I5 protesters in Seattle...somewhat disturbing video

Sad for the people who got hit, but maybe the police could protect people and let the city and national highway run properly by not letting protestors use the freeway for protests.
Kind of like mom telling their kids not to run with scissors.
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Statistical speaking , standing in a freeway is pretty dangerous
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Not Lake of the Ozarks dangerous, but pretty dangerous. What’s even more dangerous is standing in the only lane that isn’t blocked by the perpendicular cars.MikeDamone said:Statistical speaking , standing in a freeway is pretty dangerous
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At 1:30am on Friday night during 4th of July weekend has to be Darwin award level idiocy.MikeDamone said:Statistical speaking , standing in a freeway is pretty dangerous
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Where the FUCK is the Washington State Patrol? Why are there cars parked on I-5 to begin with?
Does Chinslee have a stand-down order on them?
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Or you just have a bunch of cops that don’t feel like getting out of their cars for fear of incident.PurpleThrobber said:Where the FUCK is the Washington State Patrol? Why are there cars parked on I-5 to begin with?
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Simple solution. Arrest protesters who attempt to gain access to I5. This has been going on every night. Start arresting them and it will stop.
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Blood is on Chinslee's hands.DoogieMcDoogerson said:Simple solution. Arrest protesters who attempt to gain access to I5. This has been going on every night. Start arresting them and it will stop.
If it only saves one life.....
Like we say, Fuck off, Jay, you disingenuous piece of dung.
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This assumes they aren't let go 12 hours laterDoogieMcDoogerson said:Simple solution. Arrest protesters who attempt to gain access to I5. This has been going on every night. Start arresting them and it will stop.
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That's not the problem. A mayor and council that says "don't you dare touch our comrades" is the problem.Bob_C said:
Or you just have a bunch of cops that don’t feel like getting out of their cars for fear of incident.PurpleThrobber said:Where the FUCK is the Washington State Patrol? Why are there cars parked on I-5 to begin with?
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It's what they like to doMikeDamone said:Statistical speaking , standing in a freeway is pretty dangerous
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FYI the car is in a clear lane of traffic and those idoits are pedestrians in a freeway. Pedestrians are not allowed on freeways for exactly this reason. Driver will only be convicted of fleeing the scene, maybe. Given the violence that would have likely ensued i seriously doubt that either. Any rational juror would not want to get beaten/shot in their car and they've seen enough incidents to render a "fuck you commies" verdict. Of course your jury pool may be questionable!
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Playing this on a loop lol play stupid games and this is what you get. Did they live?
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It also depends on whether or not the driver pulled away and then called 911. If he did that and told the cops, I'm located here but I was afraid to go back, I'll wait for you etc., he might not get charged at all.Sledog said:FYI the car is in a clear lane of traffic and those idoits are pedestrians in a freeway. Pedestrians are not allowed on freeways for exactly this reason. Driver will only be convicted of fleeing the scene, maybe. Given the violence that would have likely ensued i seriously doubt that either. Any rational juror would not want to get beaten/shot in their car and they've seen enough incidents to render a "fuck you commies" verdict. Of course your jury pool may be questionable!
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I don't even know why they arrested the driver. People walking on freeways are routinely run over and no charges filed. Happens all the tim.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
It also depends on whether or not the driver pulled away and then called 911. If he did that and told the cops, I'm located here but I was afraid to go back, I'll wait for you etc., he might not get charged at all.Sledog said:FYI the car is in a clear lane of traffic and those idoits are pedestrians in a freeway. Pedestrians are not allowed on freeways for exactly this reason. Driver will only be convicted of fleeing the scene, maybe. Given the violence that would have likely ensued i seriously doubt that either. Any rational juror would not want to get beaten/shot in their car and they've seen enough incidents to render a "fuck you commies" verdict. Of course your jury pool may be questionable!
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Interesting no one has mentioned that section of I-5 was closed specifically for the protest and the driver blew right through it.
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That's a federal highway. Who closed it?MelloDawg said:Interesting no one has mentioned that section of I-5 was closed specifically for the protest and the driver blew right through it.
Stupid to protest on the freeway? Maybe, but it’s not like it wasn’t organized and sectioned off.
Go play on the freeway isnt an instructional -
I’m with the driver and would love to be on that jury.
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Okay now you're trollingMelloDawg said:Interesting no one has mentioned that section of I-5 was closed specifically for the protest and the driver blew right through it.
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You make it sound as if they filled out a freeway closure request form and got it approved by the city/state. But per Komo: A preliminary investigation found that state troopers had closed the northbound and southbound lanes of I-5 at around midnight Friday after protesters entered the freeway from the ramp at Yale Street for the 19th consecutive night.MelloDawg said:Interesting no one has mentioned that section of I-5 was closed specifically for the protest and the driver blew right through it.
Stupid to protest on the freeway? Maybe, but it’s not like it wasn’t organized and sectioned off.
Organized only so much as the city/state isn’t doing fuckall to prevent a bunch of idiots from walking out on the freeway and shutting it down 20 nights in a row. -
I’m AGAINST people dying, I’m FOR common sense car laws
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I give the guy who went flying only an 8 - would have been a 10 if he would have stuck the landing
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No one issues protest permits on an interstate highway.MelloDawg said:Interesting no one has mentioned that section of I-5 was closed specifically for the protest and the driver blew right through it.
Stupid to protest on the freeway? Maybe, but it’s not like it wasn’t organized and sectioned off.
If they did there would have been NHTSA approved closure and detour.
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How does an entire generation miss the lesson of "Don't play in Traffic?"
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It still helps. They didn’t do anything so bad that they should sit weeks in jail either. I hate most of them myself, but protesting in the wrong spot isn’t a serious crime.DerekJohnson said:
This assumes they aren't let go 12 hours laterDoogieMcDoogerson said:Simple solution. Arrest protesters who attempt to gain access to I5. This has been going on every night. Start arresting them and it will stop.
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This is a crime of stupidity and they paid three price.RoadDawg55 said:
It still helps. They didn’t do anything so bad that they should sit weeks in jail either. I hate most of them myself, but protesting in the wrong spot isn’t a serious crime.DerekJohnson said:
This assumes they aren't let go 12 hours laterDoogieMcDoogerson said:Simple solution. Arrest protesters who attempt to gain access to I5. This has been going on every night. Start arresting them and it will stop.
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First thing I noticed was the car was white
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Looks like one died they say he drove past a car blocking it. Interesting
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Honestly, it’s about time one of these idiots got killed. If you walk in the freeway, you deserve whatever happens. It’s fucking ridiculous to think you can protest in the middle of a goddamn interstate highway. Stupid entitled commie fucks.
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Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes. Who calls this a "Protest?" Stupid people, that's who.
These LARPers brought this upon themselves. Just like everything else they complain about.
Occupying an Interstate Freeway, not to protest, but to do a Touchdown Dance after fucking up a City for 3 weeks, consuming massive amounts of the Citizenry's Tax Dollars while interfering with it's Tax Base, it's ability to function and generate taxes, attacking it's police force that didn't do shit to anyone, and jamming up it's citizens with stupid, pointless, unwarranted "protests" (aka lawless block parties, complete with guns, ammo, drugs, prostitution and vandalism), is not First Amendment Protected Activity.
Hope it was worth the life of one of their Allies to do the Electric Slide in I5.
Message Received! The People in this Tweet are Fucking Idiots. -
WSP now saying they won't allow protestors in the freeway. Kudos to the driver for sparking positive change in our community.