Seattle cops gas protesters, but treat a lethal counter-protester with kid gloves

[Mark Crispin Miller]

From Paul Lehto, a letter he's submitted to the Seattle Times (which, I'll bet,

won't publish it, but we will see).

MCM

Monday I drove my son to a drive-thru HS graduation. Saturday I dropped him off to 

his first protest. He almost got gassed. After discussion, 5 in our local family attended 

Sunday. As we arrived, an armed white guy drove into the crowd at high speed, hit a 

barrier and then shot a black man protecting us. Amazingly, police announced their 

"safety concerns" about crowds inching closer, laying flowers down & protest signs 

reflecting police lights, but merely escorted by arm the attempted murderer walking 

straight up to their lines. Soon, police fired gas on protesters for trifles. Side by side 

we compared police reaction to attempted vehicular & gun homicide with the treatment 

of protesters.