I hope that Seth Larson, owner of FREDS Guns 2.0, reflects deeply over his actions in the past week.
I would like to thank him, however, for giving our community a first-hand example of what white privilege is.
According to the June 7 Peninsula Daily News, he posted a fake Antifa warning on Facebook and then showed up at a local, peaceful protest with a group of armed white men, a posse if you will, with perhaps two German shepherd dogs.
Perfect.
Thanks for showing us what white privilege looks like in real life, on our Sequim streets.
Imagine the outcry if a group of Black men showed up at the protest, armed, with two large dogs.
I ask the police chief to treat this incident with the necessary investigation into Seth Larson’s actions in fomenting possible violence and prosecute all involved as appropriate.
Any connection his actions had with the incident in Forks should be thoroughly investigated.
Our police force can keep us safe.
They don’t need Seth’s and his friends’ help.
Vanda Waller
Sequim