Another Dispatch from Seattle

Here's what's going on in Seattle this week. First, the story of the CID Stabber. CID is the abbreviation for Chinatown-International District of Central Seattle, which has Asian restaurants, grocery stores, and housing for Asian seniors. The last few years since 2020 have brought all sorts of different people and activities to the normally quiet …

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Report from the Seattle-area War Zone, September 2024

As has been usual for years, crime is becoming more common all over the Seattle area. The police departments of Seattle and other local cities are under-staffed, for multiple reasons including the "Defund the Police" movement that took hold in 2020, the hostility of the City Council to law enforcement in general, and King County …

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