We get gaslighted by lies if people could do more due diligence and actually deal with people accused of things early on that would be great but their get protected they get second chances
But.... what's with the lack of empathy? The people want the Cops to break down on the homeless, but they're only homeless and broke because of the lack of social programs. Why is this program so weird to me as a Swede? It basically thinks that "locking people up" will solve the problems, but it's not like that in real life. All of homelessness, addiction and criminality is basically a result of the systems in place in the city. No help for homelessness causes more homelessness. No economical aid for people struggling = more homelessness etc. etc. Why is this program pretending like it's the problem of the justice system?
@Lynn Adamson We get this of course, but the American......... they've completely gone bonkers, believing that poor people are in that situation by themselves.
@@Ree1981 How does Seattle handle the problem? Handing out needles. You are right, there are no programs to help the homeless in Seattle. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped. If you want to help the homeless man in Seattle first give him a fishing pole and a free fishing license. That's a start. I don't think the people in Seattle who are paying enormous tax on their highly inflated property, and paying on every purchase for someone to "earn" $15 an hour while possessing no "skills", can bear the added expense of programs on top of the huge incentives given to affiliates of the politicians in power (political favors).
@@mikestroud9969 22 years clean of heroin and 16 nearly 17 years sober too. I’m very happy with that achievement aren’t you proud of that too because even with the help of Jesus Christ you did most of the work my friend prayer helped me to get through it too because people prayed for me to survive and then they prayed for me to get better from my addiction and other things
No, all consumers of meat are addicted to the Endo-opiates in the dairy ,egg, carcass, all consumers are addicted to endo opiates addicted . The tree of knowledge of Good and Evil all of us creatures and animals and peoples, do not eat of it, do not trespass. Rather, be a living son of light, following the Living God of gods, instead of the murderer from the beginning, the Dead god😊
@@troutfitter547 they won’t. And that BS is spreading - just look at Chicago a couple of weeks ago. The only thing that the overcorrection regarding police brutality has accomplished is to make every crime a possible death sentence. If law enforcement isn’t allowed to do their job, citizens will and they aren’t required to use any escalation of force. In my state, a person is justified in using or threatening to use deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony. Great bodily harm is defined as any harm more severe than minor or slight harm and could include wounds that bleed profusely or require stitches, broken bones, and injuries requiring surgery. For example, bruises generally won’t fall under this but shove someone down causing them to hit their head or chase someone with an axe or knife or box cutter would likely meet the elements. A forcible felony includes treason; murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invasion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravated battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual. All that progressive policing has accomplished is to force people to defend themselves and they will do that with lethal force.
It’s going to get a whole lot worse. A very small portion of those under 30 will ever own a home just because of ownership consolidation and low wages alone. Add the looming deterioration of the petrodollar and AI replacement of unskilled and clerical labor… the future in America is gonna be wild.
Exactly. And they wonder why we have a homeless problem even when 20 minutes north of Seattle in Everett they want over $1,000 for a one bedroom or higher. Even Marysville.That’s a average and I think I’m being generous. Cost of living skyrocketed but wages haven’t. Some California cities solved their problems with rent control.
Luv2Dnce4 I was born and raised in Everett and yes, you’re right. Downtown Everett is pretty ugly. The most ugly part. Broadway is filled with homeless people on every street corner and half the city is just car sales lots. The entire city is propped up by Boeing and the Navy. I’d hate to see what happens to it if Boeing ever closes down the plant and the Navy moved elsewhere. I don’t think Everett proper would survive. You should see it right now, useless construction on Broadway right now that’s been going on for months and a few burned out buildings that’ve been “remodeling” for close to a year. It’s a shame that Marysville is becoming just as bad as Everett and I can only assume Stanwood will follow the same route.
Luv2Dnce4 Also, everyone complains about junkies but I hardly ever see people talk about all the alcoholics. Every gas station in down town Everett you have homeless people waiting at 6AM waiting just for the stores to open the freezers for the alcohol. I don’t know why anyone ever brings this up, as it’s also part of the problem but I’m not saying I have the solution to it either. Go to the Jacksons on Pacific Avenue near the freeway exit and I guarantee every morning you’ll find a homeless person there waiting to buy their alcohol.
Meanwhile, in Spokane, my stepson, only 3 months out of prison relapsed on meth two times. He entered a house, stole only their phones and left. When the police found him, he begged them to shoot him. He was given 16 years in prison. The contrast is insane. He had no violent crimes and had never been to treatment. Just prison over and over again. Sad.
animals has a better live ............................ they treat people like shit and don't help those poor people they walk by and do nothing. The fact that people accept this from a government... is the fact that they are far away from humanity. Christianity does not want this. The fact that people have disappeared from Christianity..... means that dirty money determines everything. People with money should donate some.
Think this is bad?? Harris' running mate MN Gov. Tim Walz let 180 buildings get looted and burned, along with 1500 other buildings get damaged by BLM/criminals/anarchists in Minneapolis in May 2020!!
@@shmodzilla government compassion, yeah right, as if that were even possible. Governments operate by laws, rules, regulations none of which can anticipate anyone's unique situation.
@@svnorthstar5058 the only ones receiving compassion here in NY are felons and people not paying taxes. A girl we know worked two friggin weeks last year and just got an eight thousand dollar refund, has kids but zero custody. Totally user of this system.
@Tee Zee What bro? Did you not see the case that just happened with girl and the Uber driver? What are you talking about "black guy"! "ANYONE" is capable rape don't categorize something that anyone has the ability to do. That is highly dangerous and illogical.
Those unfortunates sunk into the gutter from bad choices they made. Whether those choices involved drugs or alcohol or got depressed and gave up... they need to go to work and pull their own weight. Locking people up and feeding them is punishing the tax payer. Criminals need discipline and punishment not time out with a nice bed and meals delivered to them. If they prove themselves non rebabitable, end their suffering and the taxpayers at the same time by humane methods. They have had too many opportunities to change their ways at the expense of other good people.
@@ladyjayne77I'm a conservative/republican and believe in hard work and have done so for over 40 years but I would never kick a dog while it's down, most of these people have fallen into a deep hole that is very hard to climb out of, you don't know how they came to this point, it could be many tragic reasons, yes there are some who are just plain idiots but most have a sad history and just basically as you say gave up hope, giving up hope is a pretty sad feeling ..just saying edit... I would never kick a dog full stop by the way, but you know what I mean, and I really think firstly the dealers need putting away for 20 years and the homeless helped in these establishments ..93% who were helped stayed on the program, 93% is an amazing result and I respect their work
@@derek-press I'm what people would consider conservative too and I completely agree. These are our fellow human beings, and we can all get sucked down this hole, I've been there myself so I understand.
i'm a retired psychiatric nurse and once upon a time we used to be able to put the mentally ill in hospitals and supervise their medication , That was deemed unconstitutional and agaist their several rights. yet it doesn't seem to be agaist our rights to be exposed to the Travis's of this world
I live in Kentucky and we have a Casey law which when it was passed it allowed family or friends to come in and go to a judge and pretty much tell them and when I say show evidence I mean have one or two other people that can validate that somebody is not able to make a decision for themselves because they're so bad on drugs or mental illness and their rights are temporarily taken from them to the point of sending them to psychiatric hospital to be evaluated and then sometimes to rehab after that or just multiple things but pretty much like you said sometimes people don't know what's good for them hell sometimes we do the opposite of what is good for us and we know we're doing it so that's even worse
I'm a felon and I say that just because people would think I would be biased toward the people on the street. they are not going to help themselves unless they want to or they are put in jail and locked up long enough to realize this is not a life I want. The medication helps keep off the physical dependency so that the counselor and the patient can now spend time and resources dealing with the mental part of it which once you get down to it is the you just contributing factor to them staying in a desperate and pathetic situation. and hell they probably look at it as free board and food for the night when they get arrested and get out the next morning. And you hit the nail on the head Travis doesn't have the right nor do you or your city deserve to have someone prey upon and threaten you all and then be so confident that nothing's going to happen that he says he enjoys his life and enjoys doing the pain he's doing to y'all. That is the textbook definition of insanity doing something over and over again but expecting different results.
Well, you and your kind Helped create most of these problems by giving everything a name and by giving everything medication. I got a neighbor of mine A kid mind you who plays video games eight hours a day that’s all he does and because He chooses to play video games all day, He started having electronic Induced seizures And the doctor thought it was a good idea to put him on medication instead of telling him to stop playing video games. He should be fucking jailed
@@johnwallace1729 i get it. But im trying to tip toe around the snowflakes in seattle. I want them to actually absorb some facts with out shutting it out cause they're offended because someone didnt use the right imaginary word to describe a made up gender.
No, they figured out that enabling them will get them votes, and they can pocket more and more cash that is supposed to be helping these people. Just like all socialist politicians.
Thats why People in the world dont take Americans serious: the only way to solve social problems is for them sending out out the police and lock pople up or not. Its a lack of education. Because the educational system was destroyed by the right-wingers.
I'm french , and I came from Paris to visit Seattle for the 5 times ... and I was shocked by this problem ... My sister can't smoke cigarette in the city with a lot of advertisement on the front of building every where and we agree that with ... but in same time we seen some people take a shoot of heroin on pavement during afternoon , with a police car at few meters from them .. On the front of McDonald's on Pine street , this is a not a "food store" anymore , but a "drug store" , drug dealers sold their products without any problems , no incident for them... As European , I love to travel in US , I worked and visit US so many times , Chicago , San Francisco , Las Vegas , New York , Seattle ... but I think it's my last travel in Seattle ... can't come with kids to be unsecured and see this decline ... I hope the situation will be lead by responsible people.
The elected officials of Seattle and Washington continue to take their salaries, benefits, per diems, and live in gated homes while not taking care of their city and state.
By doing what as a city official? There's no simple solution. If anyone suggested the solutions they find in like Denmark they'd be called a socialist. So we can't help them before and can't help them after cuz that's socialism but if we arrest them we're essentially giving them a room in the jail which would be even more costly
I am born and raised the PNW. Seattle is about 20 minutes from me. Between the insane housing costs and the homeless, I don't know anyone who plans to live in Seattle. It's sad. I won't be bringing anymore of my friends to Seattle.
Have you noticed who is buying the real estate? Here in Dallas, parent companies are from Germany. Like really? People are selling their property and property management companies to other countries. Wtf?????
Its bias ..Seattle has a big housing problem not a criminal problem however homelessness can cause these people to commit crimes ie:shitting in the bushes and just being in plain sight...Why is there a housing crisis all over Nth America and here in Toronto as well where i live...These locals voted there Government in obviously they voted for the wrong people...Period !!
People mocked this documentary at the time of it's release. "No!! Seattle isn't dying!! It's thriving." Four years later and it's worse than ever. I used to love Seattle. We don't go there anymore and haven't for years. This *is* a long, slow and painful death. It's heartbreaking and shameful.
Three simple steps to get rid of these problems: 1. STOP funding these homeless people, get rid of any sense of funds for it entirely. 2. Get rid of these soft on crime DA's. 3. Get rid of these communists policies
Follower, Seattle was the first to ban straws. Try doing some research next time.www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-becomes-first-u-s-city-to-ban-plastic-utensils-and-straws/
The community ought come together without government money, buy acres of land, fence it then have each homeless person fill out a form and they move in the camp site.
Or community building, turn it in a mental ward.change laws leaning toward, adults not able to take care supporting, bathing for themselves, making forcing them to be committed to the ward of state.
Get weapons take out the people who can't be helped. If city won't take care of it the take them out. Clean they trash they had and plant some flowers. The body? Take it to the cemetery to incenerate all the bodies.
The homeless problem of Seattle & Portland is mostly Economic. While you do have drug addicted & mentally ill homeless, you also have a large number of employed, but working poor homeless. The working poor homeless used to live in vans & RVs until your policies had their vans & RVs towed away...
And to prove liberals are insane they keep voting in more liberals thinking a new liberal will be a good liberal but what they can’t figure out is it’s not their IQ its the philosophy
@@jharvey9898 It's the elected officials and their liberal constituents who ask not what they can do for their counttry, but what their country can do for them, people like you. Save the environment, get a job, stop taking drugs, do not buy from China, and stop racism, but quit being a progressive communist.
GoldenState Trump and his cronies are not the ones wanting the drug cartels coming in via Southern border towns. Are you lying under a rock Golden State? It is a disease called liberalism and globalization allowing migrants drug cartels and human traffickers to walk in because all the liberal Democrats made their money on the corrupt money from El Chapo and drug cartels. Did you hear that Trump wants a wall and Golden State are stopping it. They lie to you and blame Trump and dumb people swallow the garbage people like Pelosi Newsome Schiff Maxine Waters KamalaHarris live in mansions and don’t give a damn
@@charlesjohnson674 That's not a window; Charles; it's the mirror. It's liberals who always blame others and never solve anything themselves. If Republicans had their way, these people would be in mental hospitals, prisons, or the ground. I know it and you know it. So you may dispense with the posturing; you don't even believe it yourself.
