Seattle Police Abandon Residents As Antifa Uses Twitter, Facebook To Organize Nationwide Protests

The Seattle Police Department announced on Friday that residents and business owners are essentially on their own, after the City Council banned the use of pepper spray and other ‘less lethal tools’ to disperse crowds.

"Simply put, the legislation gives officers NO ability to safely intercede to preserve property in the midst of a large, violent crowd," reads a letter from Seattle Chief of Police, Carmen Best – who added that thanks to the City Council, "Seattle Police will have an adjusted deployment in response to any demonstrations this weekend."

The Seattle police chief is sending out letters telling residents: "We cannot enforce the law. You are on your own." pic.twitter.com/89jyezSBMS

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 25, 2020

And in anticipation of violent weekend protests coordinated over social media platforms (which ban conservatives for mean words), Seattle business and police have been boarding up.

.@SeattlePD West Precinct, also SPD HQ, has boarded up their windows and brought in cement barriers to keep “peaceful” protesters from vandalizing and breaking-in. pic.twitter.com/WhMgKhYcpz

— Katie Daviscourt?? (@KatieDaviscourt) July 25, 2020

Nationwide coordination

The Portland-based Pacific Northwest (PNW) Youth Liberation Front – which describes itself as a "decentralized network of autonomous youth collectives dedicated to direct action towards total liberation," has issued a call to action for other Antifa cells across the country on Saturday – calling it "J25" (July 25).

In a Facebook ‘call to action,’ the anarchist group writes:

The Federal Government has already waged war against Portland, which has been protesting everyday for 50 days straight, and now feds are going to war against protesters everywhere in an attempt to take control and snuff out the fire of this uprising. We must become more powerful than them.

Form an affinity group.

Coordinate an action.

Get tactical.

Mask up.

Bring a friend.

Show up.

-PNW Youth Liberation Front.
-Marin Youth Liberation Front.
​​​​​​​-Tennessee Youth Liberation Front.
​​​​​​​-Direct Action Alliance.
-Maryland Youth Liberation Front.
-Olympia Youth Liberation Front

•Oakland action: 7:30pm, Grant Oscar Plaza.
•Tacoma action: July 24th, 2pm, tollefson plaza.
•Seattle: July 25th, 1pm, Pine and Broadway.
•Portland: July 25th, 8pm, Alberta Park.
•Salem: 6pm, Oregon State Capitol.
•New Jersey: at Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 12, 6pm.
•Washington DC: DuPoint circle, 6pm.
•Eugene, OR: 8:00pm, federal courthouse.
•Los Angeles: 4:30pm, LA city hall.
•Richmond, VA: July, 25th, location TBD.
•Las Vegas: Bellagio fountains, 7pm.

Stand in solidarity with #Portland on #J25.
-Form an affinity group.
-Coordinate am action.
-Challenge the police state.
-Don’t back down.#ACAB #PortlandProtest #PortlandMoms #BlackLivesMatter. pic.twitter.com/ub7EqoYiPF

— PNW Youth Liberation Front (@PNWYLF) July 20, 2020

Meanwhile, Antifa protests are already heating up across the country after demonstrations began on Friday night:

This Antifa guy stabbed someone in Portland earlier this morning, prompting a police response and his arrest. pic.twitter.com/b0UBqnXJaX

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 25, 2020

Antifa militant and convicted pedophile David Blake Hampe was arrested in the early hours of Saturday following his alleged stabbing of a black Trump supporter in Portland.https://t.co/WqsB6OS1Xo

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 25, 2020

WATCH: Protesters chant "Black lives matter" at police in Portland. pic.twitter.com/ipXZd9esAT

— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2020

Another huge crowd tonight in Portland, including a new "wall" on the front lines: a Wall of Vets.

Here’s a look at the line of military veterans getting set up here in front of the federal courthouse. Behind them, the Wall of Moms and the Wall of Dads are arriving. pic.twitter.com/gGnXHjI3k2

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) July 25, 2020

The feds come out shooting pic.twitter.com/oWQtx9crAR

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) July 25, 2020

“Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” #portlandprotests day 58 pic.twitter.com/jLnySFSBdD

— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 25, 2020