Seattle is going to be shelling out $3.6 million in taxpayer dollars to businesses that were damaged during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, proving once again that incompetent governance comes with a price.
Seattle agreed to reimburse businesses for damages after it refused to do anything to stop rioters and instead allowed lawlessness to rule the city. According to District Judge Thomas Zilly, the city’s Democratic leaders were negligent. “Plaintiffs plausibly allege that the city's actions — encouraging CHOP participants to wall off the area and agreeing to a 'no response' zone within and near CHOP's borders — foreseeably placed plaintiffs in a worse position,” Zilly wrote.
You may recall that the zone was soon controlled by a “warlord” and that two teenagers were shot and killed while the zone was allowed to exist. On top of that, the businesses that were located within this autonomous zone were unable to operate. Firefighters and health officials were not allowed into the zone, and neither were police officers. The businesses were effectively taken over by no-life rioters and criminals that Seattle allowed to control over six city blocks with no resistance.
As a result of Seattle’s love affair with rioters and criminals, several businesses were forced to shut down, unable to survive the combination of property damage and COVID restrictions. The city saw a surge in crime as a result of enabling criminals and demonizing police officers. And now, taxpayers will be out another $3.6 million to make up for the city leaving businesses to fight for themselves against the very rioters the mayor claimed were “patriotic.
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