They need to fire every politician involved in this mess and get people who aren't afraid to take steps to rectify this situation. This is beyond crazy.
Thank you for showing me that our cities, in Canada and the US, have similar problems and the solution is quite simple. Thoroughly enjoyed the documentary and would love to see more.
That would actually be a really good idea. Like offer Settle homeless people a nice clean tent and good food, etc to camp as close as possible to the Mayor's house. Then tell the Police. When the Mayor calls the Police, they can tell him that he stops him from doing that. If the Mayor's in a gated community, maybe homeless can just use an angle grinder to get in.
Government created this mess. More government action will only make things worse. The real answer is to shrink government and entitlements, thereby reducing the debt and restoring prosperity to the people. People won't be homeless if they can afford a house. They won't commit crimes if they can afford a decent life.
@@JordanCarterTrombone , people addicted to drugs will skip paying rent and mortgages to get more drugs. They also have a harder time keeping a job. It would be easier to lace all the drugs with lethal doses of fentanyl.
I'll explain: Step 1: convince the populace that voting for libtards is good Step 2: let the libtards take over the city Step 3: libtards take away the authority of cops Step 4: take over the justice system so the criminals are always let go Step 5: once the criminal knows both the police and justice system are toothless he is free to do what he wants Remember, it all began from step 1, once it's done, all the subsequent steps will follow automatically.
The cops are trying to reason with him like he is a child having a tantrum. They offered him a chocolate bar?! WTF? They have either zero power to do anything OR they have no idea how to deal with it. Either way is disastrous for all. The entire county is going to hell.
Seattle's dufus mayor can say, "It is wrong to conflate homelessness with a rise in crime". She can assure us of this because she doesn't live next to homeless people.
Same here in England ,we are being invaded,we have no law & yet we help Ukraine ?I hope they realise that their country will be made into a country of the third world because America & my country England isn’t helping them for nothing.
@@acbulgin2 And if you ended up on the streets, would you resort to stealing and other crimes jus to stay alive? I get the connection between homelessness and drugs and crime. Although I've not personally done drugs, I've hear it time and time again how people start as a means to escape the realities of the world. Seattle's mayor is in denial making that statement. But Seattle, San Fran and other major cities are fooling themselves to think that there is a single, simple solution to the problem.
@@Anon2150 states run by conservatives are the only livable places left, and its where people are migrating to. But I really love that you'll probably head the other way, to the hell that your belief system has created.
@@Anon2150 lol you enjoy being fleeced dont you? the crap you denounce is the very crap you enable with your democrat idiots not understanding that a standard has to be. But keep on enjoying your fleecing for nothing. As that council man smiled and laughed at legit issues...i now do the same to you.
Yup. Seattle has been run by degenerate communists for 40+ years...but somehow Trumps fault. Vote for idiots, but yet they have NO IDEA why Seattle is a shithole
@@kuberanproperties3069 Sadly, i fear that we have learnt nothing from the Trump era. I hope he gets reelected just to keep the spotlight on these things but sadly too many will back off cause of the recent issue and sadness of current events. Who knows, Trump aint the greatest but he was like a fire that caused the chaff to float to the top...even only we can scrap it off lol
The people of seattle and portland voted this in. They got what they voted for. what seems to be the problem--- if you don't like it change the way you vote-period
You are spot on, that’s why it’s said that liberalism is a mental disease. They keep doing the same things over and over and expect a different result.
Mr. Johnson, what you said about McNeil Island is what would work, if Federal, State, County, community etc all work together. I’ve been saying this for years. It takes people to collectively help the lost souls. This is a great documentary, thank you for your hard work.
The people of Seattle need to start cleaning their swamp. The mayor and council should be sent packing for starters. They are actually a big part of the problem and they have no solutions.
Quentin Schmierer, congratulations on your grasp of the obvious! Now we all know that you watched the same program we did. I think you repeated the main theme of the program. :)
They send their kids to private schools, live in gated neighborhoods, get benefits and pensions while the average MIDDLE class citizen has to live this way. VOTE THEM ALL OUT.
@Wendel Bolide Vote them out .But the problem with that is that people are stupid .They knew who they were voting for in the first place . Washington is a blue state , and unless this state wakes up we will be continuing down the same road that California is going. And the end result is a shithole state .!
@Monkey Savant they would need entire new populations. The whole coast is a wash. Every person there thinks this same exact way. Take these officials out, and they'll put the same damn thing back in.
Amazing that the city administrators in this video say "Call 911", and - TODAY - the same people are moving to defund the police. The real problem is that they will just vote for another Democrat, and the problems will continue. It's like someone telling you not to touch a wire because you'll get burned... then you touch the wire, and get burned... and you, and your family say "how did we allow this to happen?" You didn't "allow" this to happen. You INSISTED that it happen! Michigan's Governor, during the Covid nonsense, CHOSE to shut down the entire state, even though the statistical numbers were less than 1 in 15,000. She chose to shut down her entire State's economy for 3 months, including the rural areas that had almost ZERO cases of Covid-19. NOW, she is blaming the FEDERAL Government for not funding her budget shortfalls, as though money appears through "magic". She CHOSE to cut her hand off, and is now screaming "I've only got one hand!" This is how Democrats think! In truth, this is how they ACT, without actual thinking. And dullards just keep voting for them, over and over again. It's like drinking more poison, hoping the new poison will kill the old poison. You deserve what you get! You deserve EXACTLY the government you vote for!
This is what you get when you vote Democrat. People need to wake up and go back to traditional ways. Progressivism is cancer to society. Just view the data between red and blue states and big cities.
15:32, embedded-media manipulatiion of cops for sensationalist ratings. When a large squad of hi-tec policemen can't promptly and humanely restrain and detain one unarmed inadequate causing a public disturbance.
Human nature was an amateur term created to fill the void about the misunderstanding about humans. Genetics are predispositioned towards certain behaviors that adapt to what works within our environment. There are no predetermined genes, all genes can be manipulated and all behavior is learned through environmental adaptation. This means that human nature is adaptability and we are molded by our environment and when you put this train of thought together, everything starts to make sense. If you have an economic system based on scarcity, you have a recipe for competition. If you have a recipe for competition, you get war, labor exploitation, social imbalance, inequality, unsustainability, survival of the fittest, classism, power consolidation, owners of everything. We have to change the underlying precondition of our society using technology and science to a post-scarcity society. We are not running out of anything but the resources we are using and depleting that keep this current economy going yet we are destroying the Earth in the process. Resources are as abundant as the efficiency and renewability of the design itself. The mechanisms that tell us whether our economy is good or bad are the same mechanisms that reward behavior that goes with the grain of the Earth and it's preservation, with collaboration and care for each other and everything that keeps us thriving. Peter Joseph details all of this better than I ever can.
Simple way to fix the problem. The locals pool together and pay the drug addicts to live and camp outside the Mayor, the city council workers and Attorneys houses Watch it change overnight.
Seattle has 2 clinics to watch drug users shoot up so they don't over dose. So a usrrrs uses clinic once the does it back in the streets. These clinics just promote drug use and that's what the Democratic government wants.
THIS is the type of stuff WE THE PEOPLE NEED to be doing. I'm 100% serious, this is the only way we will stop this wave of insanity sweeping the nation. It's already infiltrated Colorado completely and it'll do so to the remaining conservative cities if it isn't stopped. It's like a damn virus that needs to be contained and stomped out.
The "root" cause is the breakup of the family and people crapping out kids that have no means/willingness/passion to raise/discipline and do the not so fun tough part of being good parents.
Cause they would rather see plastic straws,play the victim,keep telling us s ou cialism works,political correctness,identity politics, then take any responsibility and try to fix the problem that is Democrats at work!
@Simon Linser “old farts” is that really necessary? What exactly did the OP say that is so bad? Perhaps they did grow up in better times (it’s simply their lived experience and opinion) and you’re upset with that for some reason. Sad
My parents both passed right before corona I consider them lucky. My dad worked across from the street from 4 seasons I thought it was cool. I am 60 am and right next to you.
I lived in Portland all my life and after the last 6 or 7 years we had enough. Portland is dying too. We moved away and and will never go back. Once a beautiful picturesque city....its now a homeless junkie playground.
Portland, where the mayor allows Antifa to run amok with impunity. We're leaving Seattle at the end of the year and couldn't be more relieved. I remember Portland and Seattle in the 80s. Such a shame, but it's completely out of our control to do anything about it.
@@Kerkyros77 We moved close to the southern east coast part of America in a gem city I don't want to give away ;). The big cities over here are NOTHING in comparison of west coast cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, LA. We travel often and the whole west coast is dying. The Pacific NW used to be the most clean and beautiful part of the USA. Now its littered with needles, faeces, junkies, garbage, thieves and crazy insane socialist.
@Jeremy Nelson We love Coute de Alene. Its definitely one of the most gorgeous area in the west. We thought about Boise but its been discovered by all the Californians and we know how that will go...
I don't live here nor have I visited... but it makes me sick how Mr. Mike O'Brien on City Council and is smiling 4:52 at the lady who desperately wants him to listen and learn. He's non nonchalant, and really just wants to be done with the conversation and walk away.
Runninghorse Gallop, yep. He's an asshole! He's one man in a job he shouldn't have. But one can't dismiss the entire city just because he's an asshole.
@@mrthewubbie Uh-huh. And what did Washington DC, Chicago and Philadelphia vote for? A socialist template? With the president now in power? Look at the WHOLE picture. Not the little part you don't like and chose to pick out and condemn.
When this came out I was in a master of social work program and I heard it was biased against the unhoused. After watching it just now, 5 years later, I think it is the opposite actually. I am an ex-drug addict and the ONLY reason I made it out and on to get my MSW and now in private practice is because I was arrested in 2003 and the judge required that I get a drug assessment. Had I not been arrested, had the judge not looked beyond the standard 8 hour class for misdemeanor marijuana possession, had the system not worked, I would not be where I am today. What is going on in our city is actually cruel to the unhoused, addicted, those who struggle with mental health. Gabor Mate has written and spoken about the links between childhood trauma and addiction, yes drugs are a major factor, but it's what is driving the behavior. We CAN do what Rhode Island does and have unhoused rehabilitation just like drug rehabilitation centers. Eric Johnson deserves a lot of credit for this. I didn't see it at the time and wish I had. Editing to add that the majority of chronically unhoused were previously in the foster system, meaning they have no family and a traumatic childhood, and veterans. We can and should do better
Because they support an ideology that doesn't work...and then blame the police, Republicans etc...its insanity....its real life 1984 ...The Ministries of Love(hate), Peace(war), Plenty(poverty), and Truth(lies)
Yes the problem exists for these people but do you think it's right to do what they're saying they want to do for them you might want to check your damn head or you're one of them criminals
I was in Seattle 6 years ago to welcome my 1st great grandbaby into this world. It was nothing like what I just saw of the current situation you guys are forced to live in or look at .idk how any mayor, aldermen, state rep up to the governor and any elected official underneath would ever let the citizens that elected them be subjected to all the hazards jeopardizing life or limb. This is the definition of failure and the evidence proving that millions just witnessed . The Blatant disregard for the health and safety of every citizen or visitor there in Seattle...where are codes officials? Why arent mayor and local city officials putting boots and overalls on cleaning up their mess??? Have all their payroll checks cleared in the past several years cuz if they have taken money for work they did not in fact deliver or even attempt doing in 1st place, uh theft by deception and fraud if they were any other contract labor. Looks like a big cluster fk of a mess and why revolution is the word of the day everywhere we turn nowadays..
Wow after this revealing publication no political correction in the city’s direction(c.h.o.p.) whatsoever,amazing.The people of Seattle must be fuckin retarded not voting in leadership dedicated to eliminating this b.s.must be something in the water.
@Alexander Everhart hi! Just asking out of interest, if you wouldn't consider shelter a basic human right could you explain why? Or what would you consider a universal rights THANKS!
Ken Havens those with free housing in my area are the blight on our community. They are 90+% to blame for the crime and drug usage in the area and refuse to work. Thus perpetuating the cycle. It’s a huge issue. These people need to work for what they have and pick them selves up by their boot straps like I have and make a life for themselves. If there are physical disabilities that’s a different story. I donate to assist the disabled in my area and do work on their behalf. Those that can work and want free housing I have no pity on.
