As Seattle Settles Major Lawsuit, Media Still Insist George Floyd Riots Were ‘Mostly Peaceful’

Following George Floyd’s death, leaders of Democratic cities in the United States were both scared and desperate to show their virtue signals. During the chaos that followed, billions of dollar worth of destruction was done to American city centers. Seattle is now a contender for the title of the most inept and callous response to the crisis.

The city of today Settlement reached in a federal district court lawsuit The city was accused of violating the civil rights of many business owners when it ordered police to leave one section of Capitol Hill and allowed protesters to set up their own lawless. “autonomous zone.” This area was referred to as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, (CHAZ), or Capitol Hill Occupied Occupied Protest. This left business owners in the areas completely abandoned as law and order broke down — without a police presence, there was rampant violence, drug markets, and Literal armed warlords Patrolling the streets

This settlement was reached after a federal judge placed severe sanctions on the city. The city had allegedly deleted thousands of text messages, including those involving the city’s former mayor, and its police chief, in connection to their handling of the autonomous area. This notion that city officials had anything to hide is in direct contradiction with the rhetoric used by the city during the month when it abandoned the CHAZ business owners.

Jenny Durkan, former Mayor of Chicago, spoke on CNN about what was happening at the CHAZ. “a block party atmosphere.” “We could have the summer of love,” She stated. Trump’s rebuke of the city for its abandonment of law and order led to Durkan and the former President have a Twitter dispute, and Gov. Jay Inslee shared his thoughts with Trump To “stay out of Washington state’s business.”

There was never any doubt. But, now that Seattle has settled this lawsuit, it’s impossible to argue that Seattle officials didn’t encourage violence or that they reneged on their basic responsibility to ensure citizens’ safety. Or is it? Here’s a hint: If you are wondering who would be so determined to hold on to a political narrative that anarchists taking control of your city was okay, Today’s Seattle Times write up This epic video features “challenge accepted” moment:

While CHOP was generally peaceful, there were some vandalism and occasional outbreaks of violence. This included fights and an attempt at torching the abandoned police precinct. At least four shootings claimed the lives of at least two teenagers. One of these teens was a 16-year old boy who was killed by the city.

It was, in fact, the only thing that happened was the fighting, shootings and attempt to burn down a police station. “mostly peaceful,” The local newspaper said so. The local newspaper said that it was impossible to mistake the events here as a misunderstanding. “summer of love”?

The media’s suspicious cohesion around the phrase “mostly peaceful” To describe Floyd’s protests in 2020 summer was transparently dishonest. The CNN chyron proclaims the

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