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Anarch-Tyranny Defined: Black Lives Matter Protesters Who Held Seattle Hostage During 2020 George Floyd Riots to Receive $10 Million in Settlement with City
SEATTLE, WA - JUNE 08: Demonstrators raise their fists as a fire burns in the street after clashes with law enforcement near the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct shortly after midnight on June 8, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Earlier in the evening, a suspect drove into the crowd of protesters and shot one person, which happened after a day of peaceful protests across the city. Later, police and protesters clashed violently during ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations following the death of George Floyd. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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Previously on SBPDL: While White American Patriots Who Peacefully Entered the Capitol on 1/6/21 Languish in Prison, Black Lives Matter Protestors Who Terrorized NYC in 2020 Getting Paid $21,500 Each in Settlement Over “Rights” Violations

On Twitter, Auron MacIntyre put it best:

Under anarcho-tyranny the state takes money from law-abiding citizens and distributes it to violent mobs that act as regime foot soldiers You are a tax farm used to operate a giant criminal patronage network at home and a global empire abroad.

What was he replying to? [BLM protesters who participated in 2020 riots will receive $10 million from Seattle, The Blaze, January 25, 2024]:

The city of Seattle, Washington, agreed Wednesday to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who participated in the violent and destructive 2020 riots following the death of George Floyd.

A Wednesday press release from the city revealed that Seattle is settling a complaint filed by a group of 50 protesters in September 2020 who claimed they were injured by police while participating in the demonstrations. Seattle admitted to no wrongdoing.

According to the city, the complaint involved hundreds of interactions between the protesters and local law enforcement officials, over a million pages of records, over 10,000 videos, hundreds of witness interviews, and extensive court filings.

“This decision was the best financial decision for the City considering risk, cost, and insurance,” Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison said. “The case has been a significant drain on the time and resources of the City and would have continued to be so through an estimated three-month trial that was scheduled to begin in May.”

“This settlement resolves the majority of the remaining claims arising out of the 2020 demonstration period and is a big step toward allowing the City to focus on the important work of today, while moving forward from events four years ago,” Davison added.

The riots, which were ignited as a result of the death of George Floyd in May 2020, led to the destruction of many local businesses, significant property damage, and even injury and death.

A six-block area in Seattle was taken over by BLM activists who declared it an autonomous zone, called the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, which was also referred to as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. The rioters forced police out of the area, where multiple people were shot and two were murdered.

According to the plantiffs’ attorneys, one of the protesters suffered a heart attack after she was hit by a blast ball fired by the Seattle Police Department, the Seattle Times reported. Another plaintiff, a veteran who uses a cane, was allegedly “gassed and tackled because he didn’t retreat fast enough.” The lawyers claimed that “dozens of others who suffered permanent hearing loss, broken bones, concussion, wounds, bruising and emotional damage” as a result of the SPD’s response.

ORDER IT NOW

Judge Sandra Widlan rejected Seattle’s argument that the protesters “assumed the risk” of being injured by law enforcement when they chose to participate in the riots. Even with the exorbitant, objective evidence that a significant number of the protesters who attended the demonstrations were highly destructive and violent, the corporate media continues to claim that the activists participated in a peaceful protest where they were exercising their right to free speech.

The plaintiffs’ lead attorney, Karen Koehler, claimed her clients “were engaged in a First Amendment speech and activity against the very police brutality which they were met with.” She slammed the city for not admitting to wrongdoing.

“They should have said, ‘We’re sorry that we were punks and brutalized peaceful protesters,’” Koehler said.

Despite leftists’ claims that the 2020 riots were not destructive, Seattle previously agreed to pay $3.6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by more than a dozen business owners and residents whose properties incurred significant damages at the hands of the so-called “peaceful protesters,” Blaze News previously reported.

Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters during the summer of 2020 (and throughout the Trump campaign for POTUS in 2015/2016 and the various battles in 2017, culminating in the disaster at Charlottesville) are nothing more than the shock troops of the establishment, so compensation for their troubles by the elite is a recrimination to be expected. New York City did it to the tune of $21,500 per each “terrorist,” and P hiladelphia doled out $9.25 million in a settlement over BLM/Antifa who were tear-gassed.

 
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  1. Mr. XYZ says:

    This is where Wokeness produces stupid shit. Frankly, I’m not particularly fond of BLM since it de facto allies with black criminals to get more law-abiding blacks killed by them.

