February 13, 2025
Anarchy, Seattle, and All That CHAZ
President Trump is going to have to act.
President Trump has said that if Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Durkan didn’t restore order in Seattle, he would. But he has done precisely nothing. 

Three cities, all supremely liberal, represent an American descent into anarchy against which no one is standing.

After New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wanted to slash the police budget, the New York City Council is going about cutting $1 billion from that budget, about 16 percent. That will inevitably cause a reduction of police presence around the city and, with equal inevitability, result in an increase in crime.

In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed in police custody on May 25, the city council plans to disband its police force entirely. On Friday, the city council voted to replace the police with a “community-led public safety system.”

What the hell is a “community-led public safety system”? And then there’s Seattle.

In part of uber-liberal Seattle anarchists — Antifa and other thugs — have already created such a system, the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ), which police aren’t permitted to enter. Self-appointed guards — some armed with AR-15 style rifles and some, from what I’ve observed, wearing what looks like body armor — stand watch against undefined threats. That’s one sort of a community-led public safety system, but it has nothing to do with the rule of law or our Constitution.

CHAZ is a mixed commercial and residential neighborhood that contains one of Seattle’s principal police stations. That station was surrendered to the rioters who have occupied it for about a week. The anarchists have set up barriers to entry (and exit?) around the CHAZ.

[…]

See Also:

(1) Seattle City Council bans police use of chokeholds, crowd control devices amid protests

(2) Seattle reaches deal with ‘CHOP’ to remove temporary roadblocks, replace with concrete barriers

(3) Under siege: Anti-police sentiment could fuel suicide epidemic, advocates fear

(4) Armed Neighborhood Groups Form In The Absence Of Police Protection

(5) Black Professor To Mark Levin: No Pattern of Epidemic Racism Among Police

Jack’s Note: I watched ‘Waco’ yesterday on Netflix. If you are wondering why Trump may be hesitant to take action you will wonder no more. Federal law enforcement agencies have not exactly covered themselves in glory over the years when dealing with violent ‘bird brains’. Just saying.