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The assassins in mass shootings are different in every case. Since I was familiar with the "bad area" the shooting in Seattle took place, I figured the shooters were violent people who should be behind bars where they can't shoot anyone. Not someone "mentally ill" or "homeless" even though the area shows depravity on a huge scale on most days.
I was 1000% right.
Previously convicted violent felons with multiple arrests shot all them people in Seattle. People who should have been locked up.
The right wing blowhard media scumbags are having a field day here in Seattle. They are partially right though. Violent criminals need to be locked up until they are rehabilitated. If they repeat offend, they need to be removed from society. Sorry. It is not a cop issue, it is a jail issue. If you join a gang, any gang "you will spend your entire life behind bars if you do crimes" should be the message.
https://mynorthwest.com/1682456/dori-downtown-seattle-shooting/
Dori Monson is a RWNJ but when it comes to babying gangstas he is right. It is not "socialism" or "liberals" that is the problem though Dori. It is basically lack of socialism is one crass way to put it. Giving Boeing 10 billion in aid but not taking care of the problems THAT CREATE GANGS, or taking care of drug users with treatment, or helping the mentally ill PROPERLY is insane.
Career criminals need to be somewhere they can't hurt anyone until they have been rehabilitated. If they don't help themselves, they need to be somewhere they can't hurt others.
Maybe if the gangstas went to Davos and opened fire things would be different. Oh wait. They can't even get close to Davos. The filthy rich have security. We don't. We have to live with the result of their pillaging.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Anything particular you are wondering about?
jmg257
(11,996 posts)ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)pnwmom
(108,988 posts)Dori Monson is a libertarian who can't stand the Democratic leadership in Seattle.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Dori is a jerk.
All sides.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)"In 2018 80.88 percent of homicide victims had previous criminal records....additionally, 92.14% of homicide offenders had prior criminal records.
As a related side note, 84.07% of criminal homicide injury was by gun shot wound.
http://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018AnnualReport-05July19.pdf
Chicago police have long advocated for adjustments in the sentencing of perpetrators, as they can identify potential offenders (and victims) fairly easily.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Poisoning our air and water.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Always wanted to go.
I was gobsmacked by all the homeless encampments right in the streets.
On one day, I was walking back from the ferry and ended up near a huge group of people, obviously on drugs and/ homeless screaming and threatening one another.
The cops were pulling up as I beat a hasty retreat. A nice city, but theres a real problem there.