What do you think about Chaz in Seattle?

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by TryToFindmid

Yeah I dont see any positive benefit it brings. I imagine it looses more sympathizers to the original cause than it gains.

And yes, I too agree the businesses are unfair victims if their needed income is badly affected.

We will never know the impact of disbanding the police station. It affected response times for calls. And patrols. I know some will praise this. But I'm not in the camp of all cops are bad nor the idea their general actions show more harm than good.

It's a real shame the focus wasnt more on police reform and transparency. Bad cops and poor handling affects all races genders identity. I feel this tragedy could have turned into something bigger and broader. And one more people may have felt welcomed by and share their stories and pain for police reforms.

Given the nature of people angry over folks dieing in police custody it's a shame Tony Timpa's cam footage of his death wasnt added to the outrage vids. It's one of the most offensive police handling vids I've ever seen.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-E_i8Q5G0

My son's friend was not responding to phone calls so he went over to see how he was doing. This was at around six PM. He had a key and went in. His friend was laying dead on the floor. He called the cops and they said it was too dangerous for cops or paramedics to come over because of the rioting (this is a few blocks from CHAZ). He locked the door and left.

He got a call at around five the next morning from the cops saying they were ready to come pick up the body. The paramedics were two rather frail women that had a heck of a time getting the body out of there but did not want his help.

This whole thing speaks to why I carry in my car. Your safety is your responsibility. The cops' job is to make a feeble effort to catch who did it to you. I prefer to be in a position where I prevented "it" from being "done".