BREAKING: Seattle Mayor will close down CHOP zone after shootings

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

About time

[montanacowboy]

1. Good Move Jenny

about time

[Takket]

2. can we retire the "get rid of all police" nonsence now?

and actually talk about REALISTIC and sensible reforms?

[maxsolomon]

4. By all means, feel free to get rid of your Straw Man.

Then head on down to #CHOP and tell those kids what they should want!

[Hortensis]

20. Well, no. It's not for us to shut down free speech,

no matter how silly. And we've never lacked TALK about sensible reforms. Many professionals in the field spend their whole careers studying, planning, implementing and more of the same. It not that we don't know what to do and how to do it.

It's enough people voting the power to make reform happen that've been lacking. 40% didn't bother to vote in 2016. Others claimed to want social justice and disproved themselves by voting third party or even for Trump. Sincere people felt sick.

[SlogginThroughIt]

21. It has to be tiring telling others what they can do or say

[PTWB]

26. No, we can retire that once police are disbanded.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Better late than never.

[maxsolomon]

6. Should be fun clearing the Zone out.

That won't create any hard feelings.

[Jake Stern]

9. Honestly don't give a fuck

Let Raz and Company buy some land and set up their cop free utopia instead of taking over a section of a city, sitting up barricades and handing out AK-47s.

[maxsolomon]

15. "Handing out AK-47s"?

I must have missed something, but that's probable. I usually do.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. I think there were a couple of people with AR-15s

Members of the John Brown Gun Club.

[Jake Stern]

24. You're right

Not AKs

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

33. There is a video or two on twitter

Showing Raz pulling an AR15 out of his trunk and handing it to someone. Only saw a short clip of it, so no clue on what the whole story is. I did see comments that he had handed a few rifles out prior to that video, which is why it was being recorded in the first place.

[jmg257]

7. Aw - that's too bad.

[Jake Stern]

8. Bu..but I thought it was just a huge street festival

Well except for the killings and such.

[ChazII]

18. +100 n/t

[GulfCoast66]

10. Good move. These people are not our friends. Anarchist hate us as much as the republicans.

Hopefully it won’t be violent. But not holding my breath.

[Tipperary]

11. Gotta agree.

Obvious that was not going to be viable long term.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Good.

n/t

[melman]

13. LAW AND ORDER!

[George II]

22. Hmmm.........

Link to tweet

[melman]

23. No kidding

[melman]

27. It's okay

We all miss unbelievably obvious things sometimes. No need to beat yourself up over it!

[George II]

28. I certainly would never parrot donald trump or right wing talking points..

This is NOT a matter.

[melman]

29. "I certainly would never parrot donald trump or right wing talking points.."

Opinions on this might differ.

[George II]

34. I seriously doubt it, particularly from dedicated Democrats.

[melman]

35. I don't know

I've been here a long time and read a lot of threads and posts. I think it's fairly likely there are varying opinions on that.

[George II]

36. Whatever....

[Sewa]

38. Unbelievably some Dems support MCC

[KT2000]

14. Good!

Not a Seattle resident but it seems to distract from the BLM and abuse by the police. I, along with many others did not see the point of it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. After three shootings she has no choice

[Initech]

19. Yeah it's time for it to go. Party's over.

[miyazaki]

30. Aww, so no Thunderdome then.

[Polybius]

31. I'm shocked no one overruled her before

I wonder how long it was gonna go on for?

[ansible]

39. Probably would've gone on indefinitely if they didn't fuck up by shooting each other

What a waste of an opportunity, but not surprising.

[Liberal In Texas]

32. "This is why you can't have nice things..."

[Ron Green]

37. I support efforts to explore and establish alternative models of community

governance and economic activity.

It’s easy to say “About time!” or “go home, hippies!” but as always, I yearn for a better conversation from Underground Democrats.

[Jake Stern]

40. Pool your money and buy a few acres

That way you can establish whatever alternative model of community you wish.

[Ron Green]

42. Ah, the Capitalist approach.

There’s a sustainable path.

[Jake Stern]

43. Partially

but mostly a “You don’t have the right to set up your lifestyle experiment wherever you damn well please” approach.

If you want a Socialist utopia make damn sure everyone living there is on board.

[Baclava]

41. "City will move"? She gonna lead the procession down the street to clear them out?

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