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Seattle Strikes Down Drug And Prostitution Loitering Laws, Citing Racial Origins
The Daily Caller ^ | 6/24/2020 | JAKE DIMA

Posted on 06/26/2020 5:29:06 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The Seattle City Council unanimously voted Monday to ditch an ordinance allowing police officers to arrest loiterers if they’re suspected of drug dealing or prostitution, citing its racial origins.

The rejection of the loitering bill, which reportedly affected black communities at a higher rate, has moved to Democratic Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s desk for final approval before the law is no more. The law has been used to arrest about 300 suspected criminals since 2009, according to The Seattle Times.

“These laws were never appropriate, they were wrong when they were enacted and they are wrong now,” said Councilman Andrew Lewis, the lead sponsor, according to The Seattle Times.

“I have long questioned the use of loitering crimes as a law enforcement tool, and am grateful that the 2018 Reentry Workgroup helped shine a light on their racist origins,” City Attorney Pete Holmes said in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; crime; democrats; drugs; durkan; jennydurkan; liberals; loitering; loiteringbill; lowexpectations; prostitution; race; racism; seattle; softbigotry
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Could there be a more flagrant ethnic slur than rescinding laws against prostitution and drug dealing on racial/ethnic grounds? What's next, striking down laws against public drunkenness and disorderly conduct to accommodate the Irish?
1 posted on 06/26/2020 5:29:06 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

This action should improve the city’s quality of life.


2 posted on 06/26/2020 5:30:14 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Beave Meister
Could there be a more flagrant ethnic slur than rescinding laws against prostitution and drug dealing on racial/ethnic grounds?


3 posted on 06/26/2020 5:30:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh


4 posted on 06/26/2020 5:32:32 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: jeffersondem

If I was a LEO in any form there or on the state, I’d risk poverty to move out.


5 posted on 06/26/2020 5:32:35 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: Beave Meister

Another re-write of history. Laws against sins of sex, drunkeness, etc orginated with religious groups. There was zero influence of race (one way or the other) in these laws.


6 posted on 06/26/2020 5:33:35 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: Beave Meister

Then they should open the prison doors and let all of them out that were convicted of those crimes. What could go wrong?


7 posted on 06/26/2020 5:34:12 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: Beave Meister

These people have no self awareness. That is more racist than the killing of Rayshard Brooks will ever be.


8 posted on 06/26/2020 5:34:33 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: dfwgator

Just let the Left Coast secede. Then we can declare war and take it back without all the maggots.


9 posted on 06/26/2020 5:35:18 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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To: Beave Meister

anyone ever ask them to cite proof? what races exactly were targeted? wheres the actual, hard evidence?


10 posted on 06/26/2020 5:35:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: spintreebob

theyve already wiped out religion, its not even in their history

these people are really going to have interesting conversations with God when discussing their lives


11 posted on 06/26/2020 5:37:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Beave Meister

How about striking down tax laws. It seems people are forced to pay for literally nothing.


12 posted on 06/26/2020 5:39:21 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Beave Meister

Yuck. Chaos and lawlessness.


13 posted on 06/26/2020 5:39:59 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Beave Meister

Racial origins? Because only blacks have ever been drug dealers or prostitutes?


14 posted on 06/26/2020 5:40:20 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Beave Meister

What could possibly go wrong?


15 posted on 06/26/2020 5:42:35 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: jeffersondem

This action should improve the city’s quality of life.”

Seattle has been busy destroying itself for many years now. With the homeless everywhere no one wants to stay after work to shop or meet friends for dinner. Now we have new crazy laws and we have lawless rioters.

Shops and restaurants will not survive the Seattle downtown culture.


16 posted on 06/26/2020 5:44:10 PM PDT by angry elephant (My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
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To: Beave Meister

I wonder if white prostitutes will be exempt as well. Given the Maoists in Slum Seattle, it wouldn’t surprise me if they didn’t. I expect that more people will complain about hookers and druggies hanging around the streets.


17 posted on 06/26/2020 5:45:13 PM PDT by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: Beave Meister

The World’s Oldest Profession certainly pre-dates 1619, so I don’t get the connection!
/s :-)


18 posted on 06/26/2020 5:45:43 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: Beave Meister

Seattle is soooooooo dead.

Let’s get some videographers out there to document what happens when the left has total rule.

Hopefully, we can disinfect the place once all have died/deserted, then rebuild it modeled on a modern society. (Note: Liberal is NOT modern, Marx and other addle headed dorks have tried. Not one has succeeded.)


19 posted on 06/26/2020 5:47:13 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Viking2002
Just let the Left Coast secede. Then we can declare war and take it back without all the maggots.


I am from the south and will be happy to provide them instructions on just how it is done and the benefits of secession.
20 posted on 06/26/2020 5:48:17 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
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