  2. Rioting, burning down buildings and looting businesses is not “free speech.” They all should have been shot on sight. What the city really needed was hundreds of people (ala the rooftop Koreans in L.A.) guarding all the businesses and blowing the heads off of the cretins who tried to rob the stores or burn them down.

  3. DMZABO says:

    Now ain’t that a Bitch?

  4. Nobody notice these cities are finally getting around to cutting “settlement” checks from the riots during the middle of the last election year we were in, during the beginning of the current election year we are in….it’s just a coincidence. Keep an eye open for any upcoming local public projects, like crosswalks/park improvements that require pallets of pavers/bricks to show up randomly a few days before the protest for whatever false flag/police/citizen shooting that involves a white shooting a groid or an illegal.

    I can see the powder keg this time around being a white shooting an illegal, due to the millions they have let flood the country and conveniently bussed & flown to blue cities, where they are forced to sleep in shelters/airports/police stations/tent cities. Those illegals were sold a lie, and the more they are being shifted around, kicked out of lodgings (I think they shouldn’t be getting shit BTW), and not getting the handouts they came here expecting, the angrier and more volatile they’ll be, especially when shit pops off.

    They may be uneducated and from backwards countries, but they grew up under corrupt, dangerous, regimes, and that creates hard men. They rightly view Western countries as soft targets, due to our civility and fear of being called racist. They came from countries where you survived by stealing, raping, killing, and lying when necessary. If you’re caught or support the wrong political views, you’re getting your limbs cut off, tortured in prison or outright executed.

    The only thing people like that have to lose is your stuff, if they can’t keep it after taking you out. Any gun owners should be stocking up on ammo, even if it’s cheap boxes of American Eagle or Blazer range rounds, it’s better than nothing in a pinch, and only $12-15 for 50 rounds of 9mm. Stock up on good water filters (ceramic filters require maintenance, but filter out 99.5% particles), and dry goods like rice, beans, and pasta in jars.

    Judging by the current batch of sequels, prequels, and remakes of unoriginal, predictable movies/shows Hollywood is churning out, our other form of entertainment, politics has reached the same point, we’re barreling down the ramp towards “2020 2” right now, with a majority of the same cast from the first one, except sequels are usually worse, and easier to predict the plot.

    • Replies: @Anon
    , @HammerJack
    , @Augustus
  5. HT says:

    This is just a warm up. Some day our rulers will place bounties on Whites who cause trouble for them and that will be the new black welfare program as they cash in. Remember Cash for Clunkers? This will be Cash for Killing Whitey.

  6. With female Jewish attorneys (Davison and Koehler) squaring off, a $10 million vaporization of Seattle taxpayer money is actually not all that bad. And by “squaring off,” I of course mean “working hand in glove with each other.”

    Davison (whose name has also been given as Ann Davison Sattler) switched from Democrat to Republican in 2020, but later admitted she voted for Bidet that fall. Those rock-ribbed Pacific Northwest Republicans, I tell ya…

    From the “about” page on Koehler’s website: “Favorite pastry is the orange hazelnut pinwheel from Macrina. And wear black lululemon leggings as often as possible when not in court.”

    This case sets an ominous precedent for every other big Dem-run city in the USSA.

    If you were a criminal, why WOULDN’T you move to Seattle? You should be arrested for stupidity if you don’t.

  7. Servenet says:

    Can anyone say….unraveling?

  8. Servenet says:

    Can anyone say unraveling?

  9. Nat X says:

    Wise up incels; it’s not the 1950s anymore. Cross us at your own peril…

    • Replies: @FactPointerOuter
  10. These violent thugs should have been shotgunned early on and the violence would have ceased almost immediately.

    This is what you vote for. Vote harder!

  11. usNthem says:

    Seattle city attorney Ann Davison. Judge Sandra Widlan. Plaintiffs lead attorney Karen Koehler.

