Seattle's Mayor Gives Toothless Marching Order to Protesters
June 23 2020 By Abiodun Giwa
Mayor Durkan and President Trump
The view of the Mayor of Seattle on the situation in the city's six block autonomous zone declared by protesters has changed, following shootings and a death amid disorderliness.
Mayor Jenny Durkan, who had earlier supported the protesters' decision turning the six blocks near the police precinct to autonomous zone on Tuesday said 'enough is enough' and that it is time to end the siege.
But how the mayor intends to empower her words to make the protesters head home is unknown. But the good thing is that the mayor is not alone. Police chief Best Carmen is in tandem with the mayor.
Carmen's time of patience and seeking peace and meeting points with protesters also seems to be over.
This development makes all eyes turn to Seattle to see whether the protesters will leave peacefully adhering to the mayor and the police chief's olive branch or whether the mayor and the police chief will collaborate and resort to the use of force to restore law and order. Curious observers believe that protesters will not abandon their position peacefully without the sue of force. Protesters have said that much that they are not leaving if not forced out. And reports say the mayor is still saying she is continuing steps to deescalate the situation without the use of force.
An event in Washington on Monday night, where law enforcement aborted protesters' efforts to destroy President Andrew Jackson's statue in front of the White House, supports curious observers' position that protesters cannot be subdued by olive branch without application of force or a subtle use of force.
News reports show clearly the yeoman efforts of protester of Andrew Jackson's statue before the law enforcement's intervention. One or two of the protesters climbed the statue and tied two to three chain-ropes on the statue's head. They were still in the process of completing the destructive assignment when law enforcement came in and dislodged them.
Event in front of the White House and activities of protesters in Seattle show two different scenarios: The first shows a place where law enforcement is active at work and the other without law enforcement at work. The latter has been pervasive in most places that statues have been destroyed over the past few days.
Before the law enforcement's intervention in front of the White House on Monday saving Andrew Jackson's statue, the statue had been defaced. As events by protesters are intensified around the country, debate is now centered on whether protests should include destruction of properties and statues.
President Donald Trump and Mayor Jerkin have disagreed on the way forward for the handling of Seattle's protesters. She had said that turning the six blocks area including the police precinct to an autonomous zone was part of a protest and that protesters had the right to their activities. President Trump had said to her that he is ready to help the city in dislodging protesters whenever Mayor Durkan is ready seeks his help.
Meanwhile, President Trump has said an executive order with prison terms for destroyers of statues is on the way to discourage what he describes as mindless destruction.
Mayor Jenny Durkan, who had earlier supported the protesters' decision turning the six blocks near the police precinct to autonomous zone on Tuesday said 'enough is enough' and that it is time to end the siege.
But how the mayor intends to empower her words to make the protesters head home is unknown. But the good thing is that the mayor is not alone. Police chief Best Carmen is in tandem with the mayor.
Carmen's time of patience and seeking peace and meeting points with protesters also seems to be over.
This development makes all eyes turn to Seattle to see whether the protesters will leave peacefully adhering to the mayor and the police chief's olive branch or whether the mayor and the police chief will collaborate and resort to the use of force to restore law and order. Curious observers believe that protesters will not abandon their position peacefully without the sue of force. Protesters have said that much that they are not leaving if not forced out. And reports say the mayor is still saying she is continuing steps to deescalate the situation without the use of force.
An event in Washington on Monday night, where law enforcement aborted protesters' efforts to destroy President Andrew Jackson's statue in front of the White House, supports curious observers' position that protesters cannot be subdued by olive branch without application of force or a subtle use of force.
News reports show clearly the yeoman efforts of protester of Andrew Jackson's statue before the law enforcement's intervention. One or two of the protesters climbed the statue and tied two to three chain-ropes on the statue's head. They were still in the process of completing the destructive assignment when law enforcement came in and dislodged them.
Event in front of the White House and activities of protesters in Seattle show two different scenarios: The first shows a place where law enforcement is active at work and the other without law enforcement at work. The latter has been pervasive in most places that statues have been destroyed over the past few days.
Before the law enforcement's intervention in front of the White House on Monday saving Andrew Jackson's statue, the statue had been defaced. As events by protesters are intensified around the country, debate is now centered on whether protests should include destruction of properties and statues.
President Donald Trump and Mayor Jerkin have disagreed on the way forward for the handling of Seattle's protesters. She had said that turning the six blocks area including the police precinct to an autonomous zone was part of a protest and that protesters had the right to their activities. President Trump had said to her that he is ready to help the city in dislodging protesters whenever Mayor Durkan is ready seeks his help.
Meanwhile, President Trump has said an executive order with prison terms for destroyers of statues is on the way to discourage what he describes as mindless destruction.
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