{"id":6318,"date":"2020-06-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=6318"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:41:52","slug":"backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"BACKFIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Race riots leave brutal aftermaths. They leave communities horribly scarred and depleted in many ways. Let\u2019s hear from a former cop who happens to be African-American: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former Cop Brandon Tatum Delivers INCREDIBLE Response To The Current Situation!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2N2w4d0N0w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>or watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"video here: (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-2N2w4d0N0w\" target=\"_blank\">video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the \u201cprotesters\u201d have reportedly appropriated a six-block area in Seattle including a police precinct station, which was abdicated to them rather than defended. (I hope the cops cleaned out the building\u2019s armory and evidence lockers first.)\u00a0 Who will police the occupiers within the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Raz Simone, the self-styled warlord of CHAZ, is reportedly walking around with a pistol and an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"AK47 and assaulting people there (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1270855888539013122?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">AK47 and assaulting people there<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Since the \u201coccupation,\u201d Seattle Police <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"response time to emergencies has tripled (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/local\/best-spd-response-times-have-tripled-since-loss-of-east-precinct\" target=\"_blank\">response time to emergencies has tripled<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The \u201coccupiers\u201d have generated an extensive list of demands. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read it (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@seattleblmanon3\/the-demands-of-the-collective-black-voices-at-free-capitol-hill-to-the-government-of-seattle-ddaee51d3e47\" target=\"_blank\">Read it<\/a>. It\u2019s partly sad and partly hilarious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Consider the devastation the riots have brought to black communities, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"as noted in Forbes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jemimamcevoy\/2020\/06\/02\/in-a-riots-ashes-minneapolis-business-owners-support-protesters-but-wish-it-wouldve-gone-differently\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\">as noted in Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burning down buildings in your own community, as has happened in many places, is the very definition of pyrrhic victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race riots leave brutal aftermaths. They leave communities horribly scarred and depleted in many ways. Let\u2019s hear from a former cop who happens to be African-American: or watch video here. Some of the \u201cprotesters\u201d have reportedly appropriated a six-block area in Seattle including a police precinct station, which was abdicated to them rather than defended. 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