    There it is folks – giiiiiiirrrrrrrlllll pooooooowwwwweeeerrrr. This is a primary reason there are s*** ruling like this. While I have no great sympathy for much of the leo contingent, the dirt bags who were rioting, oh, I mean exercising their peaceful first amendment rights, did need to have the snot beat out of them, or worse. With women and pocs in charge, expect much more of this kind of BS, and worse…

    • Thanks: AceDeuce
  12. Perhaps another lens for the looking glass can be considered. As money is thrown around like confetti on a televised game show, is it possible that the “invisible hand” of natural selection will strike? Exactly how much intellect, impulse control, and emotion regulation do these street scholars of antifa, blm, etc. manifest? The “beauty” of the diversity, inclusion, and equity formula is the inclusion link. With inclusion, it is not that they actually want to participate in a cohesive manner in the activity in question, but that they just want to take over the activity and the resources of said activity (ie- “they just want what YT’s got”). This behavior is all encompassing for these street scholars and not just centered around YT. No it is just their nature and this becomes more apparent as the triangle of intellect, impulse control, and emotion regulation decrease. So as the cash is freely thrown around, one street scholar will “gots 2 have” what another street scholar “gots.” This “gots 2 have” phenomenon can often be observed amongst the “aspiring rapper” types after they flash a roll of C-notes around. At some point in the near future, the “invisible hand” of natural selection reveals that “our aspiring rapper” experienced a gas propelled metallic object to the upper torso. And like a magic trick, those C-notes have disappeared, as well as it is unlikely that “our aspiring rapper” will no longer be offering the consumption of oxygen and a heart beat to the human condition any further. The more that the cash flows, the more it will appear like theater, not unlike that final scene in the movie “The One” with Jet Li…

    • Agree: Augustus
    • Replies: @Non PC Infidel
  13. Anon[408] • Disclaimer says:
    @Sick n' Tired

    TPTB have the outline all drawn up for what they’re looking for in a police shooting to kickoff the race wars this year. They’re looking for the incident to take place in late Spring so they have enough time to drum up as much hate towards Trump, GOP, and Whites in general before the election. I’m guessing they’re wanting a mixed race victim this time, preferably checking multiple boxes: woman, lgbtq, disabled, trans, etc. However, the longer they need to wait for the “perfect” victim, the less selective they’ll become, ultimately settling for any poc killed by police in a somewhat questionable manner. If a better victim comes along after they’ll just piggyback onto that one. I don’t think any of the truly horrific stuff happens until after Trump wins, in which case they’ll flip the board and nothing is off the table at that point: EMP attacks, cyber attacks, stock market crashes, currency hyperinflation, nuclear explosions, more lab created diseases, etc.

    -Rooster

  14. Wow….Sad Times when the “Summer of Love” ends up paying off for these degenerates…

  15. Bro43rd says:

    Anarcho-tyranny is a contradiction in and of itself and makes zero sense. Sam Francis said alot of intelligent things but that wasn’t one of them. A better way to explain it in a cute little catchphrase would be “Calculated Chaos”. The establishment delights in your using their linguistic boundaries erected for us. Wouldn’t want us catching on to the scam eh?
    http://takelifeback.com/
    http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/index.html

  16. @Societal Spectacle

    Of course they’ll prey upon each other. Reminds me of a video I saw when stimulus checks had been passed out like Halloween candy a few years ago. Some negro woman was sitting in her car after having cashed her check and was filmed holding the money up with hundreds of dollars fanned out to show it off. Another worthless negro reached through her open window, snatched the money out of her hand and ran off. Lol. Sharqueefa done been robbed!

  17. Meanwhile, people are still languishing in prison for taking selfies inside the Capitol.

    • Agree: Oil 'n Water
    • Thanks: Robertson
  18. Pythas says:
    @Female in FL

    This country is now a god-damn joke. By the way you know what BLM stands for? It’s not black lives matter nobody gives a shit about these groids, what it really stands for and the joke is on all of you is Bolshevik, leftist, marxist (BLM) lives don’t mean shit…And that goes for the same old goons financing these groups and we know who they are.

    • Agree: Female in FL
  19. @Non PC Infidel

    Agreed. It’s best to stay away from these major US cities. I have had plenty of my time in KCMO, St. Louis, and DC and have not looked back since 1992.

  20. @Non PC Infidel

    The first thing they do when they get their undeserved tax refunds with additional child tax credits tacked on is pay 18% to a check cashing place to cash them, then post pictures on social media smoking a blunt, pointing a gun at the camera, and showing off the cash.

    A few days later we get a news story with a crying sheboon because her baybay (the person flashing cash) wuz robbed and killed. The news will end the segment asking anyone to call Crime Stoppers, who are offering $5k for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator (where they show security camera footage, and give every description of what the suspect was wearing, driving, eating, scars, eye color, etcetera, except their race). They’ll also stump for donations to the family’s GoFund me page, since they can’t afford a funeral.

