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Feb 2021

Biden erases more Trump-era executive actions, hits orders on funding for ‘anarchist’ cities, immigration

Karen Townsend Feb 25, 2021 11:01 AM

Mayor of Seattle praises move to turn a blind eye to lawless zones

Mercer Island bans camping on public property but may not be able to enforce it

John Sexton Feb 17, 2021 5:30 PM

“aimed at connecting those experiencing homelessness with shelters and other resources”

Businesses are fleeing city centers in Seattle and Portland because of crime, homelessness and vandalism

John Sexton Feb 12, 2021 5:35 PM

“Business partners coming in for meetings were dodging human fecal matter…”

Jan 2021

A call to arms: Quick thinking and fast action rescues 1600 vaccine doses after freezer failure

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2021 1:01 PM

Midnight run.

2020 saw the largest percentage increase in murders in America’s history

Jazz Shaw Jan 26, 2021 7:47 AM

Predictable

Seattle mom thinking about moving after incident involving her teen daughter

John Sexton Jan 20, 2021 5:15 PM

“…the city absolutely doesn’t care.”

Seattle Councilmember still working on a plan to layoff police officers by race

John Sexton Jan 18, 2021 3:48 PM

“It’s going to be a massive fight…”

Dec 2020

Seattle’s revolving door of justice leaves 62-year-old man fighting for his life in ICU

John Sexton Dec 31, 2020 1:00 PM

“…the victim was found bleeding and barely alive.”

KOMO News special: The fight for the soul of Seattle

John Sexton Dec 21, 2020 1:00 PM

“A sloppy revolution without a blueprint.”

Seattle police sweep Cal Anderson Park as anarchists take over an empty house across the street

John Sexton Dec 18, 2020 2:30 PM

“Folks occupying this empty house say they aren’t leaving…”

Seattle waiting on judge’s decision on a lawsuit before clearing Cal Anderson Park (Update: Judge denies request for restraining order)

John Sexton Dec 17, 2020 2:48 PM

“The civil rights lawsuit is seeking for the clearance of Cal Anderson to be called off…”

CHAZ 2.0: Seattle was supposed to sweep Cal Anderson Park today but it looks like the mayor backed down

John Sexton Dec 16, 2020 6:10 PM

“The situation within the park grows worse and more unsafe by the day”

Seattle’s embattled Mayor Jenny Durkan will not seek another term

John Sexton Dec 07, 2020 7:20 PM

“2020 has just been a brutal year…”

Socialist Seattle City Councilmember’s recall appeal heads to Washington Supreme Court

Karen Townsend Dec 05, 2020 4:01 PM

Seattle taxpayers foot her legal bill

Nov 2020

Seattle: Another 34 police officers leave as downtown businesses report an increase in crime

John Sexton Nov 23, 2020 7:10 PM

“I’m witnessing a professional police agency…fall victim to radical activism that is swallowing Seattle.”

Oct 2020

Seattle City Council considers proposal to make drug abuse, mental disorder a defense to misdemeanors

John Sexton Oct 29, 2020 8:41 PM

“I’m not aware of any legislation like this anywhere in the United States (or) even globally.”

Seattle LGBTQ Commission wants their lesbian mayor to resign

Jazz Shaw Oct 24, 2020 2:31 PM

There’s just no pleasing some people

Antifa man who hit Seattle officer with a metal bat said he wanted to ‘slit every SPD throat’

John Sexton Oct 20, 2020 7:01 PM

“Greenberg and McMillan discussed destroying evidence of their crime, according to detectives.”

Seattle: At least 118 police officer have left the department this year, mayor receiving a stream of threats

John Sexton Oct 17, 2020 2:31 PM

“These are historically low staffing levels.”

Seattle: Homeless structures pop up near a children’s playground, a ‘metal shop’ in a homeless camp and the city does nothing

John Sexton Oct 15, 2020 8:41 PM

“Nighttime is when they all come in. That’s when the grinding wheel starts…”

Sep 2020

Riots redux: Two Louisville officers shot after grand jury indicts only one officer in Taylor case

Ed Morrissey Sep 24, 2020 8:41 AM

Violence in Seattle, demonstrations nationwide.

Seattle city council votes to override mayor’s veto of police funding cuts

Karen Townsend Sep 23, 2020 11:01 AM

“Down payment” for further defunding by next year.