@@Bradgilliswhammyman No It is Not A Rite .. there is an old saying . You dont Work you Dont Eat .. What this is we are going threw is A modern day depression .. Many of these homeless go all the way back to when the lending companies crashed .. If people are not willing to better themselves or better there situtations .. then thats on them . But on the other hand they need to be els where other than cluttering up the streets .. government people created this mess but will not clean up there own mess .. you should see Cali .and yet these fking Demorats keep letting ileagles and middle easterns into the country giving Jobs away that much of the homeless could be doing .
Pandora Spox, that whole side of America is run by Democrats and they stay in office because of their millions of dollars they get from the rich people and George Soros to runs ads constantly during their elections or re-elections. Pack up your whole family and leave!! There are jobs in other states, lower taxes for beautiful homes in other states. We have a beautiful 1,500 Sq. Ft. Ranch home on an acre in the country. We paid cash to have it built and we were just two factory workers.
This makes me so sad. I used to spend a lot of time in Seattle around 2005/2006 and i fell in love with the city. Last time i was there in 2018 i didn’t even recognize it anymore. I hyped it up so much to my family about how beautiful and amazing it was there, to call it "embarrassing" is an understatement.
🌹🙏😇These Are MEDICAL PROB LEMS!!!!! All of your politian's are Lyi g & abusing the taxpayers who don't seem to care that they are daily being kicked in their faces!!!! Yet they don't Organize!!!!And one weeks $"$$$$ fFunds going into the Totally INSANE UKRAINE WAR would begin to make a HUGE Dent in this Insulting & Totally ABUSIVE Situation being Deliberately Perpetrated on the Tolally Self-diespecting Cityzens!°° 🙏🙏🗽🙏🙏✝️🙏🙏⛪️🙏🙏🌹
🌹🙏✝️🇺🇲WHERE ARE THE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS!!!???!!! WHO has stolen The$$$$$$$$!!!!???? WHERE ARE THE CLERGY?????? DIDN'T CHRIST COME TO BRING HOPE &HELP TO THE DOWN-- TRODDEN?.??. HYPOCRISY!!!!!!- YOUR NAME IS CLERGY!!!!!🙏🙏⛪️🙏🙏🗽🙏🙏✝️🇺🇲🌹
@@marystewart8569 That's exactly right and I'm a Kiwi who lives in Brisbane, Australia, which used to be a relatively safe city, but it's happening here as well! 😥
You don't realize it is the agenda. From the ashes AI rises to the top of the triangle or pyramid watch "I, Pet Goat II" where (AI)lucifer rises from the working class... it is the agenda for the "profane."
Vulgar& Profane,Indeed. Walking Dead Automatons . Towers 5/6G Human Acceleration . Fiber Optic cables in the ground Radiating the masses,LED Streett Lamps Smart Meters. If you Live in America you dont have much time left. The gadgets and those tapped into the gadgets are accelerating the lifeforms into extinction. 2025 they announce most people in America only have so many years to live because they were exposed to a certain radiation composition and will only have til 2030. In major Grocery Stores now 70% Bionengineered Food , what type of life expectancy you think you arw going to have eating food with Zero Information in it ? Destruction of America was Engineered for A Long Time. It took Treasonous Traitorous Cowards at the top to do it. LEFT OR THE RIGHT , Same Dead Bird. America is Gone, Invaded with No Defense Numbers
Coming to every single liberal city near you. This is what liberalism gets you: Bigger gov't that's mostly employing check cashers who know they cannot get fired.
I live in one of the last relatively conservative mid-size cities in the US, and you should hear the supersonic "REEEEEE"ing about how it's wrong we're not just like every other city. I'm not conservative and I used to be a pretty big-time drug user (small-time dealer), and I'll tell you, I'll NEVER vote to become more like Seattle, or SF or Portland.
Portland is no where near the shape Seattle is in. The cops here are not nearly as hobbled. They still hit hard whenever they can get a chance. That doesn't mean it isn't following at a distance though.. just not quite there yet. The entire west coast is being shat all over. This in part, is why: www.worldometers.info/world-population/
@@mountainmover777 I've watched numerous videos on cops standing down and allowing Antifa to riot in Portland. Before you get all pissy, I was born there and left the liberal cesspool 25 years ago.
This is a brilliantly put together documentary I would love a follow on a few years on especially if something changes or has changed. I hope things get better for all the residents and population of Seattle so sad to see an magnificent place in such a bad way
They can't take it down its from a major news company that has multi million dollar lawyers ABC fox news are real news companies well as real as they can be not msn not CNN not BBC not Google or buzzfeed
From seattle here, It's a competition to be the most compassionate. Its empty virtue signaling, nothing will convince them that its a bad strategy, though the CHAZ/CHOP is helping - lol. I beg you pay attention to who you vote for.
No begging necessary. All of the worst and dying cities in the nation are under Democratic control. The government leadership is bad enough in my own liberal state, but what y'all got going out there is a complete joke! People need to start voting with their heads and not their hearts!!!
@@oceania2385 ... Your state and local officials must be DELUSIONAL if "being the most compassionate" means leaving deeply troubled, addicted people living out in the streets!!! And just WHERE is their "compassion" for the rest of the citizens who would simply like to live in a SAFE and HEALTHY neighborhood, free of needles, urine, trash ... and crime? How can people even raise their children in an environment like this? Hard to believe such a place even EXISTS here in America! What a disgrace ... all thanks to Democrats!
@@RevelationTwelve11 Turns out Its called "regressive tolerance" - its by design. This is what 3 years of a socialist city council looks like. Not only that instead of having policies around personal responsibility - we are told its our fault
They are enabling and hide behind calling it “compassion” and then demonize anyone who wants to actually do something about it. It’s extremely unbalanced and wrong. Something has to be done. Something being done does not equal dictatorship. If my kid had a mental and drug problem and peeing all over my house and scaring, raping, or even killing my visitors...getting help makes me a dictator? Someone needs to take care of Seattle and do something to help that beautiful place that is a home to many.
@@lferram1647 LOL First of all, do you even HAVE a kid??? And 2nd, if ur kid wants to take a p*ss, that's HIS god-given right as stipulated in the Constitution, and YOU have NO right to trample on his rights as a fellow citizen!!!!!!
It really seems like some people are born to suffer. It breaks my heart. I cried when that guy was screaming "shut up" at nobody. The residents are being made to put up with the system failing, and are gaslit about it. But my heart really breaks for the people with mental health issues.
I live here currently. Lived here about a year, I can tell you FIRST HAND defunding the police is about to make this a whole lot worse. Pray for us. Rip.
Honestly it feels like we can’t do anything to fix it. No matter how we vote there’s plenty of idiot democrats who want to keep pursuing these terrible policies and keeping the corrupt city council in power. At this point I feel like I just need to get out
@Alyssa Townsend Those are not leaders and that is not leadership. There are incompetent leaders on both sides of the spectrum, don't bastardize your good point by a slander. The policy choices that support a "soft response" are not the way to lead, it never has been. Humans, when left to their "freest", will fall to the level of dogs. Without law, you have disorder. BTW I understand having 3g's of weed and not being taken to prison, but 3g's of meth or heroin WTF Seattle, someone on that board must be using. Oh I left out why they are not leaders, because they are paid not to be...
Alyssa Townsend Huh? How did you drag my voting policies into this? I lived there for eight years and I was commenting on my living experiences. Is someone a little high strung today?
I've watched a few videos on Seattle's government...this is exactly how they all are. They all laugh and giggle amongst themselves like a clan of narcissists and constantly ignore the people...and its mostly because they're inept (but love the paycheck and living a good life in the nice parts of Seattle) There's multiple videos of this. How they voted in an entire group of them...i dunno...like it doesn't seem like a single decent one amongst them....
Wow! I havent seen honest reporting in media in so long. Congrats KOMO, and I'm sorry that your city is dying, but the solution is simple enough. Elections have consequences.
@@sneakthieve They smiled because they know nothing will happen to them, and if it gets too hot, they can always run off to a red state and start over.
Eric and team did a good job on this documentary. There's no simple way out of this mess, but one thing is certain: ignoring the law and its enforcement is exacerbating the problem.
That is the result for any place run by the evil socialist /comunist demoncrats.. that is what they do. Never , EVER this evil satanic ideology will ever work....they are fueled by total disregard for the human race.
I visit San Diego often and agree about the bad West coast,but San Diego is different and prosperous. I'm from Africa and have experienced and seen it all....really sad to see USA cities have abandoned civilization,especialy the ones governed by the Democrats.
portland is exactly the same as all the rest of the liberal controlled cities.. theyre all EXACTLY the same. San Fran, Austin, NY, LA.. they all have the exact same problems... and its all getting worse.. and the leaders blame everyone else.. just like the offenders
This is what happened when you have Democrats running your city Los Angeles the whole West Coast is all Democratic ran and the whole West Coast is falling apart I wish I could do something. You're going to have to vote the Democrat out my prayers go to the whole West Coast I'm sitting here and tear watching the sadness I got a funny feeling God going to put it into it soon God bless and be safe
Baltimore Maryland Chicago Illinois Portland New York New Jersey all Democratic ran and you see what happened the whole West Coast. And the Democrats want to run our country why do you think all the students in Hong Kong are protesting we need to open our eyes up people
I have just returned from Seattle where we stayed for 2 days following a cruise. I was the first time i had visited the USA for nearly 10 years, prior to that i visited at least twice per year since the mid 90's. I was shocked. I saw things in Seattle that i have never seen in the USA before. The level of drug abuse within the city centre (I stayed on Pine Street and 8th avenue) was shocking. Street dwellers, Open drug use and private security by dept stores and businesses was openly seen. I was so aware of it i consciously decided to limit my movements around the city. What struck me most was the willingness of the authorities to allow this to openly exist within the city. This clearly leads to less inviting areas for tourists and locals alike. It will surely mean that tourists in particular will avoid these areas, in my case i have already decided that i will not be visiting the USA at all in the foreseeable future, as i don't see it as being safe, or value for money when compared to other areas of the world. What will this mean long term for the income generated by tourism for the USA? Couple this with the current political turmoil in the USA and i don't see how anyone would visit the USA unless they have to, and believe me, they don't have to!!!
This guys an idiot and so are the rest of them until they run into hard times and end up homeless then only then they will be humble and understand how horrible it is to live under a bridge
I left Seattle 10 years, ago and it broke my heart to leave, now it breaks my heart to see the despair and misery....I really hope Seattle can be saved.....
@@colleen4ever De blasio is literally adopting the worst policies of the worst progressive cities in the USA. He's doing it as fast as possible, and sure enough, NYC violent crime is rising fast.
They never will-This has nothing to do with our clueless Mayor or Governor - Its the socialist city council - All you have to do it see who the CHAZ/CHOP and the city council want gone- Its the moderate voice of the mayor- who at the time really thought it was the summer of love. (She wasn't joking just naive) give it few days, the police chief has to show her the FBI files on the group that she's dealing with. Reality is painful.
@@ElectricianTS Then they will "remove" the tumors of her injustice. You're right, from what I've seen around here, we will double down on ineffective polices. Reality is inconvenient
those networks are far left also and want to propagate the left agenda. If they cover this, then more than half the population might see what is going on and equate this to their agenda, then they will lose support. The media along with the left demo-rats want to destroy the capitalist system of america, ending in destruction of America.
agree, you guys must stand together cut out the poison {democrat} and bring in the antidote a {republican} hunt for one to take up office or as you say vote him in
@@saltyassassin Moronic??? In what way??? At least "Jolly Joe" had the decency and compassion to talk with those protestors over their concerns for the nation going forward.
@Ryan F ...and you Don't see anything going on behind the scenes? WHY do they want to burn out Northern California and Sonoma county? Hve you checked out agenda 411? This has all been perpetrated against the people as a cover up to agenda 411, thaz one of them
@@metaljacket8128 I live in Chicago. While there's a decent amount of homelessness here (and obviously shootings), it actually looks a lot worse in places like Seattle and San Fran. We don't have tents, needles, etc. on the streets and shit here. Maybe in a few shitty neighborhoods, but not all over the place. The nice parts are still good and clean. Even the homeless people in Chicago for the most part aren't insane people shouting and making weird gestures, just begging for money for the most part.
Where was your compassion for black people...your reaping your judgement!!! The sins of the father fall to the 4th generation. ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE
I grew up in the Seattle area until I was 36. I lost over 70 friends and several family members to drug overdose. Mainly heroin and fetynal. I no I'm not alone in this catastrophic situation. The political situation has done us all so so wrong!! I had to move away. I am still on suboxone. But I'm still alive.
