There were bad stories coming out from day 1, stories of armed gangs extorting business owners (which turned out to be TRUE), armed border guards checking IDs at hight, violence against anyone who dared to dissent.
Once they started to really push the mayor, it was the turning point. Up until then they had a nice little tit for tat going.
exactly. Absolutely nothing was done until the mob showed up at the mayor's doorstep. THEN she decided to clear out the CHAZ.
But up until then, the normal people who already lived in that 6-block area were being terrorized and held hostage 24/7 by that same lawless mob and Mayor Durkan didn't do shit about that.
There were bad stories coming out from day 1, stories of armed gangs extorting business owners (which turned out to be TRUE), armed border guards checking IDs at hight, violence against anyone who dared to dissent.
Once they started to really push the mayor, it was the turning point. Up until then they had a nice little tit for tat going.
exactly. Absolutely nothing was done until the mob showed up at the mayor's doorstep. THEN she decided to clear out the CHAZ.
But up until then, the normal people who already lived in that 6-block area were being terrorized and held hostage 24/7 by that same lawless mob and Mayor Durkan didn't do shit about that.