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Police Officers Allegedly Refused Service at Seattle Cafe

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Two members of the Seattle Police Department were denied service at a local cafe.

A Seattle police officer and a trainee walked into Chocolati on N. 45th Street in the Wallingford neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 PM looking for a snack. According to their website, “Chocolati was established in the year 2003 with the philosophy of making delightful chocolate confections that were both aesthetically creative and of the highest quality.”

According to sources in SPD with knowledge of the events, the employee behind the register finished serving the customer in front of the officer. The officer then walked up to the register to order. The employee, a white female with green streaks in her hair, ignored the officer.

When the officer got her attention, he asked for a box of chocolates and the employee said, “No, I won’t serve you.” (Read more from “Police Officers Allegedly Refused Service at Seattle Cafe” HERE)

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Seattle Police Crackdown on Crime After Biden Sworn-In

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The Seattle Police Chief announced on Saturday his officers will begin enforcing vandalism laws in the wake of President Joe Biden’s inauguration. His announcement followed anti-police protests in Seattle on January 20.

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz announced on Saturday that his officers will execute a tighter policy in regards to enforcing laws against vandalism. Diaz told reporters he wanted to crack down on property destruction for months, the Seattle Times reported.

His comments follow a violent Antifa protest on Inauguration Day that left multiple businesses in the downtown district vandalized. Rioters also set fires in the street and burned an American flag.

Seattle Police Department officials reported they arrested three people during the riots.

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Going Soft on Drugs and Crime Has Turned Seattle Into Another American Wasteland

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“Seattle no longer feels the need to stop anyone from doing anything for any reason, at any time. The most stunning city in America is dying, all right.”

So begins “The Fight for the Soul of Seattle,” a 90-minute documentary produced by KOMO News, which for years has reported on Seattle’s pervasive drug problems and associated perils. The local news station, which premiered the feature last weekend, produced a similarly themed broadcast entitled “Seattle is Dying” last year that received more than 10 million views and several regional film awards. . .

Perhaps the most significant demonstration of Seattle’s stark divide was in the city’s response to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as CHAZ or CHOP, a six-block stretch that was overtaken and declared independent by local activists amid this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests. In a move that garnered national attention, the City of Seattle instructed police to cede control of the area, which included a police precinct as well as homes, businesses, and citizens suddenly left to fend for themselves.

City officials outwardly touted the zone as a quaint block party where people sang around bonfires and distributed free kebabs. Mayor Jenny Durkan suggested CHAZ would bring about a “summer of love,” and city councilmembers cheered with celebratory selfies. . .

How did Seattle get here? Look no further than the City Council, which has aided and abetted this rising criminality by crippling the Seattle Police Department. “The institution of policing itself must be dismantled,” Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda said during one meeting earlier this year. Councilmember Lorena Gonzales agreed, saying, “Now is the time to divest from the police department.” (Read more from “Going Soft on Drugs and Crime Has Turned Seattle Into Another American Wasteland” HERE)

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Seattle Councilwoman Calls Cops After Defunding Them

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After voting to defund the police department, a member of the Seattle City Council called the cops to report a crime that effectively would be legal under a new proposal she has sponsored.

Lisa Herbold reported to police last Friday a man threw a rock at the living-room window of her West Seattle home, reported Jason Rantz, a talk host for local KTTH radio. . .

Rantz said that in the report to police, Herbold said “she was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover.” . . .

“He broke the law and should be punished,” Rantz said of the suspect.

“But in Seattle, thanks to councilmembers like Herbold, we don’t punish criminals. We have an aversion to putting people in jail who are threats to society. Usually the councilmembers aren’t victims themselves. They just create the victims with their permissive policies.” (Read more from “Seattle Councilwoman Calls Cops After Defunding Them” HERE)

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Grandparents With ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag Targeted in Drive-By Shooting

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Two Seattle homeowners with a “Thin Blue Line” flag outside their house were targeted in drive-by shooting on Friday, police confirmed to Fox News.

Surveillance footage obtained by KIRO-TV shows a vehicle firing nine shots at a home in North Seattle before speeding away.

The owners of the home are two grandparents who have reportedly lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years. The couple told the station they believed they were targeted because of the flag, which is meant to convey support for law enforcement.

The man said “about twice a week” he argued with people who made “derogatory remarks” and told him to take down the flag. . .

“ACAB,” which stands for “All Cops Are Bastards” and “Black Lives Matter” have also been spray-painted outside their home, according to the station. (Read more from “Grandparents With ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag Targeted in Drive-By Shooting” HERE)

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Seattle Hires Former Pimp to Help ‘Reform’ Police for $150,000

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Seattle is paying an ex-pimp $150,000 a year to act as the city’s “street czar” and offer “alternatives to policing” after protests morphed into the no-police-allowed Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.

Activist Andre Taylor is open about his past as a pimp (he appeared in the documentary “American Pimp”) and is working with the city of Seattle through his nonprofit, Not This Time. Taylor says he started Not This Time after his brother Che Taylor was killed by Seattle police in 2016. . .

Taylor has previously worked with the city, receiving $100,000 for his nonprofit to host panel discussions called “Conversation with the Streets” in 2019, The Seattle Times reported.

“Me, as a Black man has the right to be paid for my genius or for whatever my organization can provide,” Taylor told KOMO News. “Black people as a whole have not been in a place to be compensated for their genius or their work for a very, very long time.”

