Ari Hoffman

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Articles/Stories written by Ari Hoffman: 71

NPR fires weatherman for comparing Seattle riots to Germany in 1938 on his personal blog

A weatherman for a NPR has been taken off the air for a personal blog post that shows in vivid detail the destruction two months of incessant rioting and protests have wrecked on Seattle.

Ari Hoffman

Seattle slashes police budget, eliminates homeless program

Seattle backtracked on their promise of a 50 percent defunding of the Seattle Police Department, but slashed police department programs, and reduced the number of officers on the force.

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Charges filed in Seattle occupied zone shooting of Lorenzo Anderson

King County prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges for a suspect accused of killing a teenager in a fatal June 20 shooting at the armed occupation of Seattle, known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP). The suspect remains at large.

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BLM protestors sue city for cost of their own 'riot gear'

Activists claim that Seattle's aggressive crowd control measures forced them to purchase expensive protective gear, "pricing" them out of exercising their rights.

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Department of Youth and Family Services implements segregation in the name of anti-racism

"Black groups" and "white groups" will meet separately and "white folx" will discuss their 400 years of oppressing people, while "black folx" will be empowered to leadership and change.

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Hundreds of BLM activists target Seattle police chief's home—stopped by neighbours

Over 200 "aggressive protestors" showed up at Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best's home. Witness reports say the crowd was white, dressed in black, and carrying BLM signs.

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Tally for costs of autonomous zone in Seattle over ONE MILLION dollars so far

The City of Seattle spent over $1 million dollars in tax payer funds to secure public buildings from rioters from May 30th to July 6th.

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Local water park mysteriously prevented from reopening despite others being allowed to fully operate

After having been given permission to operate by local health officials, the state came in and shut them down, though they allowed other, government run parks, to operate.

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Riots in Seattle injure police officers of colour—target Seattle city council members homes

Twelve Seattle police officers were injured in rioting on Sunday that also targeted city council members and their homes.

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Seattle asks Washington State for cash influx for undocumented immigrants—businesses, residents, see no help in sight

The Seattle City Council asked Governor Jay Inslee to provide $100,000,000 in coronavirus relief for undocumented immigrants.

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Antifa rioters made lists of Seattle businesses to destroy

On July 22, over 150 rioters took to the streets of Capital Hill in Seattle, doing "massive amounts of property damage, looting, shooting fireworks, and committing arson."

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Deadly hit-and-run driver pleads not guilty on all counts in Seattle protestor fatality

On Wednesday, Dawit Kelete, 27, the suspect in the hit and run death of a protestor on Seattle's I-5 on July 4, plead not guilty to all charges.

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Seattle's jail and juvenile detention centre closures were not vetted by corrections guild

In an interview with The Post Millennial, Folk said that the announcement that King County Executive Dow Constantine was closing downtown jail facilities "came like a bolt from the blue."

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BREAKING: Seattle plans to shutter downtown jail, juvenile detention centers after city council votes to defund police

Seattle's King County is planning on closing the county jail in Seattle and has no plan to replace it. There are additional plans to end all youth detention by 2025.

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Segregation in the name of anti-racism advocated by Washington State

Washington State agencies are using segregation to enforce racial equity and adhere to the new social justice norms of anti-racism.

Ari Hoffman