Sand Point Detention, Seattle

Some people have been posting a DISINFORMATION video showing an Amtrak Facility and saying it is a FEMA detention center...

The videos have been debunked time and again, but keep on showing up to discredit the truth of federal detention centers for civilians.

Here is what a REAL FEMA (Now DHS) detention center looks like while it is being filled with actual civilian detainees...

Please note: This was PRE-9/11. I can't even imagine what they have now.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• FEMA
• DHS
• Detention
• Camp
• Sand
• Point
• Seattle
• WTO
• 1999

[min54teresa]

What's it gonna take for naive people to see before it's acceptable to take every precaution to protect our homeland? How about if the Needle gets blasted out of the sky...Would that convince anyone? The Trade Center wasn't enough. WTF people.

[electrostatic1]

This was BEFORE 9/11

[min54teresa]

So, then, the comments on this video that read "4 months ago" were written 6 years ago?

You mean this video was made before 9/11?

[electrostatic1]

The video was made before 9/11.

[thewhitetrashmuseum]

Thank you so very much for posting this.

[electrostatic1]

No problem.

[ClearFire1]

Whats with the "no protest zones" anyways? Freedom of speech and expression does not apply to certain zones? Bullshit.

[4un4o]

amerika - the land of the free??????

[con5ciou5ne55]

@min54teresa fucking sheep. Have you ever read the Constitution?

[ScubaSteveM45]

I wonder how many people who get KTFO by riot cops ever bother to vote, the apparent farce being "Rather than influence policy making via voting in leaders I like that make moves that I approve of I will instead scream and yell with a sign in a massive crowd of people and that will somehow carry more sway in terms of getting what I want from the people in power.

[ScubaSteveM45]

Well, don't fucking protest then! Most people down there at WTO were just in it to fuck shit up and break things and do some looting, the people with legitimate political arguments/grievances were of much lesser amounts.

[azis1100]

Shoot back.

[heliumrant]

Oh, I forgot, they also have several environmental offices (earthcorps for example), there is also a gymboree, and indoor soccer field, and the Rat City Roller Girls have their matches in one of the buildings there. The big building immediately on the left when you drive in is used to host many events: rummage sales, book sales, and the annual 5k dog walk (benefit for Seattle Animal Shelter).

[heliumrant]

They put WTO protesters there because the jails were crowded as hell (like always) and they never intended to hold them long-term. They just wanted to keep them away from the conference. And yes, I know someone who was detained there. He was never even formally processed or charged. He was held for less than 24 hours and released.

[heliumrant]

"I can't even imagine what they have now"

Take a 20 minute drive and see for yourself. If you live close enough to lake washington, you could see it with binoculars. What they have is: a dog park, a kayak rental shop, a beach, several playgrounds and athletic fields, and some low-income housing in the southwest section (former barracks). Sand Point is not, nor has it ever been a FEMA facility. It's run by the Seattle Parks Dept.

[joehogan22]

National guardsmen obviously weren't used to dealing with criminals/violent Americans. They couldn't handle it and broke down crying at the scene.

[joehogan22]

It wasn't pretty.... as if sitting on the bus overnight wasn't enough, people were getting beat, booked for hours inside "Santa's little workshop" (as was posted on the building at the time), then transfered to the Regional Justice Center to stay incarcerated for days. The authorities tried to break the spirits of the people. Inside "Satans Little Workshop", the people would break into songs of protest, songs of strength... to further the beatings by the police.

[joehogan22]

People were left on the busses for hours, no bathroom break- they had to relieve themselves in the doorway. All types of people from young rebels to 70+ year old women. were present. When it came time for your bus to be booked, Wa/Id/Or police, national guardsmen, and prison guards would come on the bus to "assist" in taking you off. Women and men had hair pulled, were kicked/punched and prodded to get them out.