Who cares what Seattle does with their police budget. I certainly don't. I'll bet a P-F dollar that the city of Bellevue, which is just across the lake, doesn't defund their police. Gates, Ballmer and Bezos live nearby so you know there won't be squatters defecating in the streets in Bellevue.
In 5 years Seattle will be uninhabitable for middle class folks.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
I will investigate this option... I am already on a couple of wait lists, but when Onnit restocked they didn’t email the wait list, Joe Rogan just mentioned it on Instagram and they sold out again instantly.
Back on topic, how does Seattle think this won’t be The Purge?
Carrying this process to its conclusion, when one makes a call for service, that person will be shamed by the response team (whatever that may be) for asserting their privilege. Complaint will be withdrawn, crime stats will go down. Re-education encounters (just made that up) will be a new positive performance metric.
Detroit on the Pacific.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
It's the purge of the middle class. In Seattle that's >75K a year. The only people left will be the drug addicted street people and those that commute into the city for work who make substantially more than a middle class income. Over time those jobs will disappear as more companies leave. So all you have left is the drug addicted street people and the high end condo dwellers who have enough money to live wherever they want.
The street people and gangs have more or less taken control of the city. It was a growing problem 20 years ago.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.