The Seattle MSM, lauding the rewriting of history
WTO movie a chance to revisit, rewrite history
For many former WTO protesters, the best part about playing extras in a movie about the 1999 Seattle riots was dealing with the cops.
“My favorite part of today is that the cops were paid to protect us,” Cydney Gillis of Seattle said Sunday, referring to the confrontations and riots over a gathering of the World Trade Organization that had Seattle police using tear gas and rubber bullets to control the streets.
Protect them from what, I cannot say. Maybe aggressive panhandling committed by those whom socialism created?
About two-thirds of the way into the article is where the Seattle Times begins rewiting history.
On the second day of demonstrations, police responded to the dense crowds and to incidents of violence with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and concussion grenades. WTO delegates and ministers were trapped inside hotels as black-clad anarchists smashed store windows.
It wasn’t just “black-clad anarchists”. People from other areas of town, having seen the discord created on the first day came down to see if they could take advantage of the situation.
Long story short: They did. Looting and lots of it.
As for the anti-corpoate crowd, attacking random motorists, assaulting counter-protesters and burning anything they could set fire to was the norm, not the exception. They refused to self-police and refused to help authorities nab the violent elements. In the months and weeks after the riots, they were proud to have “Stood Together”.
When I posted about this movie on Saturday, I made sure to note that the production company’s website claim that they were going to try and treat all sides fairly was bogus.
I think the hints as to the leanings of this movie in both posts prove that.