I lived way up Aurora, 4-6 grade Elementary ('81-'84), Seattle's still home-to-visit, but I started adult life after HS grad. doing basic labor, but while in BHS, I read my Mom's WWU psyche textbooks and that (and some friends' childhood tales traded with my own) was enough to never touch heroin or fentanyl, a hernia patch prescription for oxycodone ('93) was close enough to recognize addictions' grip and let it go when the legitimate prescription ran out, and just stuck w/pot.
Im sure it was the corrupt democratic criminal failed policy pos party. Everything they touch they completely ruin.look at La Baltimore Portland Chicago Detroit and the list goes on and on. Stop voting corrupt do nothing accomplish less failed policy criminal democratic failure's into any amd all offices amd watch how quick thing's will change and get better. 🎺 Trump 2020 by a massive majority landslide. 💘
'' TAKE BACK YOUR VOTE IF YOU VOTED DEMOCRAT,THERE GOING FROM STATE TO STATE,SO YOU CAN THANK YOUR SELF,AND YOUR GOOD BRAIN'S,FOR HOLDINT ON TO YOUR GUN'S,AND AMO..WE SHOULD GET THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE NOW,TRUMP SHOULD CLOSE DOWN CONGRESS BEFORE CONGRESS COLSE'S UP THIS COUNTRY.AND YOU THINK I'M JOKE'ING,..THAT REMARK WASENT MADE TO MAKE YOU LAUGH.THIS IS OUR COUNTRY,AND THE DEMS ARE TAKING IT AWAY,AND WE WILL ALL BE IN THE STREET SOON,AND ALL SICK,AND OUR CHILDREN WILL BE GOD KNOWS WHERE.THIS IS GETTING SCARY,JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAID WILL HAPPEN.THE WORLD IS NOT THE SAME,AND I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO MAKE A FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES,AND YOU HAVE SOME CAMPING GEAR,AT LEAST.
It's about attitude, not voting. Representatives are not going to solve the problem in the soul of Seattle. The soul is the attitude of the people and until they either humble themselves or are humbled by God things will go from bad to worse to nightmarish!
All the tax paying people move out to nicer places, and eventually you get a broken city where people need social systems none of them can afford to contribute too. It's interesting to see where people move to to avoid this nightmare. The compassion is low because..... the recovery for such a person is almost impossible, and so why bog your mind with the improbable, they will let you down most of the time.
Portland is dying too. Only difference is our news stations here don't have the cojones to produce a documentary like this one.
At least there is no shortage of overpriced condo development!
Actually watched a documentary about Portland that was pretty much the same a couple days ago. Only difference was they blamed heroin more..
I know what you mean.. we finally left Portland after almost 20 years. It was just too much. Moved to the midwest.
@@dbkjacobsfamily2522 Heroin isn't the problem. If it was heroin the problem would fix itself.
@Cinnamon Girl Did you take a leftist mindset, which causes this insanity, with you?
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
- Thomas Jefferson
ohh yes ! the father it's right ! vote sober !
thats funny, thats what tRUMPS sister & neice said
We get gaslighted by lies if people could do more due diligence and actually deal with people accused of things early on that would be great but their get protected they get second chances
@David Simpson I see your a communist. Good for you. You should move to China rather than trying to make America into China.
VERY TRUE BUT THE THING IS, MOST ARE NOT ELECTED.
THE VOTES ARE RIGGED & WHOEVER THEY WANT TO WIN, WINS !
VOTES ARE JUST A DISTRACTION GAME.
Any politician who smiles while a resident is angry should be immediately removed from office !!!
I'd had been arrested and kicked his ass, guaranteed, if he'd smiled after I warned him...
But.... what's with the lack of empathy? The people want the Cops to break down on the homeless, but they're only homeless and broke because of the lack of social programs. Why is this program so weird to me as a Swede? It basically thinks that "locking people up" will solve the problems, but it's not like that in real life. All of homelessness, addiction and criminality is basically a result of the systems in place in the city. No help for homelessness causes more homelessness. No economical aid for people struggling = more homelessness etc. etc.
Why is this program pretending like it's the problem of the justice system?
@Lynn Adamson We get this of course, but the American......... they've completely gone bonkers, believing that poor people are in that situation by themselves.
It is a involuntary nervous reaction many people have
@@Ree1981 How does Seattle handle the problem? Handing out needles. You are right, there are no programs to help the homeless in Seattle. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped. If you want to help the homeless man in Seattle first give him a fishing pole and a free fishing license. That's a start. I don't think the people in Seattle who are paying enormous tax on their highly inflated property, and paying on every purchase for someone to "earn" $15 an hour while possessing no "skills", can bear the added expense of programs on top of the huge incentives given to affiliates of the politicians in power (political favors).
I used to be homeless I used to use drugs God help me get off of drugs I've been clean for 40 years.
Good for you. 34 years and counting myself. Thanks to Jesus Christ. Amen ❤️🇺🇲🙏💯
It’s not quite as bad here in the United Kingdom but it is getting thst way
@@mikestroud9969 22 years clean of heroin and 16 nearly 17 years sober too. I’m very happy with that achievement aren’t you proud of that too because even with the help of Jesus Christ you did most of the work my friend prayer helped me to get through it too because people prayed for me to survive and then they prayed for me to get better from my addiction and other things
No, all consumers of meat are addicted to the Endo-opiates in the dairy ,egg, carcass, all consumers are addicted to endo opiates addicted . The tree of knowledge of Good and Evil all of us creatures and animals and peoples, do not eat of it, do not trespass. Rather, be a living son of light, following the Living God of gods, instead of the murderer from the beginning, the Dead god😊
@@AlunDavies-tm2lt I'm up north and I haven't anything remotely resembling this, America looks broken
who is watching this after CHAZ free zone? Seattle is dead now
I wonder how the people in this video, talking about the hopeless situation, are feeling today.
Seattle has gone to shit we must retreat
This is what happens when feminism runs things.
@LAFOLLETTER Look around. Half the people you see are your enemy.
@LAFOLLETTER democrats
This documentary is FOUR years old. Nothing has gotten better. Heart wrenching.
When do you think people will start enforcing the laws that the cops aren't ALLOWED to?
@@troutfitter547 they won’t. And that BS is spreading - just look at Chicago a couple of weeks ago. The only thing that the overcorrection regarding police brutality has accomplished is to make every crime a possible death sentence. If law enforcement isn’t allowed to do their job, citizens will and they aren’t required to use any escalation of force.
In my state, a person is justified in using or threatening to use deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony.
Great bodily harm is defined as any harm more severe than minor or slight harm and could include wounds that bleed profusely or require stitches, broken bones, and injuries requiring surgery. For example, bruises generally won’t fall under this but shove someone down causing them to hit their head or chase someone with an axe or knife or box cutter would likely meet the elements.
A forcible felony includes treason; murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invasion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravated battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual.
All that progressive policing has accomplished is to force people to defend themselves and they will do that with lethal force.
What kind of Question is that ? Looks like a Dilemma Question man !
Dude was just thinking the same thing.
It’s going to get a whole lot worse. A very small portion of those under 30 will ever own a home just because of ownership consolidation and low wages alone. Add the looming deterioration of the petrodollar and AI replacement of unskilled and clerical labor… the future in America is gonna be wild.
The only thing that isn’t going downhill in Seattle is the cost of living. Absolute insanity.
5Minute Major right on
Exactly. And they wonder why we have a homeless problem even when 20 minutes north of Seattle in Everett they want over $1,000 for a one bedroom or higher. Even Marysville.That’s a average and I think I’m being generous. Cost of living skyrocketed but wages haven’t. Some California cities solved their problems with rent control.
Darth Revan My in-laws live in Everett. Every time we fly into Seattle I am floored by how it is such a disgusting city with pretty parts. So sad.
Luv2Dnce4 I was born and raised in Everett and yes, you’re right. Downtown Everett is pretty ugly. The most ugly part. Broadway is filled with homeless people on every street corner and half the city is just car sales lots. The entire city is propped up by Boeing and the Navy. I’d hate to see what happens to it if Boeing ever closes down the plant and the Navy moved elsewhere. I don’t think Everett proper would survive. You should see it right now, useless construction on Broadway right now that’s been going on for months and a few burned out buildings that’ve been “remodeling” for close to a year. It’s a shame that Marysville is becoming just as bad as Everett and I can only assume Stanwood will follow the same route.
Luv2Dnce4 Also, everyone complains about junkies but I hardly ever see people talk about all the alcoholics. Every gas station in down town Everett you have homeless people waiting at 6AM waiting just for the stores to open the freezers for the alcohol. I don’t know why anyone ever brings this up, as it’s also part of the problem but I’m not saying I have the solution to it either. Go to the Jacksons on Pacific Avenue near the freeway exit and I guarantee every morning you’ll find a homeless person there waiting to buy their alcohol.
Meanwhile, in Spokane, my stepson, only 3 months out of prison relapsed on meth two times. He entered a house, stole only their phones and left. When the police found him, he begged them to shoot him. He was given 16 years in prison. The contrast is insane. He had no violent crimes and had never been to treatment. Just prison over and over again. Sad.
animals has a better live ............................ they treat people like shit and don't help those poor people they walk by and do nothing. The fact that people accept this from a government... is the fact that they are far away from humanity. Christianity does not want this. The fact that people have disappeared from Christianity..... means that dirty money determines everything. People with money should donate some.
That’s too harsh
Think this is bad?? Harris' running mate MN Gov. Tim Walz let 180 buildings get looted and burned, along with 1500 other buildings get damaged by BLM/criminals/anarchists in Minneapolis in May 2020!!
Eddie Bauer likes Employees..
so very sorry, praying for your family 🤗🤗
I lived there, paid taxes, paid fees, I never recieved any COMPASSION, I sold everything and moved away. YOU can provide COMPASION, I'm out.
Sounds just like us here in NY
@@shmodzilla government compassion, yeah right, as if that were even possible. Governments operate by laws, rules, regulations none of which can anticipate anyone's unique situation.
@@svnorthstar5058 the only ones receiving compassion here in NY are felons and people not paying taxes. A girl we know worked two friggin weeks last year and just got an eight thousand dollar refund, has kids but zero custody. Totally user of this system.
Sorry Abuser of this system.
@Tee Zee What bro? Did you not see the case that just happened with girl and the Uber driver? What are you talking about "black guy"! "ANYONE" is capable rape don't categorize something that anyone has the ability to do. That is highly dangerous and illogical.
Citizens, you don't have to accept this. Recall your city council person. Put someone in office who will tell the police to enforce the law.
I'm not from Seattle but love visiting. It pains me to see in come crashing down....
I live here. Vote constantly. There is too much money being funneled to moron democrats that keep pushing bullshit ridiculous policies
Check out the “rude Seattle city council member” video. They literally don’t give a F**k, and they are very difficult to get recalled.
@@honestacehole6172 Damn. and CNN doesn't give a shit.
Like a conservative. Doesn't have to be a Republican. Just not an extreme liberal.
"They live in filth and despair, like animals."
Animals don't live like that.
Animals don't shit where the eat.
Those unfortunates sunk into the gutter from bad choices they made. Whether those choices involved drugs or alcohol or got depressed and gave up... they need to go to work and pull their own weight. Locking people up and feeding them is punishing the tax payer. Criminals need discipline and punishment not time out with a nice bed and meals delivered to them. If they prove themselves non rebabitable, end their suffering and the taxpayers at the same time by humane methods. They have had too many opportunities to change their ways at the expense of other good people.
VERY TRUE ANIMALS LIVE MUCH CLEANER ALL AROUND
@@ladyjayne77I'm a conservative/republican and believe in hard work and have done so for over 40 years but I would never kick a dog while it's down, most of these people have fallen into a deep hole that is very hard to climb out of, you don't know how they came to this point, it could be many tragic reasons, yes there are some who are just plain idiots but most have a sad history and just basically as you say gave up hope, giving up hope is a pretty sad feeling ..just saying
edit... I would never kick a dog full stop by the way, but you know what I mean, and I really think firstly the dealers need putting away for 20 years and the homeless helped in these establishments ..93% who were helped stayed on the program, 93% is an amazing result and I respect their work
@@derek-press I'm what people would consider conservative too and I completely agree. These are our fellow human beings, and we can all get sucked down this hole, I've been there myself so I understand.
i'm a retired psychiatric nurse and once upon a time we used to be able to put the mentally ill in hospitals and supervise their medication , That was deemed unconstitutional and agaist their several rights. yet it doesn't seem to be agaist our rights to be exposed to the Travis's of this world
This video is propaganda, homeless people are homeless because they have no homes lol build more homes?