    I didn’t include a location for this story, because it happens so often, everywhere. Watch the 10pm news for a week in any large/midsized market and you’ll see this at least twice.

  21. @Sick n' Tired

    I can see the powder keg this time around being a white shooting an illegal, due to the millions they have let flood the country

    It could be that or anything else. Whatever the owners of the mass media decide to use. In an ex-country of 350 million there’s always something fit for purpose.

    https://www.unz.com/isteve/sailer-in-takis-deaths-of-depolicing/#comment-6382921

  22. Pastit says:

    Egregious that these violent thugs will receive 10 million for destroying the city center. Unbelievable.

  23. Augustus says:
    @Sick n' Tired

    Why do I need the rice, beans, and pasta in jars? It may sound like a dumb question, but I’m a moron on cooking. Wives didn’t allow me in the kitchen for decades.

    • Replies: @Sick n' Tired
  24. @Non PC Infidel

    Another worthless negro reached through her open window, snatched the money out of her hand

    Reminds me of this story:

    Here is another case of “If it looks like a duck…” No race mentioned, but with a 27 percent demographic of the usual suspects, it’s likely them again.

    https://omaha.com/news/nation-world/business/fast-food-near-me-in-n-out-burger-oakland-crime/article_de4ddecd-60d1-5c07-aac2-ce99231a1b6a.html

    OAKLAND, Calif. — In-N-Out Burger says it will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and robberies affecting customers and employees alike at its only restaurant in Oakland, California.
    Since 2019, police have logged 1,335 incidents in the vicinity of the restaurant on Oakport Street — more than any other location in Oakland, 

    Sean Crawford, who works in a building around the corner from the restaurant, told the newspaper that last year, he saw two people get out of a car and go from vehicle to vehicle in the In-N-Out drive-thru lane, robbing people at gunpoint [emphasis mine].

    • Replies: @AceDeuce
  25. loren says:

    o t

    mike jordan
    What is the “Dynasty Collection?”
    According to Sotheby’s, the auction house handling the sale, this set of sneakers “represents the most valuable and significant collection of Air Jordan sneakers ever brought to market.” The set comprises six Air Jordan sneakers, each worn by Jordan in the title-clinching games of his highly decorated career.

    “The set consists of an Air Jordan VI (1991), Air Jordan VII (1992), Air Jordan VIII (1993), Air Jordan XI (1996), Air Jordan XII (1997), and Air Jordan XIV (1998),” the Sotheby’s listing read.
    The “Dynasty Collection” will be the highlight of the live auction entitled “The One,” which will feature “exceptional objects that exemplify human ingenuity, achievement, and excellence.”

    • Replies: @Oil 'n Water
  26. Unreal.

    …well, it’s only unreal if you’re still clinging to certain preconceptions as to the nature of our society. Clear away those cobwebs. Accept what’s actually going on.

  27. loren says:

    UNESCO ?? un?? uNICEF??? ETC FUNDS BROWN INVASION

    • Replies: @Augustus
  28. @Nat X

    muhdik gonna muhdik

    • Replies: @Nat X
  29. @loren

    The set comprises six Air Jordan sneakers…

    Right up there in substance with pet rocks and cabbage patch dolls. But the sheep will pay big bucks for sweat stained sneakers used in meaningless games.

    I have a collection, that defensively is far more effective than throwing footwear at an attacker.

  30. @Augustus

    Jars seal better so the food stays fresher, and mice/bugs can’t chew thru them like they would a box or plastic bag. If there’s a leak or the jars get wet, they won’t fall apart like a box would either.

    • Thanks: Augustus
  31. Nat X says:
    @FactPointerOuter

    Incel putdown? Never heard that coming from a dindoo. Why don’t you ask some local dindoos if they say oh excuse me I forgot that you are a pussy and can just talk shit online.

  32. Augustus says:
    @loren

    Those look like all men. Raped!?! OMG, banjos playing in the rain forest?

  33. usNthem says:
    @HammerJack

    Ah, the good old days. Similar thing happened in Galveston after the 1901 hurricane wipeout.

  34. AceDeuce says:
    @Oil 'n Water

    Sean Crawford, who works in a building around the corner from the restaurant, told the newspaper that last year, he saw two people get out of a car and go from vehicle to vehicle in the In-N-Out drive-thru lane, robbing people at gunpoint

    Gives a new meaning to “Animal Style”, huh?

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