Shooting at Seattle's CHOP protest site kills one, leaves another in critical condition

[brooklynite]

Source: Seattle Times

One male was killed and another was wounded early Monday morning when they were shot in the protest area known as CHOP.

Seattle police tweeted the shooting happened near 12th Avenue and Pike Street. According to an email from Harborview Medical Center, one of the wounded males was brought to the hospital by private vehicle around 3:15 a.m. The second was brought in by Seattle Fire Department medics about 15 minutes later.

One man died and the other was in critical condition, according to the hospital.

Demonstrators have occupied several blocks around the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct and Cal Anderson Park for about two weeks, since the police left the precinct following standoffs and clashes with protesters calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality.

Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/shooting-at-seattles-chop-protest-site-leaves-2-in-critical-condition/?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=584226

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Why is CHOP still here? I'm willing to bet Mayor Durkan is going to have a hard time getting re-elected at this point.

Video of area during shooting (audible gunshots)

Link to tweet

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. "It's Trump's fault," in 5 ... 4 ... 3 .... NT

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. WTF

How many shots were fired, I lost count. WTF is wrong with these assholes.


I think chop zone needs to be done.

But are plainclothes cops shooting people in chop to delegitimize the defund the police movement?

Cops would have a motive to cause this. If anybody can pull of a killing and get away with it,cops can.

[Lulu KC]

3. I thought it was--last week

Cannot keep up.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. I didn't know

If this story is a week old or more recent. Anybody know?

[ChazII]

6. It is another or new

shooting.

[Dopers_Greed]

4. I'm 100% with the protestors, but...

What is the point of CHOP? Seems stupid to me, unless I'm missing something.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Who did the shooting(s)?

[brooklynite]

8. I don't believe they're in custody

[cigsandcoffee]

23. The CHOP Security Force. n/t

[Baclava]

9. The Warlords are running out of bullets? Just hire the Hells Angels for protection

[sarisataka]

10. Didn't the mayor order the zone to close?

Has any progress been made toward doing that?

[EllieBC]

11. I believe it was ordered shut down by the mayor

over a week ago. But is the mayor isn’t actually doing anything, it’s all talk.

[Polybius]

16. Why hasn't the governor done anything about it then?

The Mayor needs to be over-ridden.

[EllieBC]

17. Honestly

I don’t think they knew what to do. I live up the road in BC. Even to fair minded Vancouverites, the CHAZ/CHOP seemed a little crazy.

With that windbag shouting from the WH about sending the NG in, I think the mayor and governor didn’t want to appear to be on his side. I think they just hoped it would burn itself out quickly and hopefully quietly. Clearly it didn’t. They didn’t have a good choice to make here.

[Devil Child]

12. Way past time to bulldoze this failed "social experiment."

[Wolf Frankula]

18. Let's Abolish The Police.

Let the gangs run the neighborhoods.

Wolf

[GulfCoast66]

13. I'm shocked, shocked.

You let Anarchist take over part of your city and anarchy is the result. Who could have guessed?

[pfitz59]

14. I live in Seattle

Been by CHOP several times. Just a big homeless camp. Drugs, booze, filth. Ideology has left the zone.

[Steelrolled]

15. Next step: City of Seattle sued for negligence in providing protection.

[Devil Child]

19. Update: "CHOP security forces" have killed a 16yo and left a 14yo in critical condition

So they abolish the PD due to police violence and immediately become dispensers of “police” violence. This needs to be shut down now.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8471219/One-man-dead-wounded-Seattle-CHOP-zone-shooting.html

[The Mouth]

21. I seem to recall the ending of some book that was much like this

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

[cigsandcoffee]

22. 'Oh you're not dead huh?' and 'You want to get pistol-whipped?'

Holy shit.

[dustyscamp]

20. Ugh, these idiots need to gtfo

Trump and his cronies will use situations like this to rally his base and also use it as ammunition to attack us