I live in Kentucky and we have a Casey law which when it was passed it allowed family or friends to come in and go to a judge and pretty much tell them and when I say show evidence I mean have one or two other people that can validate that somebody is not able to make a decision for themselves because they're so bad on drugs or mental illness and their rights are temporarily taken from them to the point of sending them to psychiatric hospital to be evaluated and then sometimes to rehab after that or just multiple things but pretty much like you said sometimes people don't know what's good for them hell sometimes we do the opposite of what is good for us and we know we're doing it so that's even worse
I'm a felon and I say that just because people would think I would be biased toward the people on the street. they are not going to help themselves unless they want to or they are put in jail and locked up long enough to realize this is not a life I want. The medication helps keep off the physical dependency so that the counselor and the patient can now spend time and resources dealing with the mental part of it which once you get down to it is the you just contributing factor to them staying in a desperate and pathetic situation. and hell they probably look at it as free board and food for the night when they get arrested and get out the next morning. And you hit the nail on the head Travis doesn't have the right nor do you or your city deserve to have someone prey upon and threaten you all and then be so confident that nothing's going to happen that he says he enjoys his life and enjoys doing the pain he's doing to y'all. That is the textbook definition of insanity doing something over and over again but expecting different results.
Travis should be behind bars... in Texas!
Well, you and your kind Helped create most of these problems by giving everything a name and by giving everything medication. I got a neighbor of mine A kid mind you who plays video games eight hours a day that’s all he does and because He chooses to play video games all day, He started having electronic Induced seizures And the doctor thought it was a good idea to put him on medication instead of telling him to stop playing video games. He should be fucking jailed
The Seattle city council and the state legislature have obviously confused compassion with stupidity.
No, they've confused compassion with enabling.
Dont feed the animals.
Its by design , no tin foil hat here google agenda 21 ,breakdown society and provide a cure , eventually
@@johnwallace1729 i get it. But im trying to tip toe around the snowflakes in seattle. I want them to actually absorb some facts with out shutting it out cause they're offended because someone didnt use the right imaginary word to describe a made up gender.
No, they figured out that enabling them will get them votes, and they can pocket more and more cash that is supposed to be helping these people. Just like all socialist politicians.
Seattle is being assaulted from within. Clean out city hall and then clean up the street.
yup, the police chiefs are in on it too.
white house?
Thats why People in the world dont take Americans serious: the only way to solve social problems is for them sending out out the police and lock pople up or not. Its a lack of education. Because the educational system was destroyed by the right-wingers.
It's such a shame the police cannot beat "people" like Travis to death in the street.
City hall has got to go
Somebody should be brave and discrete, pick up all of the garbage and dump it in the politicians front yards.
The politicians ARE the garbage.
Dump it on the steps of the capitol!
@TangoX cool bring it!
AMEN.
😉😆😅🤣😂😎
I'm french , and I came from Paris to visit Seattle for the 5 times ... and I was shocked by this problem ... My sister can't smoke cigarette in the city with a lot of advertisement on the front of building every where and we agree that with ... but in same time we seen some people take a shoot of heroin on pavement during afternoon , with a police car at few meters from them .. On the front of McDonald's on Pine street , this is a not a "food store" anymore , but a "drug store" , drug dealers sold their products without any problems , no incident for them... As European , I love to travel in US , I worked and visit US so many times , Chicago , San Francisco , Las Vegas , New York , Seattle ... but I think it's my last travel in Seattle ... can't come with kids to be unsecured and see this decline ... I hope the situation will be lead by responsible people.
stop bragging
beep... beep....
The elected officials of Seattle and Washington continue to take their salaries, benefits, per diems, and live in gated homes while not taking care of their city and state.
quit electing them people.....
The most insightful factual comment ever.
By doing what as a city official? There's no simple solution. If anyone suggested the solutions they find in like Denmark they'd be called a socialist. So we can't help them before and can't help them after cuz that's socialism but if we arrest them we're essentially giving them a room in the jail which would be even more costly
@@janetszymkowiak5294 - and the left count the votes too... count them until they get elected. Works like a charm.
@@j_ll7 no
I am born and raised the PNW. Seattle is about 20 minutes from me. Between the insane housing costs and the homeless, I don't know anyone who plans to live in Seattle. It's sad. I won't be bringing anymore of my friends to Seattle.
This what we get when we vote for democrat leadership.
@@kathleensampat2379 Republicans and Democrats are cut from the same cloth---make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.
Have you noticed who is buying the real estate? Here in Dallas, parent companies are from Germany. Like really? People are selling their property and property management companies to other countries. Wtf?????
The only people moving to Seattle are middle class people who got tired of the rent in San Francisco. Now they're here to drive up rent prices again.
Denver is following on Seattle’s coat tails.
first real journalism i have seen in years thank you
You mean from the mainstream media. TH-cam has lots of actual journalism.
Its bias ..Seattle has a big housing problem not a criminal problem however homelessness can cause these people to commit crimes ie:shitting in the bushes and just being in plain sight...Why is there a housing crisis all over Nth America and here in Toronto as well where i live...These locals voted there Government in obviously they voted for the wrong people...Period !!
@@vagabondwastrel2361 exactly
@paul reboca please link the lawsuit
Presumably the journalist will be fired.
Very interesting documentary. Thank you very much.
People mocked this documentary at the time of it's release. "No!! Seattle isn't dying!! It's thriving." Four years later and it's worse than ever. I used to love Seattle. We don't go there anymore and haven't for years. This *is* a long, slow and painful death. It's heartbreaking and shameful.
I feel the same about my home city of London UK ,London is being turned into a third world shithole !
The elite obviously like to control who & who does not get to work in society out here they put who they want on the streets by choice
Three simple steps to get rid of these problems:
1. STOP funding these homeless people, get rid of any sense of funds for it entirely.
2. Get rid of these soft on crime DA's.
3. Get rid of these communists policies
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What with the tent cities and the drugs if Seattle is thriving?it's in our faces that Seattle is not thriving.
Seattle; where plastic straws are banned but not needles
Follower, Seattle was the first to ban straws. Try doing some research next time.www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-becomes-first-u-s-city-to-ban-plastic-utensils-and-straws/
True. Contradictory to say the least.
Maybe if there were safe injection sites people wouldn't just leave the needles on the ground
@@franklinvonfrankenstein1137
Voting Democrat has consequences. And the consequences are not positive.
Wow this is a year old. Probably could never imagine how much worse it has gotten in the last few months.
IT WILL BE WORSE IF BIDEN BECOMES PRESIDENT
The community ought come together without government money, buy acres of land, fence it then have each homeless person fill out a form and they move in the camp site.
Or community building, turn it in a mental ward.change laws leaning toward, adults not able to take care supporting, bathing for themselves, making forcing them to be committed to the ward of state.
Get weapons take out the people who can't be helped. If city won't take care of it the take them out. Clean they trash they had and plant some flowers. The body? Take it to the cemetery to incenerate all the bodies.
Change laws of arrest for any drugs, then execute via hanging.
5 years later and it’s still bad :(
Worse
Yea it’s way worse than 5 years ago
This place is a cesspool.
no one has a solution. great you have an opinion but nothing to help.
ABC did this? *ABC did this!?!* It's actually _journalism_ . I almost forgot how to spell that word. Well, good job Eric. I hope they don't fire you.
abc affiliate , not the network
@@latin412It's actual journalism.
I was shocked too..however this is the same ABC affiliate that ran a story on fake news that was pretty good.
Sinclair media.
The homeless problem of Seattle & Portland is mostly Economic. While you do have drug addicted & mentally ill homeless, you also have a large number of employed, but working poor homeless. The working poor homeless used to live in vans & RVs until your policies had their vans & RVs towed away...
San Jose, San Francisco,Oakland and all Bay Area Cities have same issue. Problem is Elected Officials!!
And to prove liberals are insane they keep voting in more liberals thinking a new liberal will be a good liberal but what they can’t figure out is it’s not their IQ its the philosophy
The drug addict homeless out smart the liberal party.
Robert Maxwell problem is unelected officials who cheated their way into office.
It isn't just the elected liberals, it's the voters too.
@@jharvey9898 It's the elected officials and their liberal constituents who ask not what they can do for their counttry, but what their country can do for them, people like you. Save the environment, get a job, stop taking drugs, do not buy from China, and stop racism, but quit being a progressive communist.
''Drug problem not a homeless problem'' I guess the Seattle Space Needle is the city icon for a reason.
@Dandan y6 you y he causeway go gggggggv in
Over population problems
OUCH!!!!!!!!!
THE VIDEO TELLS DIFFRENT
Comment of the day 🤣🤣👍👍
I live on the opposite side of the country and love this video. one of the best examples of journalism of all time.
I'd bet those on the city council live in protected, gated neighborhoods, and never go downtown Seattle. They don't care about anyone else.
Rats run the show, and people constantly vote for them!
@GoldenState Like the Democrats that have been running your state for decades....
Ab Dul Just like those Congress fat cats and Senators
GoldenState Trump and his cronies are not the ones wanting the drug cartels coming in via Southern border towns. Are you lying under a rock Golden State?
It is a disease called liberalism and globalization allowing migrants drug cartels and human traffickers to walk in because all the liberal Democrats made their money on the corrupt money from El Chapo and drug cartels. Did you hear that Trump wants a wall and Golden State are stopping it. They lie to you and blame Trump and dumb people swallow the garbage people like Pelosi Newsome Schiff Maxine Waters KamalaHarris live in mansions and don’t give a damn
@GoldenState no, scumbag like Hitlery rotten felon and her cronies that make every demonrat run city turn into a third world SHIT HOLE!
I lived in Seattle for years. Used to be a beautiful place. I was so disgusted and left.
Vancouver, BC is the same, and for the same reason. Liberals.
Mary McEwen I am about to leave and feeling disgusted.
@@shane99ca sounds like a bunch of idiotic f/n Republicans always to blame someone else, go figure.
@@charlesjohnson674 That's not a window; Charles; it's the mirror. It's liberals who always blame others and never solve anything themselves. If Republicans had their way, these people would be in mental hospitals, prisons, or the ground. I know it and you know it. So you may dispense with the posturing; you don't even believe it yourself.
@@shane99ca Oh, I believe everything I mentioned, sorry.
They need to fire every politician involved in this mess and get people who aren't afraid to take steps to rectify this situation. This is beyond crazy.
Nope, they need to look in the mirror and realize their own politics brought this upon them.
@Sean Steele free dope till yer dead. Problem solved.
Thank you for showing me that our cities, in
Canada and the US, have similar problems and the solution is quite simple. Thoroughly enjoyed the documentary and would love to see more.
gather all of them up and move them to the city counsel / mayor's house / neighborhood... then lets see if they still want to do nothing.
That would actually be a really good idea. Like offer Settle homeless people a nice clean tent and good food, etc to camp as close as possible to the Mayor's house. Then tell the Police. When the Mayor calls the Police, they can tell him that he stops him from doing that.
If the Mayor's in a gated community, maybe homeless can just use an angle grinder to get in.
I hear Mercer Island is nice :)
Government created this mess. More government action will only make things worse. The real answer is to shrink government and entitlements, thereby reducing the debt and restoring prosperity to the people. People won't be homeless if they can afford a house. They won't commit crimes if they can afford a decent life.
the police just move them back....
@@JordanCarterTrombone , people addicted to drugs will skip paying rent and mortgages to get more drugs. They also have a harder time keeping a job. It would be easier to lace all the drugs with lethal doses of fentanyl.
HOW does that guy flipping out NOT get tazed??!! Allowed to spit? And still no consequence? Spitting alone is an act of assault. Very perplexed.
I'll explain:
Step 1: convince the populace that voting for libtards is good
Step 2: let the libtards take over the city
Step 3: libtards take away the authority of cops
Step 4: take over the justice system so the criminals are always let go
Step 5: once the criminal knows both the police and justice system are toothless he is free to do what he wants
Remember, it all began from step 1, once it's done, all the subsequent steps will follow automatically.
The cops are trying to reason with him like he is a child having a tantrum. They offered him a chocolate bar?! WTF? They have either zero power to do anything OR they have no idea how to deal with it. Either way is disastrous for all. The entire county is going to hell.
Democrats will never taze their voter base...
sevencolours Nice said!
@Elm TreeABC🤣 lol, there was a quote I remember. "You care about these people, but none of them care about you."
Seattle's dufus mayor can say, "It is wrong to conflate homelessness with a rise in crime". She can assure us of this because she doesn't live next to homeless people.
Nice a guy shitting in plain sight. At least when I have to take a dump I do it behind a building
Virtue signaling and political correctness are demonic in origin
Homeless people HAVE to commit crimes to survive. That's how messed up our civilization is.
She works from home and that's a problem drive to work every day see how that goes
5 years later, it’s only gotten worse.
