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Related: About this forumIWW releases statement about UW protest shooting victim:
https://twincitiesgdcdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/gdc-2017-01-22-seattle-shooting-press-release-approved.pdfUW-Seattle Shooting Victim Was Anti-Racist Organizer
Victim was de-escalating conflict at protest when shot.
SEATTLE, WA January 22, 2017 The victim of the shooting at University of Washingtons Seattle Campus (UW-Seattle) on Friday, January 20, 2017, is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the IWWs General Defense Committee (GDC), an anti-racist and anti-fascist organization. He was present at the protests against Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos on Friday night to oppose Milos hateful speech, which encourages violence towards minority groups, and has resulted in actual violence in the past. The victim spent the period prior to being shot de-escalating conflicts between protesters and counter-protesters.
The shooter is unknown to the public at this point. Despite using a firearm against another unarmed citizen in a place where firearms are prohibited, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) released the shooter shortly after he turned himself in. It is unclear to us that this is standard SPD practice. We do not yet know the real motivations behind the actions of the shooter at Fridays protest. We do know that he brought a loaded weapon on the UWs campus, into a protest situation. We understand that this is already a violation of law. We do know that he claimed self-defense against
UW-Seattle Shooting Victim Was Anti-Racist Organizer
a person who was explicitly there to de-escalate violence, and that the shooter appears to have a considerable amount of confusion as to whom he shot, since he claims to have thought the victim was himself a white supremacist. The shooter displayed a serious lack of responsibility when he brought a loaded firearm onto UWs campus in a protest situation, and even more when he used it. We do not understand the rationale for releasing this man.
The victim is a 34-year-old man from Seattle who has been a long-time anti-racist and anti-fascist activist. The shooter has apparently claimed that he shot the victim in self-defense. The victim was unarmed and attempting to de-escalate conflict at the protest. We request that the press not identify the victim by name. The so-called alt-right is notorious for creating virtual mobs to harass those with whom they disagree. The press should resist unintentional collaboration with these tactics. We recognize the pressure for the media to get stories out early and first. We request that the media engage with the victim directly, when he is recovered sufficiently to do so. In the meantime, please refrain from repeating the shooters claim that the victim was a white supremacist, without qualifying it with our statement.
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IWW releases statement about UW protest shooting victim: (Original Post)
Ken Burch
Jan 2017
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Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)1. The IWW also posted a link for those who want to donate to help cover the victim's medical expenses.
ciaobaby
(1,000 posts)2. Time for a call to the Mayor's office.