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- Pike/Pine brawl: Police made one arrest after being called to a massive brawl at the 76 service station early Sunday after reported gunfire amid overnight Pike/Pine crowds:
At 0500 hours uniformed officers responded to a large fight disturbance in the parking lot next to a gas station (Broadway Av./E. Pike St.) There was a large group of people there that broke up as patrol vehicles were arriving in the area. Call update was that there was also a gunshot heard, and a male subject was now laying on the ground. officers located the down subject and determined that he was not shot. He did however have several scrapes/bruises and bloody nose/lip. The subject advised that he was assaulted by two subjects who stole his GLOCK 9mm, registered to him. During the altercation a round was fired but no one was struck. This now became a robbery investigation. Officers located a subject in Cal Anderson Park matching the suspect description. Subject was detained and identified.
Police says the suspect was in possession of two loaded firearms, including the victim’s 9mm handgun taken in the robbery. The suspect’s firearm appeared to have been modified to a fully automatic action with an extended magazine, police say. The suspect was treated for injuries then booked into jail. - Powell Barnett camp sweep: Police assisted in the clearance of a new asylum-seeker camp that formed in the Central District’s Powell Barnett Park. SPD says the clearance took place without incident Wednesday around 7 AM in the MLK Way park. The camp group was related to the asylum seekers cleared from the park earlier this year in an ongoing issue around funding for shelter for the refugee groups from areas like Congo, Angola, and Venezuela. The asylum seekers have been living in a series of temporary camps and county and donor-supported motel rooms while the campers go through the long process of immigration and trying to establish legal status in the country.
- Cal Anderson stabbing: A victim in a Cal Anderson Park robbery early Wednesday morning was stabbed in the face, SPD says. Police were called to a tent in the park around 2 AM to a report of two suspects trying to take the victim’s belongings. The victim was reportedly stabbed during a fight to hold onto their possessions. Arriving officers were able to provide aid to the victim and recover the property. Seattle Fire transported the victim to Harborview in stable condition.
- Central District Walgreens ATM crash burglary: Police recovered a stolen truck after thieves rammed the storefront of the 23rd and Jackson Walgreens early Tuesday morning and tried to rip out an ATM from inside the business. SPD was called to the drugstore just before 4 AM to reports of a white pickup truck that had sped away after ramming into the storefront and returning to try to pull out the cash machine with tow straps. Police found the vehicle abandoned about three blocks away. A K9 track of the area was completed but no suspects were immediately located. SPD has not said if thieves made off with any cash.
19th Ave E tailgate theft: The victim in a strange Capitol Hill auto ripoff that apparently isn’t that unusual reached out to CHS about his loss. The CHS reader reports his pick-up tailgate was ripped off from his truck while parked Wednesday along 19th Ave E. Apparently, tailgate theft is a growing problem with the part easy to steal and fetching hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars. You can try to stop thieves with locks or by etching your vehicle information into the metal. If you happen to see Scott’s tailgate, holler.- New info in Sunday Broadway robbery shooting: SPD has released new information about the incident Sunday at the Broadway Walgreens that ended with a robbery suspect fleeing on a scooter after being shot in the hand. Police say the suspect attempted to steal cash from a shopper inside the store who reportedly shot the suspect in the hand. Police say all parties fled the scene.
- More Broadway gunfire: Police investigated Broadway gunfire early Saturday in an incident stemming from a argument on the street:
At 0032 hours, call received by a resident reporting he had been shot at. The suspect fled westbound on a Lime scooter. Officers arrived and located one .40 FCC. The victim reported that the suspect bumped into him on the sidewalk. The victim used some choice words to tell the suspect to watch where he was going. The suspect fired one round towards the victim then fled southbound into a telephone pole then westbound on E Thomas St.
Police say no victims were located and no property appeared to have been damaged. There were no reported arrests.
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The 2nd amendment seeks to enable the formation of well regulated militias as per how its literally written. We need to ban the consumer sale of firearms to any unpermitted militia member. I understand this “sounds crazy” but that’s only because we’re all brainwashed by patriarchal fantasy that has manifested as political reality. Google the second amendment and read it. Don’t be brainwashed. Ban the consumer sale of guns so that one day in the next 30 years these instances of gun violence will be dramatically reduced. There is no need for people to possess guns in a peaceful society. We need to choose this. Currently we are not, we are choosing chaos and death and patriarchal fantasy.
This is a particularly childish reading of the second amendment. The whole purpose of the militia is to protect against a tyrannical government. You think that same government is supposed to be regulating the militia and “permitting” its members? That’s absurd. It’s a massive conflict of interest and is not the meaning of the document.
BTW, for those concerned about gun violence; We already know what works. Lengthy incarceration, consistently applied. Stop and frisk if you really want results, though that has constitutional issues of its own when done badly.
We’ve been here before, as a society, in the early 90s. We got out of it. Then, progressive activists decided to forget the solutions. Why? Well, they’re just not that bright.
>childish reading of the second amendment
It’s not childish at all. It’s a common and compelling one. A well-ordered militia is a different thing from unfettered individual ownership of weapons of war. And while we’re at it, do you really think a dozen, or even a thousand, rednecks with AR-15s are a deterrent to the military resources of the U.S. federal government? The idea that these fools do anything but intimidate other citizens with their 2nd amendment spoils is the childish one.
>BTW, for those concerned about gun violence; We already know what works
Oh? Is that why the US consistently has far, far more and worse gun violence than anywhere else, despite imprisoning at historic rates? This is a fantasy. Look to nations with high gun ownership and low violence and see what they do differently. It isn’t more incarceration.
Could’ve added in some more tropes, and left leaning talking points I think. Really shows your capacity to think freely.
Unfortunately, I don’t see this approach succeeding without skirmishes with a subset of gun owners, which would likely increase violence. I’m supportive of your interpretation, but I think there’s broad support for many types of regulation, but not all-out consumer bans on most firearms.
I think what will have a bigger impact will be holding gun manufacturers and gun owners accountable for what happens with their guns. Most guns used in crimes are stolen, often from owners with lax control of their weapons. Holding parents of school shootings accountable is a start, but we need to start holding the entire pipeline of access to guns to account in the courtroom to make meaningful changes in the US.
We need that 76 closed up with an executive order yesterday and build housing there with more shops.
Remove places where bad people can linger. Asap.
The owner has been on record as having asked the city and SPD to do more about the bar close crowds that create problems and can even block access to their business. I’m by no means pro car, and would love to see this spot be more than a gas station, but scapegoating this minority owned business is a bit odd and unnecessary.
Dogwhistle ^^^ don’t fall for it, sounds a Brandi Kruse minion comment