Seattle Police Created 'Ruse' To Disband 'CHOP' By Mentioning Proud Boys

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Seattle Police Officers Falsified Reports About Proud Boys Moving Toward 'CHOP:' Watchdog

January 6, 2022



Seattle police officers falsified a report of armed Proud Boys members heading toward the autonomous zone in the city in 2020, a watchdog found
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The Seattle Police Department abandoned a precinct on June 8, 2020, and activists soon after established an armed protest zone in the area known by some as CHOP. That same day, officers over the radio said armed members of the Proud Boys, a right-wing group that has clashed with members of the far-left Antifa network, were heading towards the area where the autonomous zone cropped up. "We're going to be the one taking my group down around city hall to monitor the group of the Proud Boys gathering right now," one officer told a dispatcher. "Small group, possible Proud Boys. It looks like a few of them might be open carry," another said. A third officer later said one of the group was carrying a gun and that the group "is very boisterous tonight." "Hearing from the Proud Boys group. They may be looking for somewhere else for confrontation,"...

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Andrè Taylor, former pimp was hired for $150,000 by the city of Seattle to make peace with the residents as its "community liaison", and replace the police

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According to a journalist who was in the autonomous zone, the string of communications prompted many people to go grab firearms and the event transitioned from being peaceful to something entirely different. However, video footage from the scene showed at least some individuals already armed. Interviewed by the Seattle Office Police Accountability, the officer credited with coming up with the effort said officers put forth "misinformation" because they knew they would be overheard... He said including the Proud Boys was part of making the ruse "seem realistic."

Former Police Chief Carmen Best appeared to be unaware of the plot, investigators said. "Given the volatility situation,..., I think, really, the goal was to try and without using force, move the crowd or get the crowd somehow distracted away from the precinct so potentially we could take the action to reoccupy the space,"... The city was sued by several people over allowing the zone to remain in place.[/left]

Seattle Police Officers Falsified Reports About Proud Boys Moving Toward 'CHOP:' Watchdog
https://www.theepochtimes.com/seattle-police-officers-falsified-reports-about-proud-boys-moving-toward-chop-watchdog_4197583.html

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