Black Lives Matter Protesters Loot Businesses, Set Fires in Seattle
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Video on social media shows protesters linked to Black Lives Matter rioting in Seattle on Sunday, including smashing windows and looting an Amazon store while protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for detaining illegal migrants.
Breaking: Anti-police brutality protests have turned violent in Seattle, Washington. A video shows rioters looting and vandalizing an Amazon Go store during the protests. pic.twitter.com/38Qoq7blkz— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) July 19, 2020
“Large crowd continuing to march on Pike Street from downtown,” Seattle police posted on Twitter on Sunday. “Two individuals were arrested outside of the West Precinct. Demonstrators threw rocks, bottles and other items at officers. At least one officer has been transported to the hospital.”
Large crowd continuing to march on Pike Street from downtown. Two individuals were arrested outside of the West Precinct. Demonstrators threw rocks, bottles and other items at officers. At least one officer has been transported to the hospital.— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) July 19, 2020
NOW: Antifa Militants and Black Lives Matter protesters Downtown Seattle protesting against ICE.Antifa Militants are riding around armed in unmarked cars. #SeattleProtest #AntifaDomesticTerrorists pic.twitter.com/q9XpqAqsft— Katie Daviscourt🇺🇸 (@KatieDaviscourt) July 19, 2020
The local Fox affiliate reported on the riot:
Police say a peaceful protest started about 10:30 a.m. Sunday, but three hours later, a second group showed up carrying baseball bats. The second group began marching on Fifth Avenue, breaking windows and tagging buildings with paint along the way.They vandalized SPD headquarters and Seattle Municipal Court before targeting downtown businesses and marching to the West Precinct, where they tried to break in but were thwarted by officers. Someone or a group threw large fireworks at police, injuring multiple officers and sending one to the hospital.Police used pepper spray and blast balls to stop the assault on officers and arrested two people near the West Precinct. The group – which police called organized and intent on causing property damage – eventually broke up at Cal Anderson Park.
“These are criminal acts, not peaceful protests,” the police said.
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At Least 65 Shot, 10 Fatally, over Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago
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At least 65 people were shot, 10 fatally, over the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
On July 19, 2020, Breitbart News reported 50 had been shot, at least six killed, between Friday evening and Sunday morning alone. Those numbers only rose as the rest of Sunday played out.
NBC 5 reports the shootings began Friday at 5:30 p.m. “in the 8200 block of South Drexel.” Three individuals were standing on the sidewalk when someone opened fired from inside a vehicle. A “14-year-old boy was hit in the face, a 21-year-old man was hit in the arm and a 27-year-old woman was hit in the buttocks.”
The Chicago Sun-Times reports the latest shooting occurred Sunday night just before midnight in the 11300 block of South Carpenter Street. A group of people were standing outside when someone opened fire, killing a 26-year-old man and 41-year-old man and wounding three others.
During same weekend one year ago, 43 people were shot, three fatally. The increase in victims this year is indicative of a surging gun violence that shows no sign of abating.
After all, at least 60 people were shot, 10 fatally, last weekend and at least 70 were shot, 14 fatally, the weekend before that.
On July 10, 2020, Breitbart News reported Chicago shootings were up 76 percent compared to that same time in 2019.
Mayor Lightfoot’s most recent suggestion for curtailing the violence was to offer up more gun control. Ironically, two-thirds of the controls she proposed already exist in the Chicago area.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.
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