Seattle Jail The Shoplifters Now

[DanieRains]

It's not rocket surgery.

Ya goona wait till all stores downtown close?

[maxsolomon]

1. You should provide a little more context for your hot take.

I know what you're talking about, but DU probably doesn't.

[DanieRains]

8. Watch This

https://www.king5.com/article/news/seattle-police-make-arrests-in-organized-shoplifting-ring-at-downtown-target/281-912bde20-e4e4-4f8d-9fda-527cd526b8f5

[maxsolomon]

11. Read this:

https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Police/Programs/TrespassAdmonishment.pdf

[madville]

2. I was last there in 2019

I remember joking that CVS had a better security checkpoint than TSA at the airport.

It won’t do any good if the DA/Prosecutors refuse to charge them and release them.

[maxsolomon]

12. You were at the 3rd & Pike CVS

That corner is a notorious open-air drug market called "The Blade". Folks are in bad shape there.

[uppityperson]

3. Do you mean these?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/108220338

[DanieRains]

5. Yes It Was A Target One Had A Warrant And Was Taken To Jail

The others got trespassing tickets for shoplifting and released.

This is insane.

[Jersey Devil]

4. I once prosecuted a shoplifter who had a fish in his undershorts

A flounder to be more precise. No kidding.

But to be serious, I also saw several incidents (in northern NJ) where a group entered a store, grabbed as much as they could as fast as they could and then ran like hell, so this isn't anything new.

[DanieRains]

6. But It Happens 100 Times A Day In Seattle Fueling The Drug Trade Here

According to the news.

[Renew Deal]

7. The Door Buzzard approves

[uppityperson]

10. Is the door buzzard still alive?

[DanieRains]

9. I Am 100% Fair The Sackler Drug Dealing Family Can Go To The Same Jail As The Shoplifters

Except they will serve life.

And we need to claw back the $11 billion they pulled out of Perdue before "it" claimed bankruptcy.