Why does CHAZ/CHOP still have power and water service? Rather than a thousand national guard members, seems to me that denial of services would force the looters out easier and perhaps even faster. What fun is occupying someplace if you can't play your music or flush the toilet? How is food getting in? I sure as hell wouldn't deliver there.
Let this "movement" end not with a bang but with a whimper.
I'm not onboard with sweeping measures that punish Citizens victimized by the Commie/Anarchist Scum. So carpet bombing, back flushing the sewers, or retch gas is out. ( although the second one is tempting )
Controlling cell access is very interesting, though. First you need to find a Federal Judge that isn't a Clinton or Obama minion/idealog. You need a warrant. The FISA court seems to be a rubber stamp group of lazy judges that needs purging, so... ( and point any backlash at them )
Then, only allow folk who legitimately live in the Camp to call out. Every other call gets the owner tagged. ( for later consideration by the Tribunal ) Monitoring, of course, needs a warrant. The take night be very useful. No burner phones should be allowed to communicate, or be monitored for content. Probably a 2 phase approach, monitor until you've got good evidence, Then shut off before the liberation of the Citizens.
Doing this legally, to permit actual arrests and prosecution, is vital. I'm not going for the simple and quick response, which violates rights. If we are going to be the Good Guys, we have to not follow their script.
It's important to remember that terrorism of this type, ( as opposed to Islamist militants ) is MEANT to goad the authorities into over reaction, generating sympathy and converts to the Revolutionary mob. They WANT an assault that kills the useful idiots in Seattle. And by They I mean the Rich White Elite guys like Soros, Obama, & the DNC. People far from the consequences of their actions.
I thought CHAZ was the only child of the late Sonny Bono, and his wife Cher.
Actually, if I lived in the area known as CHAZ, my lawyer would be suing in local, state, and federal court for the failure of Seattle/King county to protect MY constitutional rights, and demanding actual and punitive damages.
While waiting, I would rent a 28ish foot motor home, and park it in the mayors front yard. While using the mayors water and electricity. While inviting friends to do the same. And inviting the media to observe.
Any bets on how long I would be allowed to live there? Maybe as long as the CHAZZERS?
Last night a shooting in the CHOP zone left one dead and one in critical condition. Responding officers were met with a 'violent crowd' and did not proceed. They were later informed that the two persons had been transported to hospital by CHOP medics.
Guess it is no longer an area of peace and love . . . .
It is difficult to decipher what CHAZ occupants want. Each faction, whether liberal, Marxist or anarchist, has their own agenda. But one online manifesto posted on Medium demands no less than the abolishment of the criminal justice system.
What will happen if demands aren’t met? Jaiden Grayson, a young black woman who has developed a large following in CHAZ, told a filmmaker: “Respond to the demands of the people or prepare to be met with any means necessary. … It’s not even a warning. I’m letting people know what comes next.”
I'm starting to wonder if they screwed up and instead of letting criminals out of prison because of Covid they let the loonies out of the loonie bin instead?