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>> SEATTLE WOULD BE SO EASY TO
SOLVE.
WOULD BE SO EASY TO SOLVE.
WE HAVE A GOVERNOR HERE OF A
GREAT STATE THAT’S CALLED TEXAS.
HE WOULD SOLVE IT VERY EASY.
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AS WOULD, AS WOULD OTHER OF
YOUR, AS WOULD OTHER OF YOUR
POLITICAL LEADERS INCLUDING YOUR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
THEY WOULD SOLVE IT VERY EASILY.
A LOT OF IT IS COMMON SENSE.
ELIZABETH: PRESIDENT TRUMP
ADDRESSING A SITUATION THAT HAS
SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL IN
SEATTLE.
THE PRESIDENT EARLIER TODAY
WARNED THE GOVERNOR OF
WASHINGTON STATE AND THE MAYOR,
TAKE BACK SEATTLE FROM
ANARCHISTS NOW, IF YOU DON’T DO
IT, I WILL.
THIS IS NOT A GAME.
THAT THESE AUGUSTLY ANARCHISTS
MUST BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE FAST.
THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT TWEETING
THAT.
THE MAYOR OF SEATTLE TOLD
PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO QUOTE, GO
BACK TO YOUR BUNKER.
THIS AFTER SEATTLE ANARCHISTS
SEIZED CONTROL OF SIX CITY
BLOCKS, INCLUDING CAPITOL HILL,
DECLARING IT QUOTE A CAPITOL
HILL AUTONOMOUS ZONE.
REPORTS COMING IN, ANARCHISTS
ARE USING ARMED GUARDS.
THEY ARE DEMANDING EXTORTION
FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO PAY
THE SALARIES OF ITS ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
LET’S WELCOME FORMER NYPD
COMMISSIONER UNDER MAYOR
RUDY GIULIANI, HOWARD SAFIR.
COMMISSIONER, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON, SIR.
SEATTLE POLICE ABANDONED THE
EAST PRECINCT IN THE AREA, AND
ANARCHISTS TOOK OVER.
YOUR TAKE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
SEATTLE RIGHT NOW?
>> I’M NOT SURPRISED.
SEATTLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY
PROGRESSIVE LEFT-LEANING.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A
COMMISSIONER IN LATE ’90s.
THEY HAD AN ECONOMIC FORUM WITH
A LOT OF PROTESTERS.
THEY REFUSED TO PUT A BARRIER
AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THERE WAS A LOT OF RIOTS AND
CHAOS.
WE USED FILM FROM THAT THE
ACTIVITIES WHAT NOT TO DO IN
TRAINING OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, ANARCHISTS
HAVE A LIST OF DEMANDS, THAT THE
CITY ABOLISH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, PRISONS.
GIVE AMNESTY TO I AM LEGAL
IMMIGRANTS, FREE HEALTH CARE.
POLICE WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE
AREA UNLESS RESPONDING TO A 911
CALL.
HERE IS THE THING.
YOUR AN EXPERT, RAPES, MURDERS,
HOMICIDES, ASSAULTS ARE ISSUE IN
SEATTLE.
IT HAS ONE MUCH THE WORST CRIME
RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME RATES
IN AMERICA.
YOUR TAKE ON THAT?
>> MY TAKE ON THAT IS, ONE YOU
HAVE, EXECUTIVES, MAYORS, WHO
HAVE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
THEY’RE SENDING SIGNALS TO A
POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT RULES OF
ENGAGEMENT, YOU LET RIOTERS
VENT, YOU LET CRIME HAPPEN,
INSTEAD OF PREVENTING CRIME.
THE ROLE OF POLICE IS KEEPING
CITIZENS SAFE.
IN ADVOCATING SIX BLOCKS OF
SEATTLE, YOU LEFT THE CITIZENS
THERE WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC SAFETY,
WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT.
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS GO IN
THERE AND CLEAN THOSE PEOPLE
OUT.
THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE GOT THERE
TO BEGIN WITH.
WHERE WAS THEIR INTELLIGENCE,
WHERE WAS THEIR PATROL.
OBVIOUSLY WAS ALLOWED BY THE
POLITICIANS IN SEATTLE.
IT IS OUTRAGE JUST AND WOULDN’T
BE SURPRISED IF THE NATIONAL
GUARD SHOULDN’T BE SENT IN THERE
TO CLEAN OUT THIS GROUP OF
ANTIFA AND OTHER PROTESTERS.
ELIZABETH: SO, YEAH, THERE ARE
ALSO 500 HOMES INSIDE OF THIS
ZONE.
HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH IT NOW?
>> I WOULD, IDENTIFY WHO IS THE
LEADERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION
ARE.
I WOULD GIVE THEM ULTIMATUM.
THEN I WOULD USE WHATEVER
NECESSARY FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO
PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THAT SIX
BLOCK AREA.
THOSE PEOPLE PAY TAXES.
THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE
PROTECTED.
NOT THESE ANARCHISTS, LOOTERS
AND VANDALS.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
NYPD DETECTIVES UNION SAYING
WE’RE GOING TO FILE LAWSUITS
AGAINST ANYBODY WHO ASSAULTS AND
ATTACKS OUR COPS.
700 COPS HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED IN
RECENT PROTESTS.
WE WANT TO GIVE THE VIEWERS A
WARNING.
WE’RE ABOUT TO SHOW DISTURBING
AND GRAPHIC HAVE YOU HAD YO
RELEASED BY THE NYPD.
NYPD DESCRIBING IT AS SHOWING A
QUOTE, PLANNED ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT ON ONE OF THEIR OFFICERS
WHO WAS ON ANTI-LOOTING PATROL
IN BROOKLYN.
SO, YOUR REACTION TO WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE?
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE VIDEO
WE’RE SHOWING FOOTAGE OF, SAYING
HEY, WE’LL SUE RIOTERS WHO
ASSAULT COPS?
>> MY TAKE IS VERY SIMPLE.
WHEN YOU SEE THE THIRD PRECINCT
IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHEN YOU SEE SIX
BLOCKS IN SEATTLE, YOU SEND A
MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS, THAT YOU
CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITHOUT
CONSEQUENCE.
YOU KNOW THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD BE AFRAID OF POLICE ARE
CRIMINALS.
WHEN THEY GET A SIGNAL THAT THEY
CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND,
POLICE ARE GOING TO BE HELD BACK
BY POLITICIANS, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS.
THE ATTACKS ON POLICE OFFICERS,
THE KILLING OF POLICE OFFICERS
IN THIS COUNTRY IS OUTRAGEOUS.
WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, THE NYPD HAS MADE
NEW YORK THE SAFEST LARGE CITY
IN AMERICA.
BUT THAT IS IT GOING IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION NOW.
THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MAYOR
WHO REFUSES TO SUPPORT THE
POLICE AND REFUSES TO TELL THEM
WHAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO BEST.
ELIZABETH: HOWARD, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR COMING ON SIR.