Two dozen cases of debris thrown at
drivers in Seattle in two weeks,
spurring calls for action
KIRO-TV [Seattle, WA],
by
Deedee Sun
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/18/2021 1:23:04 PM
Seattle is now averaging more than two cases every day with debris thrown at drivers, mostly near downtown Seattle. Washington State Patrol, working with Seattle police, have arrested 4 people in the last couple of weeks. Yet, another case of rocks thrown from an overpass happened just Friday morning near the Washington State Convention Center. Troopers say no one was hurt in this latest case.(Snip) Scooters, bikes, rebars, rocks–all sorts of debris are getting thrown at drivers from the overpass or side of the road. Some drivers have been hurt seriously enough to require treatment at the hospital.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
IdahoGal 7/18/2021 1:38:28 PM (No. 849704)
That headline is awful! I thought someone was throwing CASES of debris!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/18/2021 1:42:44 PM (No. 849708)
More mostly peaceful protests ? If you're on an overpass you can't get run down.
6 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
FunOne 7/18/2021 1:42:48 PM (No. 849709)
When you create a lawless town, this should be expected and tolerated.
However, it keeps the visitors and conventions away = loss of any economic impact from tourism.
11 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
reefdiver 7/18/2021 1:46:55 PM (No. 849714)
They don't seem to know what to do, no surprise there.
8 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
cold porridge 7/18/2021 1:50:48 PM (No. 849717)
They've let the city go to hades, so they may as well finish it off and burn it down.
8 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
pedro4 7/18/2021 2:01:24 PM (No. 849723)
I was there in April and every city park, every highway, every parking lot was full of homeless encampments. People we talked to were proud of the fact they were feeding them and providing medical care. Fortunately, we were staying on Bainbridge Island, so we could escape the squalor.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 7/18/2021 2:06:49 PM (No. 849725)
#6, a new kind of leftist "pets" it would seem.
I am glad to be far away. Was last in Seattle about 35 years ago....no desire to return.
6 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/18/2021 2:07:21 PM (No. 849727)
"Each new generation born is, in effect, an invasion of civilization by little barbarians who must be civilized before it is too late"-Thomas Sowell. (oops...too late)
11 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 7/18/2021 2:16:19 PM (No. 849736)
Seems like finding a good spot with a view of the overpass, calmly removing the caps on your scope............ would put an end to this.
Just sayin.......I wouldn't do it but if if someone else did, I wouldn't be upset..
7 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 7/18/2021 2:52:05 PM (No. 849748)
I went to the Seattle World's Fair in 1962 and loved the city. I've had a soft spot for it ever since. The last time I was there was in 2008, but went through, transferring from a train to the airport and a flight home. I won't go back because the leftists have ruined it. The same goes for San Francisco. It used to be a charming city, but now is beyond redemption. Sad.
5 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
moebellini3 7/18/2021 3:09:48 PM (No. 849756)
You're talking about Seattle here. Just another lawless democratic city run by morons who are of the "woke" culture. Notice they never talk about the attackers, they never talk about consequences or jail time for these thugs. Oh, they want some type of barriers, like a large fence to protect them. You know, like in a zoo where dangerous animals are in cages, or, behind large barriers. These hypocrites will never get it.
4 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
formerNYer 7/18/2021 3:19:40 PM (No. 849768)
The leftist paradise of a few decades ago sounds like a leftist hell, you get what you vote for and these idiots will vote for the next "progressive" that come down the pike. You can't fix stupid and the people of Seattle have see stupid in their rearview mirror they're close to total and absolute ignorance.
1 person likes this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
coldoc 7/18/2021 3:57:18 PM (No. 849789)
Lived there for 35 years, and had a football sized rock come through the windshield on I-5 one night. It landed between my passenger and I, and would have killed either one of us had it been a few inches off center. At 60 mph its quite a shock. The throwers should be charged with attempted murder.
12 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 7/18/2021 4:00:32 PM (No. 849792)
#1 is correct about the headline. I know the craft of journalism has fallen to an all-time low due to malignant left-wing bias but writing headlines like that displays utter incompetence.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
lftrn97 7/18/2021 4:17:45 PM (No. 849800)
Maybe they should start a new city service to insure safety and hire physically fit staff equipped with some sort of device to deter and if necessary eliminate such perpetrators. Wonder what that department should be called,
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 7/18/2021 5:40:10 PM (No. 849851)
Time to outlaw debris but as #15 points out who or what could enforce such a law?
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/18/2021 6:43:43 PM (No. 849883)
Okay, I'll bite, Why do people drive through Seattle? Is there a store standing somewhere on a back street that the unruly children have not burned down?
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/18/2021 6:48:15 PM (No. 849887)
One reporter discovered that one of the main homeless camps is all Antifa. Quite a gig, get fed and comforted by the city during the day then riot and burn at night.
6 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
privateer 7/18/2021 6:58:17 PM (No. 849894)
Scat-hole is the archetypal Liberal Progressive city.
1 person likes this.
The primates throwing their feces from trees again?
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Norway 7/18/2021 8:17:15 PM (No. 849930)
Leftist cities foster anarchy....so they get more anarchy.
2 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/18/2021 8:24:34 PM (No. 849934)
"downtown Seattle". Say no more.
1 person likes this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Blizzard 7/18/2021 10:22:00 PM (No. 849972)
Way past time to start shooting these Marxist terrorists on sight.
3 people like this.
Don't worry about Seattle. We must focus on January 6 in DC. Only they matter. /s
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