Taylor’s July contract, first reported on by PubliCola, is with the city’s Department of Neighborhoods. It designates him as a consultant hired to “act as an adviser to the City of Seattle and ‘street czar’ community liaison.” (Read more from “Seattle Hires Former Pimp to Help ‘Reform’ Police for $150,000” HERE)

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WATCH: Seattle Bans Christians From Worshipping in Park, but Then God Intervened; Spiritual Awakening Taking Place in America as Churches Deal With Social Distancing Restrictions

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By Todd Starnes. The City of Seattle shut down a local park in advance of a massive gathering of Christian worshippers.

Christians were banned from the park, but not Black Lives Matter or Antifa. Let that sink in, folks.

“This is extraordinary: Seattle denies Christians permit to worship peacefully OUTSIDE and then puts up fences to block them – but allows for outdoor protests and camps,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote on Twitter.

But instead of canceling the event, the Christians simply relocated the service to the street and called it a “worship protest.” . . .

The worship protest also angered at least one Antifa member who noted, “The more I yell, the more f***ing fun they have.” (Read more from “WATCH: Seattle Bans Christians From Worshipping in Park, but Then God Intervened” HERE)

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Seattle Shuts Park to Christians, but Allows Leftists to Continue Spreading Chaos

By WND. The same city that allowed anarchists to take over its downtown for weeks and is playing host to anti-Trump protests over Labor Day weekend has slammed the door on a Christian event using a city park. . .

The city department did not cite the event in a statement announcing the closure, but invoked COVID-19 in saying the park would be closed for Labor Day “due to anticipated crowding that could impact the public health of residents.”

“Out of concerns for the safety of all those who visit Gas Works Park we have opted to close the entire park for the day,” the department said. “Seattle Parks and Recreation does not allow unpermitted public events to take place in Seattle parks and asks the public [to] continue to adhere to current public health guidelines so that we can keep our parks open.” (Read more from “Seattle Shuts Park to Christians, but Allows Leftists to Continue Spreading Chaos” HERE)

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Spiritual Awakening Taking Place in America as Churches Deal With Social Distancing Restrictions

By CBN News. In the face of unrest and violent protests all across the country, a wave of revival is growing.

Recently in Portland, Oregon, thousands of Christians lifted their voices in prayer, praise and worship for an event called “Riots to Revival.” It was an effort to heal the brokenness resulting from the pandemic. . .

“It’s fun watching God show up,” Feucht told CBN News. “We’ve spent the last 15 years, I have, going into a lot of dark hard nations around the world – North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia. And now we get to do it in our own nation.”

In California, where indoor worship services have been banned because of COVID-19 restrictions, churches have been discovering new ways to serve their communities. . .

“We’ve had 135 churches in San Diego come together,” said [Pastor] Stonier. “We had a prayer event; 11 different locations. We had over 15,000 people around San Diego or online. We called it ‘We Pray San Diego’. People prayed for an hour for the Lord’s work, for revival to take place in San Diego.” (Read more from “Spiritual Awakening Taking Place in America as Churches Deal With Social Distancing Restrictions” HERE)

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Seattle Mayor Blocks Police Defunding

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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Friday vetoed a City Council budget plan to slash funding to the police department and eliminate the city’s homeless outreach team, among other programs.

The nine-member council approved the rebalanced budget that would have reduced police funding by 14% for the remainder of 2020. The move also would have resulted in the loss of 100 police officers through layoffs and attrition.

The cuts would have totaled around $23 million of the remaining $127 million in the budget, KOMO News reported.

“This veto was because the bills, as passed, did not have the type of collaboration that I think we will have going forward, and that I’m hopeful we will have going forward,” Durkan said during a news conference. “There’s some flaws in each of these (bills) that I hope the council can correct, or with discussions, we can find a path forward together.

“I continue to have concerns about council decisions to make cuts before they have a plan,” she added. “I do not believe the 2020 budget in its current form moves us closer to those shared goals. I truly believe we can, and must, find common ground for the vision of SPD.” (Read more from “Seattle Mayor Blocks Police Defunding” HERE)

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Silent Majority Roars in Seattle: Massive Pro-Police Rally Held Ahead of Defund the Police Vote (VIDEO)

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. . .City residents turned out in droves for a “Back the Blue” rally outside city hall ahead of a major vote on Monday that would take funding away from the city’s police department.

Videos and photographs posted to social media showed what appeared to be thousands of people outside Seattle City Hall, adorned in blue shirts and holding signs to show support for law enforcement.

Seattle resident John Balph, who said that police reforms are needed and called Black Lives Matter “a very worthy movement,” said that defunding the police department is a “haphazard” prospect.

“There’s bad enough news from the White House and Trump,” Balph told the Seattle Times. “But it’s depressing to live in Seattle right now.”

“Is this the city the council wants to represent, a deserted city?” he continued. “It’s not the Seattle I want to live in. But average citizens can’t do anything about it. It’s very frustrating.” (Read more from “Silent Majority Roars in Seattle: Massive Pro-Police Rally Held Ahead of Defund the Police Vote” HERE)

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Crime-Ridden Seattle Moves to Abolish ENTIRE Police Force

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Well, it may be time to deploy the military to Seattle after all because what local lawmakers are doing is nothing short of allowing the city to be engulfed in violence and anarchy. They’re moving to abolish the police. It’s not defunding. It’s a total dissolution. Non-profit programs and “community-led activities” will replace policing. Why? Well, according to the resolution, the Seattle Police Department perpetuates racism and violence. Oh, yes, and it’s a vehicle of white supremacy. It’s typical ‘woke’ nonsense, and it’s a cancer that’s killing America.

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