THESE ARE THE SAME VULNERABLE, LOW-INCOME WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THEIR FACES SHOVED IN OR THEIR THROATS SLIT, STRANGER, THE SAME ONES YOU SUPPOSEDLY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT BUT SOME OF WHOM YOU IGNORE IN YOUR NEWS COVERAGE.
Or haven't they (or you) been noticing these things all along?
Take any week of the year, not just during the first two weeks of 2015.
Probably of little interest to the editorial staffs of The Stranger (of The Seattle Weekly, for that matter). We can only wish they would move their offices from the uber-hip, spoiled-white-kids-playground of Capitol Hill southward to the Rainier Valley.
I wish that there would be mass protests outside the offices of The Stranger (or at least a boycott) until they 'cop' to their own intentional liberal-white brand of racism. In a city where the largest racial minority are Asians, how often do you see Asian-Americans on the cover as compared to African-Americans. Asian lives matter, too, as do white, black, gay, Hispanic, and other.
But that's not the message coming from that newspaper. At least the small community-run Rainier Valley Post below is doing its part to get the 'facts out there' rather than dissimilate and cover them up.
The Stranger doesn't have to be doing what it's been doing: the people there know what they're doing (as in having 1/3 - 1/2 of the cover stories, photographs, or illustrations are about or of of African-Americans), or the censorship of race when an assault is reported in which the perpetrator is black. Its proposals for "a frank discussion of race" in Seattle are disingenuous at best, as they would have already drawn up the limits and parameters for such a discussion.
It denounces Islamo-facism but itself promotes AfroAmerican-facism (and Afrophilia).
The two articles below were published by the Rainier Valley Post, the third in the P.I. They received no coverage in The Stranger.
Mom & Kids Trapped, Robbed, Assaulted in Rainier Beach Alley; No Arrests
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE — Last week, a woman driving through a Rainier Beach alley was surrounded by nearly a dozen people who blocked her vehicle, then assaulted and robbed her and her young children.
According to Seattle Police Department records, the victim said she was driving through the alley near Rainier Avenue South and Wabash Avenue South on the way to drop one of her kids off at a friend’s house around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. She told police she was taking a short cut when her car was stopped by a large group of 10 men and one woman.
She said she tried to drive through the crowd, but was afraid of hitting someone when they wouldn’t move out of the way. From the police report:
Victim stated she had her driver’s side window rolled down slightly. Victim stated that a black female with a black shirt and blue jeans punched her several times with a closed fist. The suspect punched her through the driver’s side window. Victim stated the suspect struck her in the face several times. The victim was also scratched by the suspect. The victim attempted to block some of the blows and was scratched. Victim stated that someone in the group of people snatched a back pack out of the lap of one of the children sitting in the back seat of the vehicle.
The woman said she drove out of the alley, across Wabash Avenue South and parked to call police. She also said that there were witnesses to the attack, but that “nobody wanted to help her.”
The victim said the group of 10 ran in various directions but she kept her eyes on the female suspect who gave the backpack to one of the men with her. She then followed the female suspect who flagged down a passing vehicle and got away. Police later tracked down the driver who said she didn’t know the suspect who had told her that someone was trying to kill her. She said she dropped the suspect off on Rainier Avenue South, two blocks north of Wabash, then drove away thinking that she had just helped someone.
According to the police report, the victim suffered bruises on her right and left eye from the attack. Her children weren’t hurt, but “very upset and crying.”
An area search proved unsuccessful and there were no reported arrests.
Police are investigating the incident and encourage anyone with information on the attack to call 911.
Elderly King Donut Owners Assaulted, Robbed (UPDATE X3)
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE — Two elderly Rainier Beach business owners are in the hospital tonight after a brutal attack at the beloved neighborhood restaurant they’ve run for nearly 30 years.
Heng Hey and Chea Pol (above) started King Donut in 1987 after fleeing the Khmer Rouge genocide in war-torn Cambodia. Shortly after 7 pm this evening, as they were getting in the car to leave the restaurant, a man approached the car and attacked Chea, punching her repeatedly in the face before stealing her purse, some cash, an ipad and a blue iphone before taking off on foot eastbound through the Safeway parking lot.
There were no arrests. Medics responded and treated Chea for her injuries before taking her to the hospital for further care.
