| I currently live in pioneer square, close to one of the homeless shelters. Here are some of the things I have seen in the last 1.5 years: 1. People openly shitting on the sidewalk. 2. Ambulances carrying away a junkie that overdosed and
died in a doorwell 3. Having to push a sleeping person out of the way of the doorwell just to leave my apartment 4. random screaming, for hours almost every night 5. my girlfriend gets constantly harrassed 6. I puked in the alley our moving truck was in while moving in because there was so much human feces. 7. A naked person crabwalking down a hill 8. someone ripped a metal garbage can off of its stand,
grabbed a vodka bottle that was inside it and threw it at a passing car, breaking their window 9. mass vandalism and theft of rental bicycles. 10. someone throwing those rental bicycles into the street 11. one homeless person attempted to steal a backpack from another homeless person having a panic attack or overdose WHILE A COP WAS HELPING THEM. 12. bike theft in broad daylight on 1st avenue 13. drug deals and needles. I have a picture of an
abandoned backpack with dozens of needles sprawled around it 14. someone got shot at the 7/11 at night 15. a month later, there was broken glass from a bullet hole at the cherry street cafe. 16. someone using their gun as a pillow 17. tent camping, where i have to walk into the street to get around them. 18. people wandering around in the streets aimlessly, almost getting hit by cars. 19. ive been harrased in restaurants by homeless people that come in and want my food. 20. shopping carts full of trash, parked on the sidewalk every day. Seattle decriminilizing drugs is one thing. But decriminilizing these kinds of petty crimes has turned pioneer square into something shameful and dangerous. In my opinion, the city should not decriminilize drugs until AFTER the facilities (rehab and involuntary mental health institutions) are in place. The non-drug related crimes should not be tolerated either way, and what Dan Satterberg prosecutes/charges with regards to repeat offenders is criminal in itself. His personal agenda is putting the public at risk and he should resign immediately. |