Rantz: Some anti-Israel extremists privately plotting violence against Seattle cops
Apr 25, 2024, 5:54 PM | Updated: 5:58 pm

BY JASON RANTZ
AM 770 KTTH host
Some anti-Israel extremists are privately plotting to attack Seattle police officers who try to break up unlawful rallies, with one activist warning that “S**t is going to hit the fan.”
The Global Solidarity Network Seattle (GSNS) operates a semi-private Telegram channel. It lists Heather Yingling, GSNS executive director, as the channel owner and it features candid discussions from activists about issues they’re following locally.
This week, activists have used the channel to focus on anti-Israel encampments popping up on college campuses nationwide. The threat of violence was first flagged by an independent photographer in NYC who runs the influential Viral News NYC account on X, formerly known as Twitter.
One user named “Macs D” posted about “militarized police destroying a camp and making arrests” at a university in Atlanta on Wednesday. Then, a user identified only as “Andrew” posted a video of an officer with a taser helping subdue an unruly activist at the Atlanta protest.
Andrew told the group that if they see an officer attempting to subdue an unruly activist, they should “be prepared to move in immediately.”
“I don’t know what’s going on beyond the camera’s frame at that moment, but that cop tasing is way off balance and there appear to be more people than cops,” Andrew wrote in the channel. “If we see something like this happening and you are with this many people watching cops like this who are isolated, we need to be prepared to move in immediately. Knock taser guy over and start grappling. This is how people are killed in front of us.”
He went on to say “Bravery and risk will be required of those who face such wickedness.”
Yingling weighed in during the conversation, telling the group that, “We need to remind them (cops) we outnumber them.”

What are the threats against Seattle cops?
The conversation turned to tactics to apply locally. Some student activists at the University of Washington (UW) announced this week that they would stage an anti-Israel encampment, inspired by Columbia University. The plan was postponed after criticism that the student activists involved were too white and that they didn’t properly engage with Muslim and Arab students.
When the encampment was set up, Andrew indicated that cops would be targeted.