So I originally had been meaning to see this mostly because I remember this event in Seattle history very vividly with a dual purpose of watching it for it’s message and being from Seattle, WA myself. This video has some fiction added to it but mixed in with real actual protest events. They include actual Seattle footage from 1999 in Downtown Seattle, including interviews and live news broadcasts. Even though many do not even fully understand the whole purpose of WTO even to this day it was a moment to rage in Seattle that many protesters took part in. While there were many peaceful protesters utilizing freedom of speech, there were also violent protesters either using property damage to make a point or merely just down there to fuck shit up. The city brought in the National Guard and basically declared Marshal law without saying it, just like they are doing right now in 2020 in many aspects. The police used excessive force back then including tear gas at point blank range from firearms. They beat protesters senseless with sticks and clubs as well as physically pulled their gas masks off to harm them. I mean, if I was a cop I woudl probably chop some wigs too, not gonna lie. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t understand everything abut WTO myself either and not down with any so-called hippie shit, but I will say the cops went bonkers first in that situation. The movie shows a temporary change in the WTO meeting because of their efforts but in actuality there was little change in WTO except that they moved their meetings location and guarded it better. It was a grim look at Seattle but what was notable in the film was when Charlize Theron’s child dies from being pregnant and trapped in the riot, it was an oscar performance when she put out that candle with her finger due to pain in heart. The climax of the riot landed police and national guard up to capital hill area where shit got really bananas. The protesters morphed into all violent ones breaking shit, throwing tear gas back as well pushing back against barricades. Eventually they arrested 157 protesters as well as suffered 9 million dollars in property damage. The protest semi continued outside of the King County Jail house which later resulted in the release of all prisoners including an amount of about $250,000 to the prisoners for wrongfully bringing them all in to jail during the protest with Metro Buses. During this riot there were curfews with no real outline or rules to them just a 7pm curfew and 7am to be allowed time to be out. So similar to our 2020 scenario we have a not clear curfew system as well. This can lead to issues like what is really essential can be a matter of opinion these days. With the resignation of Police Chief Stamper at the exact time of the riot also made the event hugely talked about. This was a time before myspace, facebook or even social media, a time when people just watched the news on TV. Lack of media also is probably why the riot slowly faded out and was gone sooner than later. Yet this new era in 2020 has me imaging what type of different damage Americans could do now. This wouldn’t be only Seattle this time around as the USA has been stripped from their civil liberties, no employment and delayed unemployment, human contact restricted and some resources starting to dry up at grocery stores. We are in situations were we will soon have to rely on the government for money and food for lower and middle class folks. The rich stay rich for the meantime but sooner or later the lowers will become desperate and demand for the throne. Also please note that in the WTO riot they awarded each of the 157 inmates arrested around around $1,500 each which you divide up that 250k they awarded, where as to now they are offering a $1,200 stimulus to each American for this new crock of shit. Imagine a country called the Unites States of America that is the most ARMED country in the world. There are something like 393 Million civilian owned firearms in circulation in the United States. We have 40% of the entire firearms supply in the US alone which means that there are enough guns to supply every many woman and child and those are just the guns the government knows about! That being said if people get disgruntle like WTO worldwide it’s going to open up either a civil war between police, military and civilians, OR, it’s going to create crime and rioting on a wide scale furthering bringing the countries economy to it’s knees thus starving for a financial reset countrywide. The issue brought up in relation to this movie is that when push comes to shove we have more man power than the Machines but for how long? I think after about 20 years since this WTO riot happened we are now soon revisiting a larger scale situation of losing our last oasis of freedom, which is our own bodies. Whether we rise up for civil freedoms, chaos, anarchy, or even peace, we must rise up for something, otherwise we will all fall for any stupid thing that prison lip reality TV star says. West Seattle UP and the government hoes down!