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In Brief PNWcurrents. When police closed in on his location, he barricaded himself in a park maintenance building and drowned himself in a vat of chemicals. According to an analysis I conducted in , the vast majority of misdemeanor crimes that occur in Seattle — car prowls, shoplifts, random assaults, harassment, property destruction and criminal trespasses — are committed by people who, like Berge, are experiencing drug addiction, homelessness and mental illness.
The criminal and erratic behavior of the familiar faces surely helps explain the increasing citywide concern over public safety and homelessness. Many, particularly on the Seattle City Council, have conflated the repeat offenders with the wider homelessness crisis, leading to policy paralysis. The result is that the criminal justice system has almost no rehabilitative or deterrent effect on familiar faces.
To the public, the city seems helpless and hapless in the face of this deteriorating behavioral crisis. A more productive response to this thorny problem is daily coordination by criminal justice partners around the familiar faces population. First, there should be a plan for how to change the behavior of every high utilizer, whether that be substance use disorder treatment or a stay-out-of-drug-area order, and that should be paired with meaningful supports for improved behavior, like shelter and housing.
Second, each department should be committed to that plan, and each should share information. If Johnny is supposed to be in a treatment program and he walks away, that program needs to immediately notify the court, prosecutors and officers. And, finally, punishments need not be harsh, but they should be swift and certain.
Repeat offenders must know that the criminal justice system will hold them accountable for serious offenses tomorrow, not 18 months from now. In August, voters finally decided to hold Holmes accountable for his listless leadership in this growing behavioral crisis. That should have created an opportunity for a thoughtful policy debate about how to reform the criminal justice system to improve public safety and get better outcomes for the familiar faces.
Still, her tweets, as well as her abolitionist platform, have helped convinced some prominent Democrats, including former Govs.
Kimi Kondo, who served 28 years as a Seattle Municipal Court judge before retiring in , was among the judicial endorsers. Thomas-Kennedy admits some of her past statements were over the top. Davison, 53, has practiced law for about 15 years but handled only a handful of civil cases in court while advising clients and working as an arbitrator.
Her split came after a failed bid for the Seattle City Council, in which she ran against incumbent Debora Juarez, emphasizing removal of homeless encampments from public spaces such as parks, and suggesting city build emergency shelters in warehouses to house up to 2, people each. Two months later, Davison declared she was leaving the Democratic Party and declaring herself a Republican to run for lieutenant governor.
She recorded a video posted by Straka on YouTube in June of That same month, Davison also promoted an online fundraiser featuring a conversation with Straka.
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