Stop Cop City Domestic Terrorists hosted by City on City Owned Property; Condemnation by Representative Alma Hernandez
Stop Cop City Domestic Terrorists hosted by City on City Owned Property
Over 150 trespassers affiliated with "Stop Cop City" (https://stopcopcitysummit.com/), a national anti-police/anti-Israel domestic terrorist protest group, trespassed onto a city owned vacant parcel near downtown on Friday, 2/23/24. The group occupied the parcel, erected over 50 tents, built cooking facilities, lit bonfires, and extensively graffitied the site with anti-police, anarchist, and Anti- Israel slogans. Multiple surrounding businesses called 911 seeking immediate assistance. TCFC steering leaders received the same call for help and arrived immediately. Due to the size of the group and the potential for escalation, Mayor & Council and city leadership in consultation with TPD decided to surveil but not intervene, frustrating many patrol officers and some within TPD leadership. TCFC requested that TPD request mutual aid from nearby police departments to prepare for a possible escalation and to protect surrounding businesses. That request was denied. The utter lack of inaction by the City led to violence shortly thereafter.
On Sunday evening, 2/25/24, this very same group traveled a mile downtown and vandalized two banks, attempted to set fire to those banks, and caused extensive property damage. TPD spent hours chasing many of the individuals throughout downtown. The group also targeted other businesses throughout Tucson and caused extensive property damage citywide.
The group has advertised the events for months but the City found itself surprised and paralyzed in its response.
3 Suspects were arrested:
A lack of leadership at the city level and complete mismanagement of its own property directly led to havoc, violence, extensive property damage, and fear.
The Mayor and Council and County Attorney Conover lack the basic courage and decency to condemn these radicals and the violence and terror they inflicted on our community this weekend.
We are grateful that elected leaders such as State Representative Alma Hernandez (D) have the courage to call out the obvious: “I am disgusted by the vandalism and hate spreading in my city! I live downtown, and seeing the damage that is caused by individuals who are doing it because they hate Police, Jews & Israel is extremely disturbing. This behavior should not be tolerated and should be condemned in all its forms by ALL elected officials in Tucson. This should be prosecuted as a hate crime. They are NOT peaceful protestors. They are criminals and terrorizing our community absolutely outrageous that their bond was less than $5,500…this is not the Tucson I am proud of.”
We are providing stories and pictures taken of this event as it played out over the weekend culminating with arson, violence and property damage Sunday night.
https://twitter.com/almaforarizona/status/1762525804058358124
I hope those who participated in the damage to OUR PROPERTY are charged with the crimes and fined for the cleanup. What a disgrace!
I’m all for peaceful protest but this is criminal behaviour. Its time to do a take back the night walk through downtown. get a permit, requiring police to be present and invite the Mayor to speak. If she can’t make it, then ask others. There needs to be a peaceful but prominent repsonse to this. I have twice in the last month declined invites to do something downtown…sad Tucson is crumbling
Didn’t they all just vote themselves a nice fat pay raise? Recall these inept politicians before they get more people killed.
Soooooo……., this is interesting???
https://americafirstreport.com/arizona-residents-drive-entire-maricopa-county-board-of-supervisors-out-of-meeting-after-serving-them-for-treason/
https://twitter.com/CanisMajor419/status/1763267781167124816 Lady and dogs assaulted by druggies along wash. No TPD response. Near Brandy Fenton Park.
Public officials actions (inactions) endangering Public Safety. Get these legislators to act.
This is the legislation we need. ASAP. Mayor and council probably don’t even know it happened.
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