Same here in England ,we are being invaded,we have no law & yet we help Ukraine ?I hope they realise that their country will be made into a country of the third world because America & my country England isn’t helping them for nothing.
beep... beep...
Seattle Mayor: “It is wrong to conflate homelessness with a rise in crime”. SMH 🤦♀️
It is wrong. Sociopathic republicans who think their shit doesn't stink
The mayors denial of the facts means that the problem will not be solved.
Embracing failure is the 1st step towards a cure.
This is just propaganda .
Crimnalize homelessness now!
@@acbulgin2 And if you ended up on the streets, would you resort to stealing and other crimes jus to stay alive? I get the connection between homelessness and drugs and crime. Although I've not personally done drugs, I've hear it time and time again how people start as a means to escape the realities of the world.
Seattle's mayor is in denial making that statement. But Seattle, San Fran and other major cities are fooling themselves to think that there is a single, simple solution to the problem.
You would be hard-pressed to find a single conservative among the prosecutors, judges, and city council members.
Good. Those fuckers are psychopaths.
@@Anon2150 states run by conservatives are the only livable places left, and its where people are migrating to. But I really love that you'll probably head the other way, to the hell that your belief system has created.
@@Anon2150 lol you enjoy being fleeced dont you? the crap you denounce is the very crap you enable with your democrat idiots not understanding that a standard has to be. But keep on enjoying your fleecing for nothing. As that council man smiled and laughed at legit issues...i now do the same to you.
Yup. Seattle has been run by degenerate communists for 40+ years...but somehow Trumps fault. Vote for idiots, but yet they have NO IDEA why Seattle is a shithole
@@kuberanproperties3069 Sadly, i fear that we have learnt nothing from the Trump era. I hope he gets reelected just to keep the spotlight on these things but sadly too many will back off cause of the recent issue and sadness of current events. Who knows, Trump aint the greatest but he was like a fire that caused the chaff to float to the top...even only we can scrap it off lol
The people of seattle and portland voted this in. They got what they voted for. what seems to be the problem--- if you don't like it change the way you vote-period
You are spot on, that’s why it’s said that liberalism is a mental disease. They keep doing the same things over and over and expect a different result.
The problem is, the Republicans turned fascist. Fascism is not the answer.
Wheeler lost the popular vote. But now we've got Sam Adams back so all good 🤣
@@GH-oi2jf No-one in the West who was born after 1945 has seen a real fascist.
Hahaha You people deserve this you liberal sellouts
Mr. Johnson, what you said about McNeil Island is what would work, if Federal, State, County, community etc all work together. I’ve been saying this for years. It takes people to collectively help the lost souls. This is a great documentary, thank you for your hard work.
The people of Seattle need to start cleaning their swamp. The mayor and council should be sent packing for starters. They are actually a big part of the problem and they have no solutions.
Quentin Schmierer, congratulations on your grasp of the obvious! Now we all know that you watched the same program we did. I think you repeated the main theme of the program. :)
You mean the way that Trumpo the Klown "cleaned the swamp" by packing his government with right-wing assholes?
@@arctos49 calm down poopie pants...go drink some tea and eat a cookie...should make you feel better.
Buy a gallon of gas, dump it on the camp and light it. They will get the idea.
No
Vote out these city Council members if you want to see change
They send their kids to private schools, live in gated neighborhoods, get benefits and pensions while the average MIDDLE class citizen has to live this way. VOTE THEM ALL OUT.
@Wendel Bolide Vote them out .But the problem with that is that people are stupid .They knew who they were voting for in the first place .
Washington is a blue state , and unless this state wakes up we will be continuing down the same road that California is going. And the end result is a shithole state .!
voting is immoral and will not fix this.
@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969wanna bet. Vote out democrats from local to state.
@@connieheitz8982 voting is for suckers. it's a ruse. no authority is legitimate. no one gets to rule over anyone else.
So this is dated March 19, 2019, Seattle's problem is much older than chaz/chop.
It's systematic. The route of the problem is the leadership forced upon the city. No one is answering for the crimes committed in City Hall.
Yeah, Seattle's been fucked for YEARSSSSSS. The entire west coast needs to be walled off, they're all fucked off.
@Monkey Savant they would need entire new populations. The whole coast is a wash. Every person there thinks this same exact way. Take these officials out, and they'll put the same damn thing back in.
yup you can trace the root of the problem to leftist control over its policies and economics.
@@Gee5425 That's what I was thinking. Can't change things by changing the leaders when this is the kind of life the liberals there fight for.
More like Epic Johnson! What an amazing documentary! Thank you.
The trash in Seattle is located in city hall. The trash IS THE CITY COUNCIL.
Starts with the governor....
They the councilors are the mentally retarded..or are they?.doing this purposely to destroy western christian civilization
@Michael RedCrow Kshama sawant - city council
Amazing that the city administrators in this video say "Call 911", and - TODAY - the same people are moving to defund the police. The real problem is that they will just vote for another Democrat, and the problems will continue. It's like someone telling you not to touch a wire because you'll get burned... then you touch the wire, and get burned... and you, and your family say "how did we allow this to happen?" You didn't "allow" this to happen. You INSISTED that it happen! Michigan's Governor, during the Covid nonsense, CHOSE to shut down the entire state, even though the statistical numbers were less than 1 in 15,000. She chose to shut down her entire State's economy for 3 months, including the rural areas that had almost ZERO cases of Covid-19. NOW, she is blaming the FEDERAL Government for not funding her budget shortfalls, as though money appears through "magic". She CHOSE to cut her hand off, and is now screaming "I've only got one hand!" This is how Democrats think! In truth, this is how they ACT, without actual thinking. And dullards just keep voting for them, over and over again. It's like drinking more poison, hoping the new poison will kill the old poison. You deserve what you get! You deserve EXACTLY the government you vote for!
This is what you get when you vote Democrat.
People need to wake up and go back to traditional ways. Progressivism is cancer to society. Just view the data between red and blue states and big cities.
CHOP or CHAZ was the boiling over of local govt’s incompetence. Criminals taking over an inept city by force. It was pathetic.
How do those boots taste?
It is an absolute shame
libturd moron idiot devilcraps Seattle is a shithole
@@YerDad632 better then whatever the fuck im watching...... wtf did I just see?....
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Great old school journalism. Badass. Thanks for making this
except the documentary conspicuously leaves out the root cause of the problem - regressive liberal/progressive policies.
15:32, embedded-media manipulatiion of cops for sensationalist ratings.
When a large squad of hi-tec policemen can't promptly and humanely restrain and detain one unarmed inadequate causing a public disturbance.
@johnathon it shouldn’t have to spoon feed you the answers. It’s pretty fucking obvious to anyone watching
Human nature was an amateur term created to fill the void about the misunderstanding about humans. Genetics are predispositioned towards certain behaviors that adapt to what works within our environment. There are no predetermined genes, all genes can be manipulated and all behavior is learned through environmental adaptation. This means that human nature is adaptability and we are molded by our environment and when you put this train of thought together, everything starts to make sense.
If you have an economic system based on scarcity, you have a recipe for competition. If you have a recipe for competition, you get war, labor exploitation, social imbalance, inequality, unsustainability, survival of the fittest, classism, power consolidation, owners of everything. We have to change the underlying precondition of our society using technology and science to a post-scarcity society. We are not running out of anything but the resources we are using and depleting that keep this current economy going yet we are destroying the Earth in the process. Resources are as abundant as the efficiency and renewability of the design itself. The mechanisms that tell us whether our economy is good or bad are the same mechanisms that reward behavior that goes with the grain of the Earth and it's preservation, with collaboration and care for each other and everything that keeps us thriving.
Peter Joseph details all of this better than I ever can.
Finally real journalism. Shocked it came from Seattle but Bravo.
Excellent documentary reliable, objective and with facts. Hard to find nowadays.
Good thing there’s no plastic straws cluttering the streets
Yeah!!! That was the first thing I thought, too.😆
Haha 🤣 epic!!
That’s funny. But not really. I had no idea.
Well, yes that is good. NOW, work on bigger problems, start small , then work up.
Whilst they shoot up on the astroturf lawn
Simple way to fix the problem. The locals pool together and pay the drug addicts to live and camp outside the Mayor, the city council workers and Attorneys houses Watch it change overnight.
send then to Olympia too the idiot governor loves them just as much remember now vote demo rat over and over this is what you get !!!!
So effectively we have to make it "the big stink"
Reminds me of the time Rush Limbaugh bussed the homeless to Malibu.
Seattle has 2 clinics to watch drug users shoot up so they don't over dose. So a usrrrs uses clinic once the does it back in the streets. These clinics just promote drug use and that's what the Democratic government wants.
Outragesss....
Dump the offenders off where the city council lives. If it happens to them, in their neighborhoods, watch how fast they are to fix the issue.
Bet they'll come up with a solution REALLY FAST!
Absolutely
THIS is the type of stuff WE THE PEOPLE NEED to be doing. I'm 100% serious, this is the only way we will stop this wave of insanity sweeping the nation. It's already infiltrated Colorado completely and it'll do so to the remaining conservative cities if it isn't stopped. It's like a damn virus that needs to be contained and stomped out.
I can't help but think of the many affiliates at the top that profit from this problem
So true
What a thoughtful man. Heartbreaking 😢
Seattle - why don't you start at the root cause, vote the current city leaders out of the office!
The "root" cause is the breakup of the family and people crapping out kids that have no means/willingness/passion to raise/discipline and do the not so fun tough part of being good parents.
That isn't the root cause. The root cause is society-wide corruption.
@@sequorroxx Yeah but the destruction of the family, ongoing these last 50 years, is a part of that societal corruption.
Cause they would rather see plastic straws,play the victim,keep telling us s ou cialism works,political correctness,identity politics, then take any responsibility and try to fix the problem that is Democrats at work!
We KNOW what the root cause is......Dumbf*ck Donald's ruinous tax cuts, which are only working for the rich!!!
Never thought I'd say this but I'm glad to be old today, having seen a much better world many years ago.
thanks for your honesty. i know that is how you old farts feel but they usually don't say so. it's obvious.
@Simon Linser “old farts” is that really necessary? What exactly did the OP say that is so bad? Perhaps they did grow up in better times (it’s simply their lived experience and opinion) and you’re upset with that for some reason. Sad
All this, ALLof this, was and is caused by nancy piglosi, and the focus should be on her. She's evil.
@@simonlinser8286 jo need to be agressive, even me as a 30 y o always talking about good old days, this age is so F'ed up
My parents both passed right before corona I consider them lucky. My dad worked across from the street from 4 seasons I thought it was cool. I am 60 am and right next to you.
I lived in Portland all my life and after the last 6 or 7 years we had enough. Portland is dying too. We moved away and and will never go back. Once a beautiful picturesque city....its now a homeless junkie playground.
Portland, where the mayor allows Antifa to run amok with impunity. We're leaving Seattle at the end of the year and couldn't be more relieved. I remember Portland and Seattle in the 80s. Such a shame, but it's completely out of our control to do anything about it.
Where did you move then? Seems like every big city has this problem.
@@Kerkyros77 We moved close to the southern east coast part of America in a gem city I don't want to give away ;). The big cities over here are NOTHING in comparison of west coast cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, LA. We travel often and the whole west coast is dying. The Pacific NW used to be the most clean and beautiful part of the USA. Now its littered with needles, faeces, junkies, garbage, thieves and crazy insane socialist.
@Jeremy Nelson We love Coute de Alene. Its definitely one of the most gorgeous area in the west. We thought about Boise but its been discovered by all the Californians and we know how that will go...
Stop voting in progressive marxist governments
Yes,codac is amazing awsome program thank u so much for having this place around codac #1
Thank you for doing the right thing and showing people the truth.
They forgot the big truth that it is democrat politicians allowing this to happen and even encouraging it.
Liberals ruined your city.
Rutiger Sampson where are they to go?! I'm homeless nurse. Jobs went to sexist women and immigrants
I used to say Seattle looks like a clean San Francisco. Now it just looks like San Francisco.
datssumfunnyshit
keep voting devilcraps you stupid morons I hope your Seattle burns down
I motorcycle through Seattle to vacation in California.
Go figure.
@@randykiomall8377 America is burning down not just Seattle..STFU and stop spreading Ignorance.
@@kwakoushakur1391 >Stop spreading ignorance
>aMeriCA IS buRniNG DOwn!!
kek
I don't live here nor have I visited... but it makes me sick how Mr. Mike O'Brien on City Council and is smiling 4:52 at the lady who desperately wants him to listen and learn. He's non nonchalant, and really just wants to be done with the conversation and walk away.
Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, this is the socialist template they voted for, under the guise of compassion.
that alone made me want to punch him
Runninghorse Gallop, yep. He's an asshole! He's one man in a job he shouldn't have. But one can't dismiss the entire city just because he's an asshole.
@@mrthewubbie Uh-huh. And what did Washington DC, Chicago and Philadelphia vote for? A socialist template? With the president now in power? Look at the WHOLE picture. Not the little part you don't like and chose to pick out and condemn.
@@KathyOnOBX The whole city council and mayor are in jobs they should not have! Vote them all out!
When this came out I was in a master of social work program and I heard it was biased against the unhoused. After watching it just now, 5 years later, I think it is the opposite actually. I am an ex-drug addict and the ONLY reason I made it out and on to get my MSW and now in private practice is because I was arrested in 2003 and the judge required that I get a drug assessment. Had I not been arrested, had the judge not looked beyond the standard 8 hour class for misdemeanor marijuana possession, had the system not worked, I would not be where I am today. What is going on in our city is actually cruel to the unhoused, addicted, those who struggle with mental health. Gabor Mate has written and spoken about the links between childhood trauma and addiction, yes drugs are a major factor, but it's what is driving the behavior. We CAN do what Rhode Island does and have unhoused rehabilitation just like drug rehabilitation centers. Eric Johnson deserves a lot of credit for this. I didn't see it at the time and wish I had. Editing to add that the majority of chronically unhoused were previously in the foster system, meaning they have no family and a traumatic childhood, and veterans. We can and should do better
beep... beep...
If people of Seattle are fed up with what’s going on, why aren’t they voting out the Mayor and the city council??
Because they support an ideology that doesn't work...and then blame the police, Republicans etc...its insanity....its real life 1984 ...The Ministries of Love(hate), Peace(war), Plenty(poverty), and Truth(lies)
So true my friend.
It is hard to un-brainwash cult members. They are going to vote for Democrats no matter what.
Exactly!
because they are brain dead pu$$ies.
The only cure is to replace the politicians that are ignoring the problems or outright denying that the problems exist.
Hopefully, the people of Seattle will eventually get sick of all of this and vote these people out.
, , and the citizens who voted for them are just as culpable of their problem.. . or , maybe the politician were voted in by smartatic /dominion ?
So they will replace their low IQ liberal politicians with other low IQ liberals.. Yep. That will solve the problem.
This is what happens when elections at all levels become stolen: banana republic poverty
Yes the problem exists for these people but do you think it's right to do what they're saying they want to do for them you might want to check your damn head or you're one of them criminals
Anyone else watching this after the police chief resigned?
Anthony Brian Logan recommended.
I was in Seattle 6 years ago to welcome my 1st great grandbaby into this world. It was nothing like what I just saw of the current situation you guys are forced to live in or look at .idk how any mayor, aldermen, state rep up to the governor and any elected official underneath would ever let the citizens that elected them be subjected to all the hazards jeopardizing life or limb. This is the definition of failure and the evidence proving that millions just witnessed . The Blatant disregard for the health and safety of every citizen or visitor there in Seattle...where are codes officials? Why arent mayor and local city officials putting boots and overalls on cleaning up their mess??? Have all their payroll checks cleared in the past several years cuz if they have taken money for work they did not in fact deliver or even attempt doing in 1st place, uh theft by deception and fraud if they were any other contract labor. Looks like a big cluster fk of a mess and why revolution is the word of the day everywhere we turn nowadays..
and this video is a year old. Lmfao.
Wow after this revealing publication no political correction in the city’s direction(c.h.o.p.) whatsoever,amazing.The people of Seattle must be fuckin retarded not voting in leadership dedicated to eliminating this b.s.must be something in the water.
Mey sis lives there. She is die hard liberal! She never mentions this stuff!
OUTSTANDING journalism!👏
The mayor and all the city council members need to get LOCKED UP 🔐
or chpped up...
If they locked up the real criminals, there would be no Democrats still in government.
Reason - If criminals and illegal border crossers were prosecuted, there would only be baby killers left to vote for Demonrats and they would lose.
Wait, won't they be released the next day?
@@itsmeagain8518 Right! Giving them a taste of their own medince should cure what ills them..
Its not just Seattle - the entire west coast is a homeless encampment. It sucks.
@Alexander Everhart hi! Just asking out of interest, if you wouldn't consider shelter a basic human right could you explain why? Or what would you consider a universal rights THANKS!
Ken Havens housing is not a universal human right. You are dead wrong.
Ken Havens those with free housing in my area are the blight on our community. They are 90+% to blame for the crime and drug usage in the area and refuse to work. Thus perpetuating the cycle. It’s a huge issue. These people need to work for what they have and pick them selves up by their boot straps like I have and make a life for themselves. If there are physical disabilities that’s a different story. I donate to assist the disabled in my area and do work on their behalf. Those that can work and want free housing I have no pity on.
@@Bradgilliswhammyman
No It is Not A Rite .. there is an old saying . You dont Work you Dont Eat ..
What this is we are going threw is A modern day depression ..
Many of these homeless go all the way back to when the lending companies crashed ..
If people are not willing to better themselves or better there situtations .. then thats on them . But on the other hand they need to be els where other than cluttering up the streets .. government people created this mess but will not clean up there own mess .. you should see Cali .and yet these fking Demorats keep letting ileagles and middle easterns into the country giving Jobs away that much of the homeless could be doing .
Pandora Spox, that whole side of America is run by Democrats and they stay in office because of their millions of dollars they get from the rich people and George Soros to runs ads constantly during their elections or re-elections. Pack up your whole family and leave!! There are jobs in other states, lower taxes for beautiful homes in other states. We have a beautiful 1,500 Sq. Ft. Ranch home on an acre in the country. We paid cash to have it built and we were just two factory workers.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over. Like electing officials from the same party. Seattle you made the bed.
Don't eat then!
This makes me so sad. I used to spend a lot of time in Seattle around 2005/2006 and i fell in love with the city. Last time i was there in 2018 i didn’t even recognize it anymore. I hyped it up so much to my family about how beautiful and amazing it was there, to call it "embarrassing" is an understatement.
Yeah I bet you were shocked.
Sadly you are right. But, it's not just Seattle, it's nationwide in all the big cities.
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🌹🙏✝️🇺🇲WHERE ARE THE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS!!!???!!! WHO has stolen The$$$$$$$$!!!!???? WHERE ARE THE CLERGY?????? DIDN'T CHRIST COME TO BRING HOPE &HELP TO THE DOWN-- TRODDEN?.??. HYPOCRISY!!!!!!- YOUR NAME IS CLERGY!!!!!🙏🙏⛪️🙏🙏🗽🙏🙏✝️🇺🇲🌹
@@marystewart8569 That's exactly right and I'm a Kiwi who lives in Brisbane, Australia, which used to be a relatively safe city, but it's happening here as well! 😥
If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention! Bravo, KOMO and Eric Johnson!
You don't realize it is the agenda. From the ashes AI rises to the top of the triangle or pyramid watch "I, Pet Goat II" where (AI)lucifer rises from the working class... it is the agenda for the "profane."
@@jamessidaway8934Wtf are you talking about?
Vulgar& Profane,Indeed. Walking Dead Automatons . Towers 5/6G Human Acceleration . Fiber Optic cables in the ground Radiating the masses,LED Streett Lamps Smart Meters. If you Live in America you dont have much time left. The gadgets and those tapped into the gadgets are accelerating the lifeforms into extinction. 2025 they announce most people in America only have so many years to live because they were exposed to a certain radiation composition and will only have til 2030. In major Grocery Stores now 70% Bionengineered Food , what type of life expectancy you think you arw going to have eating food with Zero Information in it ? Destruction of America was Engineered for A Long Time. It took Treasonous Traitorous Cowards at the top to do it. LEFT OR THE RIGHT , Same Dead Bird. America is Gone, Invaded with No Defense Numbers
...And Portland, Oregon's already hitting rigor mortis.
Coming to every single liberal city near you. This is what liberalism gets you: Bigger gov't that's mostly employing check cashers who know they cannot get fired.
We're not quite that bad yet. But we're headed there fast.
I live in one of the last relatively conservative mid-size cities in the US, and you should hear the supersonic "REEEEEE"ing about how it's wrong we're not just like every other city. I'm not conservative and I used to be a pretty big-time drug user (small-time dealer), and I'll tell you, I'll NEVER vote to become more like Seattle, or SF or Portland.
Portland is no where near the shape Seattle is in. The cops here are not nearly as hobbled. They still hit hard whenever they can get a chance. That doesn't mean it isn't following at a distance though.. just not quite there yet. The entire west coast is being shat all over.
This in part, is why: www.worldometers.info/world-population/
@@mountainmover777 I've watched numerous videos on cops standing down and allowing Antifa to riot in Portland.
Before you get all pissy, I was born there and left the liberal cesspool 25 years ago.
The politicians don't care. This is how they stay rich.
@Charlie Ennis Deceit is the tool of the Devil....and Liberal Females take apples from Serpents.
And china would love to have all the western sea ports, now that they have the largest world economy.
@@jimmersengine They do not have the world's largest economy, but with the current administration in the white house owned by them, they will soon.
they also all have a D next to their name
I don't care either
This is a brilliantly put together documentary I would love a follow on a few years on especially if something changes or has changed. I hope things get better for all the residents and population of Seattle so sad to see an magnificent place in such a bad way
I'm surprised youtube has not taken down these types of videos by now.
They'll take it down soon you can count on it.
They can't take it down its from a major news company that has multi million dollar lawyers ABC fox news are real news companies well as real as they can be not msn not CNN not BBC not Google or buzzfeed
Why would they do that? 😂
THE DISLIKES should be high enough for you tube to notice, that's the reason snowflakes hit the dislike so it is taken down
@@Mutlap downvotes are for the overdramatic title, ofc seattle is not dying
Small wonder why a place like CHAZ was able to get a foothold there. That Townhall meeting was hard to watch. I'm embarrassed for them.
From seattle here, It's a competition to be the most compassionate. Its empty virtue signaling, nothing will convince them that its a bad strategy, though the CHAZ/CHOP is helping - lol. I beg you pay attention to who you vote for.
No begging necessary. All of the worst and dying cities in the nation are under Democratic control. The government leadership is bad enough in my own liberal state, but what y'all got going out there is a complete joke! People need to start voting with their heads and not their hearts!!!
They are too stupid to be embarrassed! So are the idiots that vote Democrat!
@@oceania2385 ... Your state and local officials must be DELUSIONAL if "being the most compassionate" means leaving deeply troubled, addicted people living out in the streets!!! And just WHERE is their "compassion" for the rest of the citizens who would simply like to live in a SAFE and HEALTHY neighborhood, free of needles, urine, trash ... and crime? How can people even raise their children in an environment like this? Hard to believe such a place even EXISTS here in America! What a disgrace ... all thanks to Democrats!
@@RevelationTwelve11 Turns out Its called "regressive tolerance" - its by design. This is what 3 years of a socialist city council looks like. Not only that instead of having policies around personal responsibility - we are told its our fault
There is a difference between compassion and enabling. Seattle is enabling these people.
More like they enabled themselves. A little compassion never hurt anybody.
@@michaelmeliambro5117 How do you feel compassion for those who don't even care about themselves? I hope they all OD....
@@jmb1666 Have you ever met any of them???? They at least care enough to stand for DEMOCRACY as opposed to DICTATORSHIP, and that's enough for me.
They are enabling and hide behind calling it “compassion” and then demonize anyone who wants to actually do something about it. It’s extremely unbalanced and wrong. Something has to be done. Something being done does not equal dictatorship. If my kid had a mental and drug problem and peeing all over my house and scaring, raping, or even killing my visitors...getting help makes me a dictator? Someone needs to take care of Seattle and do something to help that beautiful place that is a home to many.
@@lferram1647 LOL First of all, do you even HAVE a kid??? And 2nd, if ur kid wants to take a p*ss, that's HIS god-given right as stipulated in the Constitution, and YOU have NO right to trample on his rights as a fellow citizen!!!!!!
It really seems like some people are born to suffer. It breaks my heart. I cried when that guy was screaming "shut up" at nobody. The residents are being made to put up with the system failing, and are gaslit about it. But my heart really breaks for the people with mental health issues.
I live here currently. Lived here about a year, I can tell you FIRST HAND defunding the police is about to make this a whole lot worse. Pray for us. Rip.
Honestly man, I pray that you get the hell Out of there ASAP! The city will burn at this rate once the police is out.
Honestly it feels like we can’t do anything to fix it. No matter how we vote there’s plenty of idiot democrats who want to keep pursuing these terrible policies and keeping the corrupt city council in power. At this point I feel like I just need to get out
@@calvin5541 Why are they still voting Democrat? Such idiots.
