“Take back your city,” Trump tweeted during protests in Seattle.
Seattle, United States:
The mayor of Seattle told Donald Trump to “go back to your bunker” on Thursday, causing an upsurge after the president threatened to intervene about an autonomous zone without police installed by protesters in the western United States United.
The reference to a “bunker” was a nod to reports that Trump was rushed by secret service agents into a safe area of the White House as protests against racism and police brutality caused by the death George Floyd’s have reached the President’s residence.
Trump triggered the spit when he threatened to intervene in the Seattle area known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone or CHAZ, which was accepted by protesters and the city police department.
“Take back your city NOW. If you don’t, I will,” warned Mayor Jenny Durkan and Washington State Governor Jay Inslee – both Democrats – in a tweet Wednesday evening, calling for protesters “national terrorists” who have taken over Seattle.
Left radical governor @JayInslee and the mayor of Seattle is mocked and played at a level that our great country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don’t, I will. This is not a game. These ugly anarchists must be arrested IMMEDIATELY. HURRY UP!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
“This is not a game. These ugly anarchists must be bowed IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST,” he continued in another tweet.
Mayor Jenny Durkan responded, urging Trump to “make us all safe. Go back to your bunker”, with Inslee joining Trump’s Twitter mockery.
“A man who is completely incapable of governing should stay out of Washington state business. Tweet ‘Stoop’,” wrote Inslee.
Demonstrations took place across the country after the death of Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.
Seattle officials have denied reports that left-wing activists are behind the creation of the autonomous area.
“Peaceful like hell”
On Thursday, in the CHAZ region, there were tents with supplies for volunteer doctors as well as free gourmet dishes offered by local restaurants, as well as fruit, snacks and bottles of water to take away.
The sunny afternoon gathering looked relaxed, with people of all ages, including mothers with children, walking the pedestrian streets.
At one point, a crowd locked their weapons and prevented two police officers from reaching an embedded police station in the neighborhood. The police failed to break into when they tried to enter another route.
“The scene here is peaceful like hell,” said a protester who identified herself as Jahtia B.
She wondered aloud what Trump meant by tweeting “take back the city”.
“This is our city. I was born and raised in this damn city. Let’s give it to the people, the people who live in Seattle and who have prospered here,” she told AFP.
An African-American protester, Rich Brown, said he was scared on Sunday when police used tear gas and flash grenades to try to clean up the area.
“Today, I feel supported, welcome,” he said. “We are able to speak, that’s what we wanted to do all this time, without intimidation, without fear.”
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