NY Post, NBC: DoJ labels NYC, Seattle, Portland as “anarchist jurisdictions” — to cut off federal funding

Ed Morrissey Sep 21, 2020 2:01 PM

Not Minneapolis? Hmmm.

The deafening silence over the rioting and violence on the left

Jazz Shaw Sep 08, 2020 6:31 PM

The sound of crickets is (almost) all you hear

Black Lives Matter activists shut down the I-5 in Seattle, nine arrested

John Sexton Sep 04, 2020 7:51 PM

Wasting everyone’s time.

Minority-owned security company hired to watch Seattle park quits on first night after being harassed by Antifa

John Sexton Sep 04, 2020 1:21 PM

“They cost a minority-owned company a contract.”

ProPublica: Police pull back when morale sinks and that can lead to more violent crime

John Sexton Sep 03, 2020 4:41 PM

“…the 2015 pullback was the result of almost instantaneous demoralization that spread across the department.”

Aug 2020

Democrats blame Republican President for violence in Democrat-run cities

Jazz Shaw Aug 31, 2020 6:01 PM

Blame game deluxe

Who is responsible for deaths inside the CHAZ/CHOP?

John Sexton Aug 26, 2020 9:23 PM

“Police said that responding officers could not reach the victim on the night of the crime.”

Seattle rioters tried to seal a precinct door with concrete before starting a fire outside

John Sexton Aug 25, 2020 7:21 PM

“The intent appeared to be to burn the building with the officers inside.”

Seattle Times columnist: City should push forward reforms even if there isn’t a ‘fully formed’ plan

John Sexton Aug 24, 2020 7:21 PM

“Does the City Council have a fully formed plan put together by highly paid consultants and city staff? No.”

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan vetoes budget that would have cut 100 police officers

John Sexton Aug 21, 2020 8:41 PM

“There’s no plan for how the city will bridge potential gaps in the police response…”

Injured Seattle police officer: Rioters are ‘very violent, very destructive’

John Sexton Aug 19, 2020 6:01 PM

“…it’s not going to get better if they’re not held accountable for it.”

Seattle police officer to BLM activist: ‘I’m leaving. You guys won!’ (plus weekend violence roundup)

John Sexton Aug 17, 2020 6:41 PM

“At least three officers were injured, some struck with explosives and rocks…”

Seattle BLM protesters to strangers: ‘Give up your house. Give black people back their homes.’

John Sexton Aug 13, 2020 2:41 PM

“we want land…give back the land to the people that need it.”

Will Obama-era consent decree give Trump DoJ the last word on Seattle’s police cuts?

Ed Morrissey Aug 13, 2020 2:01 PM

And the police union?

Seattle Police Chief to resign and the Mayor has “a heavy heart”

Jazz Shaw Aug 11, 2020 8:01 AM

Nice while it lasted

Seattle’s police chief criticized a plan to defund police, the city council responded by slashing her salary

John Sexton Aug 07, 2020 8:41 PM

“In my view, this was retaliation…”

Businesses in the former CHAZ/CHOP aren’t so sure about abolishing the police (and worry about Antifa)

John Sexton Aug 07, 2020 1:01 PM

“Many business owners are scared to speak out…”

Seattle’s “peaceful protesters” come after Police Chief’s suburban home Update: Video

Jazz Shaw Aug 04, 2020 8:01 AM

“Standing up for what’s right” just took on a whole new meaning

Jul 2020

Man who asked Seattle protesters to quiet down was harassed and beaten

John Sexton Jul 31, 2020 4:41 PM

“members of the protest became angry that he was recording them…”

Seattle police officer injured in last weekend’s riot: ‘There’s just so much hate’

John Sexton Jul 31, 2020 2:43 PM

“It just felt like they were there to hurt us.”

Seattle launches investigation after supply van full of weapons found trailing behind rioters

John Sexton Jul 30, 2020 2:41 PM

“discovered firework pyrotechnics, smoke bombs, stun guns, bear and pepper spray, makeshift spike strips and gas masks”

Trump administration in talks to ‘draw down’ federal police from Oregon

John Sexton Jul 28, 2020 9:21 PM

“…talks with the office of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown are in the early stages”