Police moved in, cleared out the encampment, and connected the homeless with services if they wanted to accept them. The social workers on-site, however, were chased away by criminal activists assaulting them with bricks and eggs.

The agitators claimed they were the only ones told the park is closed, which is not true. Officers told people across the park that they had to leave. But when the agitators were approached, they escalated things for their propaganda videos.

Some were seen purposefully coughing on officers, an attempt to scare officers into thinking they would catch COVID-19. Others stood there shouting invective or threatening police. When someone is arrested, the crowd feigns outrage: they’re supposed to be able to do whatever they want.

After spitting on an officer and interfering with an arrest, a 26-year-old was said purportedly left unconscious. On Twitter, a who’s who of Seattle area activists claimed he was a victim of police brutality.

A source says the 26-year-old wasn’t injured as claimed.

It was determined through the investigation that any injury claimed was not a result of any interaction with officers and that body cam footage suggests he wasn’t even touched by police. My source says they believe that the man “faked the injury.”

Antifa and other agitators purposefully escalate interactions with police, record portions of the escalation, and release selectively edited videos on Twitter. Activists within their echo chamber retweet, make absurd claims, and some local outlets pick it up and run with it. Seattleites that casually follow stories eventually see some of the footage that appears damning, are none the wiser, and end up developing a negative view of police.