Racially motivated attack at BLM protest in Seattle?

Bill.in.PA · 2020-07-05T20:48:13.806Z

Here is the latest report from CNN:

The suspect, a 27-year-old man from Seattle, was given a sobriety test and showed no signs of impairment, but the WSP continues to investigate, Mead said.

Seattle has been the scene of protests over police brutality and systemic racism, including in a six-block area controlled by protesters after police abandoned their precinct – the Capitol Hill Organized Protest or Capital Hill Autonomous Zone.

When asked if this was a “targeted attack,” Mead said, “We don’t know that, that does remain a focus of our investigation.”

CNN – 5 Jul 20

Seattle protester who was struck by a car has died | CNN

A 24-year-old activist who was struck by a vehicle during a protest in Seattle early Saturday morning has died, a spokesperson for UW Medicine told CNN.

They have not updated their report since 2:39 am today, so their only report implies that the crash was a likely attack.

Auto129 · 2020-07-05T20:49:07.957Z

Bill.in.PA:

They have not updated their report since 2:39 am today, so their only report implies that the crash was a likely attack.

No, it does not.

Bill.in.PA · 2020-07-05T20:54:44.574Z

A favorite technique of CNN is to stop updating reports and bury story if the facts do not support their narrative.

Do the protest organizers have any responsibility for the crash?

Pedestrians are normally illegal on interstate highways and so is blocking the highway.

Janet_Miller · 2020-07-06T02:15:55.776Z

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Maybe the Ethiopian driver has a dislike for BLM—whose membership is largely white—or fir anyone at all fighting on behalf of black Americans.

Is it a racially motivated attack? Just maybe.

altair1013 · 2020-07-06T02:22:33.762Z

Auto129:

Bill.in.PA:

It turns out the driver appears to be from East Africa, and the BLM protester who was killed is white.

How is this relevant in an incident involving cars and crowds?

Because democrats racialize everything they possibly can. Race is always a consideration. According to democratic rules.

I do know this. It seems that whenever Seattle surrenders to the mob, people die. They city leaders have blood on their hands.

DougBH · 2020-07-06T03:04:20.000Z

Bill.in.PA:

They have not updated their report since 2:39 am today, so their only report implies that the crash was a likely attack.

Well, may have been an attack. But at the time the article was written the person who did this had already been caught. Interesting that CNN did not mention that the perpetrator was black, as this would have immediately put to rest any racial tension.

And we all know CNN hates creating racial tension.

Bill.in.PA · 2020-07-06T03:09:21.850Z

White supremacists now have an affirmative action program?

WildRose · 2020-07-06T04:24:37.444Z

Interesting piece but it is fraught with language violations so you might want to add a disclaimer or edit.

WildRose · 2020-07-06T04:25:46.121Z

They are pretty well trained from birth to view everything through the prisms of race and perpetual victimhood.

Without those two things the dem’s would have almost nothing at all left to run on.

Paul_Thomson · 2020-07-06T04:34:46.163Z

Bill.in.PA:

A Jaguar plowed into BLM protestors at high speed on a closed section of I-5 in Seattle last night killing one of them:
A graphic video posted on social media showed the white Jaguar racing toward a group of protesters who are standing behind several parked cars, set up for protection. The car swerves around the other vehicles and slams into the two protesters, sending them flying into the air.
(The link includes graphic video of the crash.)
https://6abc.com/dawit-kelete-seattle-protesters-hit-by-car-summer-taylor-diaz-love/6299313/

Based on this report it sounds like a racially motivated attack.

It turns out the driver appears to be from East Africa, and the BLM protester who was killed is white.
Summer Taylor: A Tribute to the Seattle Protester | Heavy.com

Is it still a racially motivated attack?

Would media coverage be different if the race of the driver and the victim were reversed?

Why am I not surprised that the video meets YouTube community standards.

WildRose · 2020-07-06T04:35:47.935Z

Cute girl, she should have been home instead of blocking the highway.

What a waste.

