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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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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Just mind blowing. So you could just steal whatever you want and then claim to be an addict? Wtf? Youd think seattle residents/ businesses would be up in arms. Or id think that at least. No clue what its like there but...yowza.
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I always wanted to be a criminal. Can I "identify" as one of the underclass so I can get away with it?
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1/Competing and serious issues. City living people need to feel like they can walk down the street in safety. Businesses need to be able to operate without endless problems
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2/People fall out of housing market often because of substantial life problems or “a few bad strokes + no money”. Either way, their deterioration is often not well managed by law enforcement, whose primary power (state sanctioned force) is poorly suited to the situation
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Dear God!
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Will they be able to still plea down felony counts to misdemeanors?
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It is like converting all of Seattle into a CHAZ.
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@seattletourism@Seattle_Tourism@tourismseattle So, how is this proposal likely to encourage ppl to visit your city? Are you preparing to oppose this idea?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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