Good Lord, we are back to "Understanding the root causes of crime" that was the rage 60 years ago. Can't they ever put that to rest?
Mr. Mayor, please pay close attention...
Posted on 10/03/2025 2:47:49 PM PDT by lowbridge
During Thursday night’s mayoral debate, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said he wouldn’t jail aneight-time convicted offender and would rather learn about that person’s life story.
Faced with a shockingly high number of prolific offenders severely harming the city of Seattle’s quality of life, Harrell’s comment was one of the most jaw-dropping, tone-deaf moments I’ve ever seen from a sitting mayor—and that bar is already subterranean in this city.
Harrell delivered the kind of response that makes you wonder if he even lives in the same city the rest of us do.
No jail time for eight-time repeat criminal
The moderator asked Harrell a fairly simple question: “If somebody has offended six, seven, eight times, even if it’s a minor offense, but they continue to fail to turn their life around, at what point do you balance public safety to giving this person some accountability?”
Harrell gave a stunning response. Instead of addressing accountability for an eight-time offender, Harrell waxed poetic about learning their “life story.” He openly declared, “I have no desire to put them in jail”
“When this person is committing six or seven crimes, I don’t know his or her story. Maybe they were abused as a child. Maybe they’re hungry. But my my remedy is to find their life story to see how we can help. First, I have no desire to put them in jail, but I need to protect you, and that’s the calibration that we have,” he explained. “I put police officers on the stand. I’ve cross examined them. So whether they commit seven or eight crimes, to me, is not the issue. The issue is, why are they committing these crimes? And so we have a health based strategy.”
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[Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell]
Here’s a shock 😧😲....
He’s a DEMOCRAT!!
No Comment! My undiluted reactions would drop me into the Penalty Box for the rest of the year.
Not right in the head
“”He’s a DEMOCRAT!!””
Also an idiot and a social-worker wannabe.
What were the 8 offences?
My opinion, the most caring thing to do to murderers and first degree rapists and chi-mos, is a quick and painless death. For criminals like this guy, a long stretch in the pokey.
THIS is why democraps SUCK!
Shot while trying to escape.
I guarantee if a white police officer or ex military person commits even one crime this same idiot mayor would want to lock them up and throw away the key and he wouldn’t care less about any “life story”. Wokeness is a mental disease that causes severe retardation.
Yes!
I think that this moron should put this lifetime criminal up at his residence and show him some love. YOU CANNOT FIX STUPID!
FRUIT LOOPS ANSWER
Harrell can easily interview this repeat criminal in jail. That way, he can protect the public and plan on how to reform this guy.
News stories in the Seattle Slimes do not have the ability to answer them, they removed the DISQUS reply ability, they ask questions but you can’t reply.
Mayor. Let him stay at your house, so you have plenty of time to hear his story.
Good Lord, we are back to "Understanding the root causes of crime" that was the rage 60 years ago. Can't they ever put that to rest?
Mr. Mayor, please pay close attention...
Bleeding heart liberals are the downfall of King County (Seattle). The counties of King, Pierce and Snohomish are ALWAYS demoncRATS and because of the density of the population, rule the politics of the state even when they cheat big time. Sad but true.
How do these aholes run on a platform of “I’m going to break the law”?
So, if a 10-time felony offender raped and killed one of this judge’s family members and the different judge handling the case agrees none or little jail time, would the idiot judge agree?
I meant Mayor.
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