Fixing Things the Wrong Way

For John, BLUF:  It seems a lot of folks think that they can stamp their foot and things will just happen.  Perhaps they are correct, but it seems like a bad precedent.  Free People should negotiate.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Armed Antifa Occupy Hotel, Shout at Cops:  'Pigs in a Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon'

From PJ Media, by Reporter tyler O'neil, 1 February 2021, 10:43 AM ET.

Here is the lede plus three:

On Sunday, a group of homelessness activists who dressed up in antifa-style black bloc, armed with batons and knives, entered the lobby of the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia, Wash., demanding the hotel open rooms for homeless people.  Antifa agitators allegedly assaulted an employee while other employees hid in a basement room for more than six hours.  The police eventually secured the hotel, but in the skirmish, agitators chanted, “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon,” a death threat against cops.

Hotel employees first called the cops at about 11 a.m. Sunday.  The staff said a “mob of people wearing black” armed with hatchets, batons, and knives had entered the lobby and demanded the hotel open rooms to them, KIRO7 reported.  The antifa agitators wore gas masks, helmets, and goggles, apparently preparing for a battle.

The antifa agitators, organized with the group Oly Housing Now, occupied the hotel after advocates had booked 17 rooms and demanded that Thurston County continue to pay for the room with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding.

The Olympia Police Department (OPD) estimated about 45 antifa agitators stormed the hotel, both inside and outside the building.  After staff hunkered down in the basement for hours, police finally evacuated them from the building, the city announced.

I have my hand cupped to my ear, but I can not seem to hear any Democratic Party members condemning this action, this kind of action.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff