seattle. At one point, protestors outside an ICE office reportedly lit an American flag on fire. Around the same time, someone smashed the windows of a nearby AmazonGo store and tagged the building with, “Amazon uses $ 2 fund tech for ICE.”
KOMO reported that windows were also broken at the William Kenzo Nakamura Courthouse and a Starbucks store in Pike Place Market. The news outlet noted that anti-fascist, or antifa, chants could be heard as demonstrators marched to the Space Needle.
video tweeted 7 hrs. ago by NYTimes reporter covering the northwest
200 left-wing protesters are on the streets in Portland right now, with anti-Biden and anti-police messages.
can t vouch for this independent but I notice her twitter account is followed by a competitor, Justin Yau, who I have learned over time is a very trustworthy protest journo
Tear gas deployed outside the ICE facility in Portland pic.twitter.com/43OulnrTmq Peter (@gravemorgan) January 21, 2021 by artappraiser on Thu, 01/21/2021 - 1:31am
Coverage by The Oregonian stresses the anti-Democratic-party and pro-anarchist nature of it (note the we are ungovernable sign)
Would be a big political win for Biden if he could get a handle on the endless chaos and rioting in Portland. Rioters smashing the state Dem party HQ right now. https://t.co/zcZ81vKH3g
Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday vandalized the state Democratic Party headquarters and a federal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement