Here are just a few of the headline stories to get the long July 4 weekend off to a bang-up start in the Seattle area. Before the hot weekend even starts, and very near my neighborhood, we have this explosive story: (courtesy of KOMO News)

Teenage Girl Fatally Shot During Altercation at Alderwood Mall. The young lady was caught in the crossfire of a gang “confrontation” at the food court of the local mall. Please note the photo of a beautiful teenager, whose life was cut short. Just last week, the Wall Street Journal described the newly-refurbished mall as one of the best of its owner, Brookfield. Seattle crime is moving north at a rapid clip. Reminder: Seattle has very restrictive gun laws, and basically outlawed gun stores within its city limits. It doesn’t seem like those restrictions are stopping shootings, does it?

Suspect Sought After Man killed in Auburn Shooting. Auburn in a suburb south of Seattle. Shootings are common there.

Deputies Arrest Man After Carjacking Leads to Chase and Multiple Crashes. Carjackings are popular in many big cities across the country these days, and our area is no exception. Often they are perpetrated by gangs of teenagers. It is a fact that many of those gangs are black teenagers.

1 Million Dollar Bail Set for 4th Suspect in Violent Mountlake Terrace Home Invasion. In our area, many of these home invasion robberies are carried out by Asian gangs, who are almost as prolific as the black gangs. This gang seems to have been black, like the carjacking and mall-shooting group. It is also telling that, in none of the above crimes, was the race of the suspects mentioned in the articles about them. That’s normal for an area run by and reported on by Leftist media and government, who believe that blacks are oppressed groups and deserve special consideration and lighter sentences. In King County around Seattle, judges routinely let off violent offenders with light sentences and low bail, so they can offend again.

New body cam video shows Seattle police arrest armed man on scooter in South Lake Union. The South Lake Union neighborhood has been gentrifying, and is the home of Amazon.

Man who attempted to rob credit union in Tumwater with blowtorch sentenced to prison. Tumwater is a suburb adjacent to the state capitol in Olympia, which has its own share of violent crime.

Earlier, I mentioned that Seattle crime was moving rapidly north. This will be assisted by the opening later this year of the Sound Transit Link Light Rail (that few will ride) to Lynnwood. So far, that light rail has become an efficient conduit for homelessness and crime, with fare-jumpers common, and drug users riding the trains, overdosing in the cars and stations, and shootings and stabbings increasing. It’s not a rare headline, that mentions a light rail station being closed for an investigation of some kind of crime. We citizens are paying huge taxes on our homes and cars, to pay for this boondoggle that few are riding, and many are using as mobile drug dens.

Once again, welcome to the Seattle Dystopian War Zone.