Paul_Thomson · 2020-07-06T08:34:54.853Z

Odds are the driver was black and pissed off with white fasco-communists hijacking their identity for political gain, and the victim was s white fasco-communists sympathisers, and the msm are not going to give this story 24 hours of coverage because the colours are on the wrong sides to fit the Democrat narrative.

Janet_Miller · 2020-07-06T09:23:47.273Z

Whose a white supremacist?

Most of BLM membership, like the young woman killed, are white, but how does this make them white supremacist? Unless I read your reply wrong.

Driver is from Ethiopia. Maybe he had it in for the BLM movement for standing up for native born black peoples.

Those supporting BLM may be interested to know its founder begged Allah to help her not kill white peoples, whom she regards as subhuman. It’s a Marxist Feminist organization and, seeing its founder’s hatred of white peoples, ironic its membership is mostly white: https://www.waynedupree.com/2020/06/yusra-khogali-black-lives-matter-allah-white-people/

Smyrna · 2020-07-06T10:02:00.345Z

So let me make sure I’ve got this right? People were protesting by blocking an interstate…at night…and were struck by on oncoming car? I’m shocked. Who could have predicted this outcome? Anybody?

JimmyC · 2020-07-06T13:54:18.742Z

You don’t have it right. The freeway was closed to traffic.

Smyrna · 2020-07-06T13:57:44.405Z

JimmyC:

You don’t have it right. The freeway was closed to traffic.

The police attempted to close it, to avoid this probable outcome and were obviously unsuccessful.

NuffSaid · 2020-07-06T13:59:56.679Z

A person needlessly died and this is what we are arguing about?
How about the ■■■■■■■ who drove the car be put away for life.

Smyrna · 2020-07-06T14:07:47.153Z

NuffSaid:

A person needlessly died and this is what we are arguing about?
How about the ■■■■■■■ who drove the car be put away for life.

Was it on purpose…or were they attempting to use the freeway for the purpose it was intended and were totally caught off guard by people being encamped on an interstate, in the middle of the night?

gooddad409 · 2020-07-06T14:09:21.648Z

DougBH:

Bill.in.PA:

They have not updated their report since 2:39 am today, so their only report implies that the crash was a likely attack.

Well, may have been an attack. But at the time the article was written the person who did this had already been caught. Interesting that CNN did not mention that the perpetrator was black, as this would have immediately put to rest any racial tension.

And we all know CNN hates creating racial tension.

Yeah they sure do don’t they?

Bill.in.PA · 2020-07-07T21:36:29.216Z

UPDATE: The driver appeared in court and bail was set at $1.2 million.

Kelete is originally from Eritrea and is a U.S. citizen, Browne said. He lives with his family in Seattle, and they’re very religious, he said. Kelete was the owner of the Jaguar XJL and was alone in the car, according to a Washington State Patrol report submitted to the court late Saturday. . .The state patrol had closed a section of I-5 for 19 days in a row because of the protesters, troopers said. It had been closed to traffic for more than an hour before the crash.

Fox News

Judge sets $1.2M bail for driver who hit 2 Seattle protesters

Dawit Kelete's lawyer, John Henry Browne, said the crash was a 'horrible, horrible accident' and was not intentional.

It appears he was charged with vehicular assault, which is a felony. Here is the statute:
https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.522

Logically he could also face charges for vehicular homicide:
https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.520

Eritrea is about evenly split between Muslims and Christians. Dawit corresponds to “David” in Ethiopian, and the name is consistent with a Christian background.

It is not clear why the police would allow protestors to close the interstate nightly for 19 days before the crash rather than arresting or blocking them. Nor is clear why the driver would bypass police barricades and drive through a closed highway at a high speed.

A search of CNN shows no mention of the driver’s name. No surprise there.

In a related story, a Seattle detective has been placed on leave after making remarks online critical of protesters. The detective happens to be a cousin of Governor Inslee:

KIRO 7 News Seattle – 7 Jul 20

King County sheriff’s detective under investigation for social media posts

A King County sheriff's detective is under investigation for social media posts that seem to make light of the deadly crash involving protesters on Interstate 5.

There are lots of questions and not a lot of answers. I suspect that the authorities know more than what is reported in the media.