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Seattle councilwoman who cut police budget called 911 to protect her from crime she wants to decriminalize

A new proposal could see most misdemeanor crimes dismissed

December 16, 2020
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Lisa Herbold

Seattle Councilwoman Lisa Herbold reportedly called for police assistance at her home last week for a crime that could be effectively legal under a new proposal. (seattle.gov) (Seattle.gov)

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SEATTLE — A Seattle City Councilwoman called the police to her home Friday to report a crime she is effectively trying to decriminalize, according to media reports.

Lisa Herbold phoned authorities on Friday after a man reportedly threw a rock through her living room window, My Northwest reported. The councilwoman said “she was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover,” according to a redacted police report obtained by the publication.

A neighbor told police that a person who is “unathletic and a bad runner” was seen leaving the area.

Moreover, the witness told officers that he would recognize the suspect if he saw him again, but declined an officer’s business card to contact him for follow up, according to the report.

The irony is that under a proposal introduced by Herbold, the suspect could avoid criminal charges if caught. Under the legislation, charges against most misdemeanor suspects could be dismissed if they can show symptoms of mental illness or addiction or if they can prove the crime provided for a need to survive, a so-called “poverty defense,” the news organization reported.

  • SEATTLE POLITICIANS LOOKING TO “DE-CRIMINALIZE” THEFT IF SOMEONE IS POOR

Herbold said she would like a jury to hear a defendant’s reason for committing the crime.

“It’s giving people an opportunity to tell their stories and giving judges and juries the opportunity to hear those stories and make a decision based on the values of our city,” Herbold told the City Council’s Public Safety Committee Committee on Tuesday.

In a statement to Fox News, Herbold said local news reports of her trying to legalize crimes are incorrect.

“There are no crimes that I am ‘effectively pushing to make legal,'” she said.

The proposal has its supporters.

“In a situation where you took that sandwich because you were hungry and you were trying to meet your basic need of satisfying your hunger; we as the community will know that we should not punish that. That conduct is excused,” Anita Khandelwal, the King County’s director of the Department of Public Defense said, according to KOMO-TV.

Detractors say it will only embolden criminals.

Seattle has approved an 18% cut to the Seattle Police Dept. Less funding in a city where murders are the highest they’ve been in more than a decade. Now Council is mulling a measure that would forgive criminal activity under the so-called “poverty defense.” @standamericanow

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) December 15, 2020

“It’s a green light for crime,” said Scott Lindsay, a former mayoral Public Safety Advisor, the news station reported. “If you are engaged in 100 different misdemeanors that are in our criminal justice system code, you are not going to be held liable. You are not going to be held accountable.”

  • SEATTLE MAYOR CUTS POLICE BUDGET AS HOMICIDES HIT RECORD HIGHS

Crime in Seattle has steadily increased since this summer’s Capitol Hill Occupied Zone protests, which saw a 525% spike, according to Democratic Mayor Jenny Durkan.

The spike comes as the Seattle Police Department is seeing an exodus of officers and a shortage of funding. The cops leaving — many for other departments — are also leaving scathing comments as the exit.

“I refuse to work for this socialist city council and their political agenda,” a retiring sergeant said, Law Officer reported. “This agenda sacrifices the health and well-being of the officers and ultimately will destroy the fabric of this once fine city.”

 


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