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
Fade in EXT – Day – grounds next to the ship The recruits, SGT Kaushik, Cpl Kaminski, and Harbin stand in the morning sun. The recruits in formation (two rows), with Kaushik and Kaminski as the squad leaders. They are … Continue reading
It’s just putting more nails in a coffin that was glued, screwed shut, and then had rocks piled on it years ago but here is more evidence gun control has failed in the U.K.: Although the Metropolitan Police seized 909 … Continue reading
Barb and I avoid Seattle as much as possible. Over 10% of Seattle residents are contemplating leaving Seattle in the next year: Newly released survey data from the federal government shows that of the nearly 1.6 million households in the … Continue reading
Seattle’s popular Piroshky Piroshky Bakery is closing its Third Avenue location in downtown “until further notice” over “countless safety concerns.” Following a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon at Third Avenue and Pine Street, the bakery sent a series of tweets detailing … Continue reading
For far too long our city has essentially ceded Third and Pike to criminal enterprises and it’s time to put these people out of business. We need urgent action to get rid of the illegal activity in this area before … 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
Cooper understood that legislating guns away from the public was only a small part of the problem. The larger issue was a false social construct. One that was intent on disarming the populace of reason and will, of the mindset … Continue reading
If you attend a class at Insights one of the things you are taught is mindset. And it’s not just the mindset you need to have to be able to do what you have to do to use lethal force … 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
2000 guns enter Mexico per day! ATF lost maybe 600 net over the entire operation period of Fast and Furious operation. While it is small consolation to the grieving of Mexico, a disproportionate 40% of the 2000 guns per day … Continue reading
I’ve mostly ignored the “Prags” v. “Threepers” divide in the gun rights activists community. But then after making this post the comments lead to one thing, another, then another. Sebastian got more than a little sarcastic. So now I think … Continue reading
From Michelle Malkin: A disabled war hero and his wife were assaulted and robbed in Bethesda, Md., a few weeks ago. The guy lost an arm and a leg in Iraq and five punks mugged him and his wife. If … Continue reading