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 theyre 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 Durkans 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.
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Bravo!
Indeed. What our this idiot city council is saying, is that vagrants, drug-dealers and prostitutes are mostly black and brown - AND thats its an inseparable part of their character and culture.
And ironically these laws were promulgated by "Progressives" from the late 19th and early 20th century !
Well, that’s mighty white of Seattle. And racist.
How can any rational person still want to live in that nutty and dangerous city?
Racial “origins” in effect, not intent. Racial in the modern usage of the word because Negros are the most involved in the street level drug trade and in street prostitution. We need to repeal all the laws against murder, too, because they are applied unevenly by race . Murders also happen to be unevenly applied by race but that is a fact we are not allowed to consider.
I’m in Alabama and would be quite pleased to play whatever role I’m tasked with to help with the ‘re-annexation’.
The best way to keep black folks out of jail is make everything legal. That should cover their problem areas.
Or the family dinner table where Sonny talks about the N...s up in Harlem.
It’s clear the Seattle City Council thinks black women are prostitutes and black folks deal drugs. I’m not sure where those ideas come from, maybe profiling???
“What our this idiot city council is saying, is that vagrants, drug-dealers and prostitutes are mostly black and brown - AND thats it’s an inseparable part of their character and culture.”
Therefore, we can’t make these actions criminal. That would be racist!
I think there was a significant racial element to the anti-slavery laws. Almost all the people freed by the 13th Amendment were black. How can such a law stand?
“Seattle Strikes Down Drug And Prostitution Loitering Laws, Citing Racial Origins”
cool! they’re gonna turn seattle into a real-life “Pottersville”!
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?
Thank you and well said.....
Youll have a substantial fifth column helping you.
I believe MOST laws are biased based on the sex of the perpetrator. With some 90%+ of all incarcerations being of men, its incontestable there is an inherent structural bias.
Well, I certainly hope so. (hic)
Seattle will soon resemble the society in a Mad Max movie
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