Suing Seattle
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A collection of Seattle businesses, property owners and residents sued the city Wednesday over its tolerance of an “occupied” protest zone, saying officials have been complicit in depriving them of their rights to their property.
The plaintiffs — including a tattoo parlor, auto repair shop and property management firm — emphasized in the lawsuit that they were not trying to undermine the anti-police-brutality or Black Lives Matter messaging of the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.”
“Rather, this lawsuit is about the constitutional and other legal rights of plaintiffs — businesses, employees, and residents in and around CHOP — which have been overrun by the city of Seattle’s unprecedented decision to abandon and close off an entire city neighborhood, leaving it unchecked by the police, unserved by fire and emergency health services, and inaccessible to the public at large,” the lawsuit said. -
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@Catseye3 They aren’t suing BLM or protestors. There are no repercussions for them. Why/how do they learn anything?
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@LuFins-Dad They learn when their community support lessens in light of the lawsuit(s).
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@LuFins-Dad said in Suing Seattle:
@Catseye3 They aren’t suing BLM or protestors. There are no repercussions for them. Why/how do they learn anything?
It's like suing the catering company for failing to protect your punch from spiking but then not suing the people who actually did the spiking.
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@Catseye3 said in Suing Seattle:
Yep. Teach the BLM that "we do what we want and damn the consequences" might not be the most viable strategy.
You're close. Actually this is teaching elected officials that "let BLM do what they want and damn the consequences" might not be the most viable strategy.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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i agree with everybody here. I think we have a rare Coffee Room agreement. LOL