Their daughter Davie Hay, who helps run the popular restaurant with her brother and sister and recently started writing an advice column for the RVP, says nothing like this has ever happened before. She’s desperate for information.
“I know someone out there knows about my parents being beat up and robbed at the shop,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “Please let us know.”
The suspect is described as a slender black male between 20 and 30 years old wearing black pants, black jacket and a black hat. Anyone with information is asked to call the robbery unit at (206) 684-5540. Anonymous tips are welcome.
King Donut was voted Best Thing in Southeast Seattle in the 2013 RVP Readers Choice Awards and 2014 Business of the Year by the Rainier Chamber of Commerce.
The incident comes on the heels of a particularly violent week in southeast Seattle. On Monday, two teenagers were arrested for brazenly attacking and robbing or attempting to rob people of their cell phones.
Then, two days later on New Year’s Eve, one man was shot and killed in the Othello-area just a couple of hours before three officers investigating a domestic violence call exchanged gunfire with a suspect in a moving vehiclein the Brighton neighborhood.
UPDATE: (Sat., 1/3 @ 9 am) Outrage is quickly spreading throughout the south-end community as neighbors wake up to the news that the two well-loved owners of King Donuts were robbed and assaulted last night. Some of the following comments stemmed from our Facebook post:
- “Shameful”
- “They are the nicest family”
- “This business has been apart of our community for decades and these partners have been great! I’ve been going there since I was a little girl with my grandpa. When he died, the owners kept his table reserved for months!”
- “How tf you Rob an old lady Who ever you are. Mom’s is more from the hood then a lot of mfs today”
- “Elderly woman really? I can’t believe some young men these days… They will really do anything for some chump change. Praying for the family…”
- “Oh NO! For those of you living in our hood this is like attacking our mother!”
- “it has never been cool to rob an old lady or old dude. that could be your grandparents getting socked up”
- “If anyone has any information. We need to protect our RB businesses!”
- “This makes my heart hurt. How can we help?”
- “They are open today if you want to show the business some love.”
- “Turn him in if you know who he is.”
Both Heng and Chea have been released from the hospital and are recovering at home. The family is now focusing their attention on finding the man who assaulted them.
One extra detail that may help: In addition to taking Chea’s purse, some cash, an ipad and a blue iphone, the thief also got away with the unique diamond brooch pictured here:
The suspect is described as a slender black male between 20 and 30 years old wearing black pants and a black hat. Anyone with information is asked to call the robbery unit at (206) 684-5540. Anonymous tips are welcome.
UPDATE: (Sat., 1/3 @ 9:55 am) “My mother’s teeth were in the back of her throat and she is back in the hospital with a possible concussion,” reportsDavie Hay. “If anyone knows anything about this assault/robbery please let me know. Please help us out. My parents survived the Khmer Rouge genocide and came to America and have this happen?”
UPDATE: (Sat., 1/3 @ 2:45 pm) Davie has set up a gofundme account to raise money for her parents’ medical treatment. So far, 14 donations have yielded $800.
(Top) Heng Hey and Chea Pol were both hospitalized after being attacked and robbed at the popular Rainier Beach restaurant they’ve owned for nearly 30 years. Photo/Davie Hay
from the P.I.
Renton game store robber slit clerk’s throat
Renton police believe this man slit a Game Stop employee’s throat before making off with cash Wednesday morning.
Police arrested a man they believe slit the throat of a game store employee in Renton before making off with money Wednesday morning.
The robbery occurred about 10:58 a.m. The suspect entered the Game Stop in the 200 block of South Second Street in Renton and forced an employee to open the cash register at knifepoint, reports say.
He then slit her throat and took off on foot with an unknown amount of cash.
The employee was taken to Harborview Medical Center. Her condition was not available, but the woman was still alive at the time of her transport.
The attacker was described as a black male between 20 and 30 years old at 6 feet tall with a heavy build.
He wore a black cap, tan Carhartt jacket and a black scarf around the lower part of his face.
The robber appeared to change clothes since the attack and repurpose his scarf, as depicted by surveillance footage taken still in downtown Renton.
After police spend the day searching for the man, King County 911 calltakers fielded a report about 5 p.m. indicating the man was in the 13000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Skyway.
Renton police and King County sheriff’s deputies responded to the area, found the suspect and arrested him.
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