From KOMO News: According to the Seattle Police Department, two men were arguing at the Glen Hotel, a Low Income Housing Institute building, at 1413 Third Avenue around 10 a.m. when one shot the other. Via an IM from Ry … Continue reading
From the Seattle Police blog: Officers arrested three women for robbery, among other things. On 1/1/14, throughout the evening there were several reports of multiple females walking through the crowds stealing cell phones and jumping people and stealing their cell … Continue reading
As I have mentioned before Barb refers to a street close to where I work as “Mugme Street”. It’s a pretty rough place at times: A man sustained minor injuries after a group of women assaulted him and stole his … Continue reading
3rd Avenue between Pike and Pine is ground zero of Mugme Street. This happened near 4th and Pike on a Friday afternoon about 2:15 PM: According to court documents, officers with the SPD were in the area conducting a narcotics … Continue reading
Thursday, a typical day based on police reports and aid calls, there was one “drug-related casualty” down the block and a dozen other calls for either narcotics or “behavioral/emotional crisis.” That same day, while I was there, a man collapsed … Continue reading
New data, to be released officially on Tuesday, shows that 43 sworn-in police staff have left in 2022, while 13 have been hired, leaving the department with a net loss of 30 officers. The trend is projected to continue. Data … Continue reading
Take a walk around downtown Seattle. You will be shocked by a shuttered, dystopian city and made angry by the inaction and ineptness of its political leadership. It is simply beyond words. … I swung by the infamous McDonalds* on … Continue reading
Via KOMO News: A large group of demonstrators gathered in downtown Seattle Sunday afternoon. The group gathered at West Lake Center for an Abolish ICE rally and then starting marching around downtown. Seattle Police say they have received reports of … Continue reading
I no longer work in downtown Seattle near Mugme Street. Today was my first day on the job on the Eastside of Lake Washington. One of the most interesting things was that at various times during the day my boss … Continue reading
Every day I go to work I see the park where this admitted Socialist Seattle Council person gave her speech the other night: Councilmember-elect Kshama Sawant told Boeing machinists her idea of a radical option, should their jobs be moved … Continue reading