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"It is high time the homeless people get help, not harassment"

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June 25, 5:38 PM

by Rob La Gatta & Mike Baldwin, Seattle Crime Examiner

By Seattle Crime Blog editor & publisher Rob La Gatta

Check out these posters I've been finding taped all over around the city lately. Only in Seattle would fighting for the "underdog" be taken to such extremes:

I'm almost convinced that the people who espouse this nonsense are folks from outside the downtown core who never venture into the city itself...if they did and could bear witness to the impact homelessness has on all aspects of local urban living, they'd realize that painting Seattle's homeless population as an innocent bunch of helpless heroes being persecuted by the big, bad politicians at City Hall is little more than fantasy.

Then again, maybe that's why their message of making "practical and realistic help a reality" is regulated to lamp posts and street signs, sure to be washed away and forgotten about as soon as the next rain storm has passed.
Topics: Commentary , Homelessness

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UW police lawsuit reveals hidden racism of Seattle

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October 12, 12:45 AM

Six former members of the University of Washington police department have filed a civil lawsuit against the department, leveling racial discrimination within the department.Amongst the claims leveled are that officers left swastikas on a Jewish woman's... Read More
Topics: Rebecca Griego , UW police , racial discrimination

Report: Mental health system contributed to Shannon Harps murder

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October 9, 7:50 AM

When a mentally ill man who was released from state care 10 days earlier and was known to not be taking his medication violently murders a young woman because of his psychotic hallucinations, do you really need a report to confirm that the state's mental... Read More
Topics: Isaac Zamora , Shannon Harps , state mental system

Sick coward films sexual assault in Kirkland

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October 6, 11:49 PM

An intruder who tied up a 63-year-old woman in Kirkland in order to take pictures of himself sexually assaulting her is still on the loose.The coward of a man who decided to the commit this act was apparently armed with a knife and was wearing ... Read More
Topics: Sexual Assault , Criminals , Kirkland

Abandoned child reunited with Iraq-destined father

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October 6, 11:23 PM

Mariah Verle Stevens, the infant who was abadoned by her mother last week at a Federal Way church, has been united with her father, Clark Stevens.Stevens was apparently not aware that his ex-girlfriend was pregnant, as he was training with his National... Read More
Topics: Mariah Verle Stevens , Clarke Stevens , Abandoned

Father of infant in fire pit death gets two years

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October 5, 10:47 PM

41-year-old AlbertoRios, the man who's infant son fell into a fire pit and burned alive, has been sentenced to two years in prison.Rios fell asleep after consuming "six to nine beers" during a barbeque with coworkers, while holding his seventh-month... Read More
Topics: Alberto Rios , Infant Death , Manslaughter

Police don't have to pay for damage during raids

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October 3, 7:48 AM

The state Supreme Court, in a split decision, ruled Thursday that police departments do not have to pay for damage accrued to propery during drug raids.Leo Burtsche was asking for $5,000 in damages to properties he owned that were damaged by police in... Read More
Topics: meth lab , drug raid , Kent police

Isaac Zamora charged with six counts of aggravated murder

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September 29, 6:01 PM

Isaac Zamora, the mentally ill man who terrorized a neighborhood in Skagit County, killing six people in the process, has been charged with six counts of aggravated murder, amongst other charges.Aggravated murder of the first-degree is the only crime... Read More
Topics: Murder , Washington Law , Seattle Crime , Isaac Zamora , Skagit County , Shooting Spree

Lake Washington boating death leaving more questions than answers

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September 28, 11:23 PM

The collision between a speed boat and a sailboat on Lake Washington that left a 37-year-old woman dead has captivated local media, but left more questions than answers as to what really happaned.What we do know is that a speedboat piloted... Read More
Topics: Lake Washington boating death

Man arrested for DUI...for 14th time

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September 28, 3:02 PM

Most of us can agree that people deserve a second chance. After all, you learn best from your own mistakes.Mr. Aaron Bridge of Mount Vernon apparently does not believe in not letting history repeat itself.The 46-year-old was arrested... Read More
Topics: Seattle Crime , Aaron Bridge , DUI