Written with contribution from Sheriff David Clarke
While the CHOP/CHAZ “autonomous zone” in Seattle over the summer of 2020 was praised as a “summer of love” by Mayor Jenny Durkan before several people were shot and two—both young, black men—were killed within the “block party,” as she had also previously referred to it.
Meanwhile, there has been such an autonomous zone surrounding the site where George Floyd was killed last year in Minneapolis that has received considerably less attention—yet now appears to be every bit as deadly and lawless as its Pacific Northwestern counterpart.
The zone also reportedly does not allow cops, snitches, or white people, according to the Washington Examiner. Don’t know what any sane white person would want to go there anyway. Besides that, not allowing whites allowed is as offensive a saying as is, no blacks allowed, no Jews allowed, no gays allowed. It’s repulsive. Black Lives Matter has become the new face of racism in America. This is cultural rot.
Report of shooting, two victims, possibly inside the barricades. #NoGoZone
8xx E 38th St (at Chicago)
Squad 340 360
17:56
🚩Police staging nearby
Developing.
One person just showed up at HCMC & one victim at the barricades.https://t.co/vcTzuCg4Gj pic.twitter.com/IJKtMVgVL1— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) March 7, 2021
On Saturday, a man was shot in what is referred to now as George Floyd Square and later passed away at the hospital.
There were reports of a second victim, but he was not located.
Here is footage of the shooting itself (warning: graphic).
https://twitter.com/zerosum24/status/1368660680388251654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1368660680388251654%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fnick-arama%2F2021%2F03%2F08%2Fanother-death-in-a-blm-autonomous-zone-this-time-in-minneapolis-n339285
When police showed up to aid the victim, who was reportedly black, the BLM activists who are guarding the zone reacted with the predictable resistance.
Maybe they later claimed that police refused to come and help—as that’s what would happen when first responders tried to get into the CHAZ last summer, when in reality they were being blocked by unruly residents of the lawless zone.
Red State notes that back in September, as they reported, police were again prevented from accessing the victim of a crime in the “autonomous zone.”
KTSP: “The barricaded zone is a one-block radius from the intersection of Chicago Avenue South and East 38th Street, flanked on the north and south by 37th and 39th streets and on the east and west by Elliot and Columbus avenues.”
— Kyle Hooten (@KyleHooten2) September 18, 2020
Apparently this zone has existed for a few days- here's some pics I found online.
The second photo is the intersection near the place Floyd died. It's been decorated with a monument. pic.twitter.com/Tft90tGhlE
— Kyle Hooten (@KyleHooten2) September 18, 2020
This all comes as the city of Minneapolis has settled with the family of George Floyd while attorneys for the former police officer accused of killing him, Derek Chauvin, has requested his trial, set to start this week, now be delayed.
Something tells me whatever the outcome of his trial, we can expect more violence and rioting.
Just a hunch.
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