The Seattle City Council will consider legislation to provide blanket immunity to misdemeanor crimes to any person who suffers from poverty, homelessness, addiction, or mental illness.
Here's how the legislation would work. 
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As a pretext, the councilmembers claim that "income inequality," "local law enforcement's killing of Black, Indigenous, and people of color," and "poverty, institutional racism, and systemic oppression" are the root causes of crime.pic.twitter.com/kbHLhaoNVc
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The legislation would exempt anyone with an addiction or mental health disorder from a wide range of crimes, including theft, assault, harassment, drug possession, property destruction, and indecent exposure.pic.twitter.com/AJwdcpAi0V
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The results would be disastrous. In 2019, the Seattle Police Department reported 50,609 thefts, assaults, property offenses, frauds, trespasses, and narcotic violations. If the ordinance passes, nearly all of these crimes could be permitted under law.
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Here's my full analysis for City Journal.https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-policymakers-untouchables-misdemeanor-crime …
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I would like to see this workgroups' financial backing.
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Cops killing a lot of “indigenous people” in Seattle these days, are they? I’d like to see them back that up with factual data, which they won’t be able to do.
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So much for Sin
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Noticeably absent: ANY accountability for personal decisions Nothing abt fatherless homes, hood culture, Dem-run cities Yes, 10 blacks/yr killed by cops =source of ALL crime
"Racism made me do it" ??
Poverty only legit factor listed—even then, AGENCY
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Jesus, this is going to be a painful lesson.
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