{"id":57278,"date":"2020-07-25T08:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=57278"},"modified":"2020-07-25T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:51:03","slug":"57278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=57278","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Anarchy the \u2018New Normal\u2019 in the Pac. Northwest? Is It Coming to You?<\/a><\/p>\n

If this continues in the Pacific Northwest, will it spread to other regions? That\u2019s a question on several minds as the region has become something of a petri dish for the far left to experiment with things like local socialism, gun control extremism and tax-and-spend politics, according to critics.<\/em><\/p>\n

No sooner did AmmoLand News publish a story declaring that the Pacific Northwest is \u201cunder siege\u201d than did violent protesters in Seattle and Portland try to prove it by staging another night of rioting and destruction.<\/p>\n

In Portland, far left Mayor Ted Wheeler found himself being told to resign by the very demonstrators with whom he was apparently trying to bond, and that was before he was tear gassed by federal agents, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n

In Seattle, as reported by KOMO\u2014the local ABC affiliate\u2014there was more violence as \u201cA destructive, roving band of people broke into several Seattle businesses Wednesday night and set fire to merchandise in some of the stores.\u201d<\/p>\n

Separately, KOMO is reporting that the unrest, vandalism and looting is creating problems for residents seeking to move out of the city, and for real estate sales, because other businesses are reluctant to move in.<\/p>\n

In the midst of unrest, the Metropolitan King County Council, which is also dominated by far-left Democrats, is trying to turn the office of county sheriff into an appointed political position rather than an elective office where the county\u2019s top cop would be answerable directly to the voters. According to the Seattle Times, the effort is designed to \u201cgive the County Council the ability to reduce the scope of the Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u201d<\/p>\n

This proposal is reportedly the brainchild of Councilman Rod Dembowski, a Democrat who was born and grew up in King County. An attorney, he is selling this proposal on his website as a way to \u201chelp add accountability to, and take politics out of, the Sheriff\u2019s Office by returning the Sheriff to an appointed position with strong community input.\u201d<\/p>\n

Times reader reaction appears strongly tilted against the idea, which will go before voters in November.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, King County Executive Dow Constantine, another liberal Democrat, recently announced he wants to close down the county jail in downtown Seattle, according to the Seattle P-I.com. His plan was outlined in a memo reported by the online newspaper. He will \u201csupport program for prevention, diversion, rehabilitation and \u201charm reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back on the streets of Seattle, KOMO reported a group \u201cof about 150 people first gathered at Cal Anderson Park\u201d (located in the former \u201cCHOP\u201d zone) \u201cthen roamed about the Capitol Hill neighborhood, doing massive amounts of property damage, looting, shooting fireworks, and committing arson.\u201d The Seattle Police Blotter said the vandals tried to set fire to at least one business.<\/p>\n

Two hundred miles south, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty had to apologize after alleging that arson and other troubles were the handiwork of police \u201csaboteurs\u201d and \u201cprovocateurs,\u201d according to Fox News.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what she said, according to the Portland Oregonian: \u201cI want people to know that I do not believe there\u2019s any protesters in Portland that are setting fires, that are creating crisis. I absolutely believe it\u2019s police action, and they\u2019re sending saboteurs and provocateurs into peaceful crowds so they justify their inhumane treatment of people who are standing up for their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Oregonian said Hardesty\u2019s claims were unsubstantiated, adding, \u201cShe also made a not-so-oblique reference to Mayor Ted Wheeler, referencing \u201cignorance at the highest levels in our city government\u201d as she participated in a national briefing sponsored by a left-leaning think tank based in Portland.\u201d<\/p>\n

If this continues in the Pacific Northwest, will it spread to other regions? That\u2019s a question on several minds as the region has become something of a petri dish for the far left to experiment with things like local socialism, gun control extremism and tax-and-spend politics, according to critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is Anarchy the \u2018New Normal\u2019 in the Pac. Northwest? Is It Coming to You? If this continues in the Pacific Northwest, will it spread to other regions? That\u2019s a question on several minds as the region has become something of a petri dish for the far left to experiment with things like local socialism, gun … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57280,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57278\/revisions\/57280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}