The problem are the people voting for Democrats . THey are the true problem.
Why do they look at this and still vote Democrat?
Seattle and San Francisco are almost identical at this point.
Portland and Nashville are going down the same road.
Well keep voting for progressive socialists. Fuck all these liberal shitholes
Don't forget Portland, OR. Bunch of needles near the shore...
SF is definitely worse. But when you're in hell who cares if it's 1600 degrees or 1615 degrees? It's all hell.
It's sad some ones asleep at the government of Seattle and San Francisco &Portland also Nashville wake up Governments make a plan and stick to it.
Glad I left when I did. They forgot to tell you how horribly expensive it is to live there to pay for all this... privilege.
@Alyssa Townsend pretty offensive, wrong of you to generalize and assume such political views
@Alyssa Townsend Those are not leaders and that is not leadership. There are incompetent leaders on both sides of the spectrum, don't bastardize your good point by a slander. The policy choices that support a "soft response" are not the way to lead, it never has been. Humans, when left to their "freest", will fall to the level of dogs. Without law, you have disorder. BTW I understand having 3g's of weed and not being taken to prison, but 3g's of meth or heroin WTF Seattle, someone on that board must be using.
Oh I left out why they are not leaders, because they are paid not to be...
Let's throw more government money at the problem.
Alyssa Townsend Huh? How did you drag my voting policies into this? I lived there for eight years and I was commenting on my living experiences. Is someone a little high strung today?
@Alyssa Townsend omg grow a brain nothing you're saying adds up
Wen ur politicians are currupt it all runs down hill..n the leaders wont let police do anything cuz there living well off this...
Outrageous those politicians laughing at the citizens.
I've watched a few videos on Seattle's government...this is exactly how they all are.
They all laugh and giggle amongst themselves like a clan of narcissists and constantly ignore the people...and its mostly because they're inept (but love the paycheck and living a good life in the nice parts of Seattle)
There's multiple videos of this.
How they voted in an entire group of them...i dunno...like it doesn't seem like a single decent one amongst them....
@@justtrollinalong977 Seattle has fallen to the Communists. It should now be renamed "HELL!"
I wonder how did they get elected
Why I am no longer a democrat. My family has been for generations but I am not any more.
@@gregj831 quick to complain but slow to offer a realistic solution.
None of my vacation plans include Washington State.
Seattle is the hellpit of Washington state
Go anywhere else in the state and you'll find amazing and beautiful places.
port Angeles.... same as this... Everett has bad areas. im so hurt for the homeless for the sick.. :(
@@HWEWSWEW
Mine neither.
Wow! I havent seen honest reporting in media in so long. Congrats KOMO, and I'm sorry that your city is dying, but the solution is simple enough. Elections have consequences.
tomusmc1993 it’s nuts. Those elected officials literally smile/laugh at citizen’s concerns.
Do not ever vote for a Democrat ever again and make sure you do not vote for RINO's either. Republicans in name only.
@@sneakthieve They smiled because they know nothing will happen to them, and if it gets too hot, they can always run off to a red state and start over.
TH-cam will probably ban the channel soon.
Eric and team did a good job on this documentary. There's no simple way out of this mess, but one thing is certain: ignoring the law and its enforcement is exacerbating the problem.
thank you for your boring reaction to this. oh, you ppl.
Seems as if entire West coast is messed up.
Aussie Aussie Aussie IT IS!
That is the result for any place run by the evil socialist /comunist demoncrats.. that is what they do. Never , EVER this evil satanic ideology will ever work....they are fueled by total disregard for the human race.
I visit San Diego often and agree about the bad West coast,but San Diego is different and prosperous. I'm from Africa and have experienced and seen it all....really sad to see USA cities have abandoned civilization,especialy the ones governed by the Democrats.
Because of the Liberal Democrat’s. CCP
It’s that ocean salt man, I’m tellin ya
Portland is the same way. I'm a postal carrier in the city and I see it all day.
portland is exactly the same as all the rest of the liberal controlled cities.. theyre all EXACTLY the same. San Fran, Austin, NY, LA.. they all have the exact same problems... and its all getting worse.. and the leaders blame everyone else.. just like the offenders
This is what happened when you have Democrats running your city Los Angeles the whole West Coast is all Democratic ran and the whole West Coast is falling apart I wish I could do something. You're going to have to vote the Democrat out my prayers go to the whole West Coast I'm sitting here and tear watching the sadness I got a funny feeling God going to put it into it soon God bless and be safe
Baltimore Maryland Chicago Illinois Portland New York New Jersey all Democratic ran and you see what happened the whole West Coast. And the Democrats want to run our country why do you think all the students in Hong Kong are protesting we need to open our eyes up people
Housing prices are getting so high in Seattle after Amazon came in that some people give up and try to escape with drugs and get addicted
@Jorge Suarez
Not crap. I am a homeless veteran.
It's what I did.
School hall monitors have more power than Seattle PD.
I have just returned from Seattle where we stayed for 2 days following a cruise. I was the first time i had visited the USA for nearly 10 years, prior to that i visited at least twice per year since the mid 90's. I was shocked. I saw things in Seattle that i have never seen in the USA before. The level of drug abuse within the city centre (I stayed on Pine Street and 8th avenue) was shocking. Street dwellers, Open drug use and private security by dept stores and businesses was openly seen. I was so aware of it i consciously decided to limit my movements around the city. What struck me most was the willingness of the authorities to allow this to openly exist within the city. This clearly leads to less inviting areas for tourists and locals alike. It will surely mean that tourists in particular will avoid these areas, in my case i have already decided that i will not be visiting the USA at all in the foreseeable future, as i don't see it as being safe, or value for money when compared to other areas of the world. What will this mean long term for the income generated by tourism for the USA? Couple this with the current political turmoil in the USA and i don't see how anyone would visit the USA unless they have to, and believe me, they don't have to!!!
Two years after this aired, Seattle is worse than ever
This guys an idiot and so are the rest of them until they run into hard times and end up homeless then only then they will be humble and understand how horrible it is to live under a bridge
I left Seattle 10 years, ago and it broke my heart to leave, now it breaks my heart to see the despair and misery....I really hope Seattle can be saved.....
And it wont improve. Till the liberal idiots running it are gone.
@@josephlewis7166 boo hoo is someone addicted to crack?
They defunded the police, didn't they, and it must be like
a magnet on illegal immigrants.
The citizens elected this leadership. YOU WANT THIS CRAP. YOU GOT IT!
That's what I say to New York City every time DeBlazo and his wife do something stupid. YOU VOTED FOR THESE JERKS TWICE! ENJOY!
@@colleen4ever De blasio is literally adopting the worst policies of the worst progressive cities in the USA. He's doing it as fast as possible, and sure enough, NYC violent crime is rising fast.
I didn't vote for the Orange One. He wants a walllllllllllllllll
How come CNN, CBS, etc...not showing this! "Oh it's the Summer of Love!"
Same thing is happening in CA
They never will-This has nothing to do with our clueless Mayor or Governor - Its the socialist city council - All you have to do it see who the CHAZ/CHOP and the city council want gone- Its the moderate voice of the mayor- who at the time really thought it was the summer of love. (She wasn't joking just naive) give it few days, the police chief has to show her the FBI files on the group that she's dealing with. Reality is painful.
@@oceania2385 She still won't get it...
@@ElectricianTS Then they will "remove" the tumors of her injustice. You're right, from what I've seen around here, we will double down on ineffective polices. Reality is inconvenient
those networks are far left also and want to propagate the left agenda. If they cover this, then more than half the population might see what is going on and equate this to their agenda, then they will lose support. The media along with the left demo-rats want to destroy the capitalist system of america, ending in destruction of America.
It's an absolute disgrace! What has become of our society?
The left and stupid people
So what is the Mayor and Governers doing. They need to be pulled out of office held accountable .
agree, you guys must stand together cut out the poison {democrat} and bring in the antidote a {republican} hunt for one to take up office or as you say vote him in
@@seanleonard9754 LOL you will find NO antidote with the kind of moral bankruptcy that currently makes up the Republicant party.
Michael Meliambro You just described the moronic DemocRAT party too a tee
@@saltyassassin Moronic??? In what way??? At least "Jolly Joe" had the decency and compassion to talk with those protestors over their concerns for the nation going forward.
yes and put someone in office thats goi to react.
I work in San Francisco, this is pretty close to home.
I've seen how bad it is there and its becoming just as bad here in San Fernando Valley. I'll pray for you while praying for us all.
My first step out of the Uber was into a pool of piss.
Blunted206 And Chicago.
Wonder what all those states have in common...
@Ryan F
...and you Don't see anything going on behind the scenes? WHY do they want to burn out Northern California and Sonoma county? Hve you checked out agenda 411?
This has all been perpetrated against the people as a cover up to agenda 411, thaz one of them
@@metaljacket8128 I live in Chicago. While there's a decent amount of homelessness here (and obviously shootings), it actually looks a lot worse in places like Seattle and San Fran. We don't have tents, needles, etc. on the streets and shit here. Maybe in a few shitty neighborhoods, but not all over the place. The nice parts are still good and clean. Even the homeless people in Chicago for the most part aren't insane people shouting and making weird gestures, just begging for money for the most part.
"How did the word 'compassion' get twisted into this sick reality?" DAMN WELL PUT, SIR! Great report.
Its always been this sick reality for Black Americans. Smh
Where was your compassion for black people...your reaping your judgement!!! The sins of the father fall to the 4th generation. ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE
I was hoping the video was more about solutions!
It is demonrat compassion, and they prefer it sadly. They vote for it overwhelmingly.
Democrats mess everything up!!!
I grew up in the Seattle area until I was 36. I lost over 70 friends and several family members to drug overdose. Mainly heroin and fetynal. I no I'm not alone in this catastrophic situation. The political situation has done us all so so wrong!! I had to move away. I am still on suboxone. But I'm still alive.
I lived way up Aurora, 4-6 grade Elementary ('81-'84), Seattle's still home-to-visit, but I started adult life after HS grad. doing basic labor, but while in BHS, I read my Mom's WWU psyche textbooks and that (and some friends' childhood tales traded with my own) was enough to never touch heroin or fentanyl, a hernia patch prescription for oxycodone ('93) was close enough to recognize addictions' grip and let it go when the legitimate prescription ran out, and just stuck w/pot.
I can't express enough how real this documentary is. Bravo, bravo!!!!
@Joe Curr suggestions?
@Joe Curr Jesus Christ 😂
Looks identical to San Francisco. I see scenes just like this from the window of the Caltrain.
Also LA, and parts of Orange County.
One question for those seattle residents who are complaining in the video:
Who did you vote for in previous city council elections?
Im sure it was the corrupt democratic criminal failed policy pos party. Everything they touch they completely ruin.look at La Baltimore Portland Chicago Detroit and the list goes on and on. Stop voting corrupt do nothing accomplish less failed policy criminal democratic failure's into any amd all offices amd watch how quick thing's will change and get better. 🎺 Trump 2020 by a massive majority landslide. 💘
@@tiffanypetty8964 Yeah cause Trump will save all......Sure been doing a great job so far.
@Marni Maren Citation Needed*
'' TAKE BACK YOUR VOTE IF YOU VOTED DEMOCRAT,THERE GOING FROM STATE TO STATE,SO YOU CAN THANK YOUR SELF,AND YOUR GOOD BRAIN'S,FOR HOLDINT ON TO YOUR GUN'S,AND AMO..WE SHOULD GET THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE NOW,TRUMP SHOULD CLOSE DOWN CONGRESS BEFORE CONGRESS COLSE'S UP THIS COUNTRY.AND YOU THINK I'M JOKE'ING,..THAT REMARK WASENT MADE TO MAKE YOU LAUGH.THIS IS OUR COUNTRY,AND THE DEMS ARE TAKING IT AWAY,AND WE WILL ALL BE IN THE STREET SOON,AND ALL SICK,AND OUR CHILDREN WILL BE GOD KNOWS WHERE.THIS IS GETTING SCARY,JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAID WILL HAPPEN.THE WORLD IS NOT THE SAME,AND I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO MAKE A FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES,AND YOU HAVE SOME CAMPING GEAR,AT LEAST.
It's about attitude, not voting. Representatives are not going to solve the problem in the soul of Seattle. The soul is the attitude of the people and until they either humble themselves or are humbled by God things will go from bad to worse to nightmarish!
All the tax paying people move out to nicer places, and eventually you get a broken city where people need social systems none of them can afford to contribute too. It's interesting to see where people move to to avoid this nightmare. The compassion is low because..... the recovery for such a person is almost impossible, and so why bog your mind with the improbable, they will let you down most of the time.