Seattle businesses demand action on crime

A group of civic leaders say there is data to back up the idea that a group living on the street is responsible for an unusually high level of crime, and that the system to prevent it is failing.

[celestrio]

Why Seattle complaining? Love and tolerance for all criminals. They voted for that crap.

[Crismodin]

Wait, 100 people are associated with 3500 crimes?!

The lady goes onto say not every homeless person is bad, okay, well, that's true, but these 100 need to GO TO PRISON.

[ohthankg-dforthebourgeoisi]

I stopped going downtown about 5 years ago... my hubby and I were hassled too much. We used to go dancing but walking around trying to get somewhere wearing dancing clothes made us targets.

[Countcho]

This is what happens when you let the state take care of u

[theclamhammer]

Get your concealed carry.... oh wait it’s Seattle.

[Dodge]

Homeless can be very agressive. They periodically insult me to see if I'm an easy target. If I don't insult them back, they won't leave me alone.

[michaeltayon]

Seattle ROCKED in the early I was lucky! ;)

[xCkillaxC]

But I thought liberal sanction cities were perfect social utopias?

[rrip]

What a dump, hopefully this hole financially crumbles.

[JoeSand]

Thank God that it's illegal for people to carry firearms in Seattle. It's clearly helping reduce crime

[-old-Forthischet]

They probably enrolled in the home study course of how to run a government by author Jerry Brown.

[magnumxlpi]

"No criminal should be arrested. They're just trying to have a better life. Give them free money, housing, food, and healthcare" - liberals

[billyethornton]

I have no pity for Seattle, you get what you get because you do as you do . Remember that and #walkaway !

[longaugust]

Seattle: does everything it can to subsidize homelessness and vagrancy. Also Seattle: crime? Surprised Pikachu

[charleshetrick]

Comrades comrades comrades, please calm down. Firstly these people didn’t take your guitars or steel from you or vandalize. We’re all brothers and sisters, children of the glorious emerald city. We must learn to share what we have with those who need it.

[TheEviIOyo]

Thank god amazon didn't come here. Bunch of homeless everywhere because its unreasonably expensive

[dmimcg]

More immigration should make it better.

[elthanos]

Does Seattle not allow business owners to shoot trespassers or thieves? Love me some Texas

[aaronlosky]

I stopped going to downtown Seattle exactly for this reason

[leroyjenkins]

For those who have never been here, Gentrification hit this city HARD and this is the final result. Within the last ten years, nothing but transplants have moved here and absolutely ruined a once thriving city. Alot of people have been priced out of their homes in which they lived for years. Traffic is horrible, everything is absolutely overpriced, hipsters are everywhere, even going to Seahawk games sucks because half of the "Fans" are just straight bandwagon IPA bros.