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  • Опубликовано: 18 мар 2019
  • KOMO Anchor Eric Johnson takes an in-depth look at the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in "Seattle is Dying," a news documentary that aired on KOMO-TV in March, 2019. You can read the full story and watch at KOMONews.com: komonews.com/news/local/komo-....
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Комментарии • 108 тыс.

  • @jenniegem5338
    @jenniegem5338 4 года назад +2933

    Any politician who smiles while a resident is angry should be immediately removed from office !!!

    • @empirecash
      @empirecash 4 года назад +68

      I'd had been arrested and kicked his ass, guaranteed, if he'd smiled after I warned him...

    • @Ree1981
      @Ree1981 4 года назад +78

      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?

    • @Ree1981
      @Ree1981 4 года назад +32

      @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.

    • @turtleisasturtledoes6707
      @turtleisasturtledoes6707 4 года назад +17

      It is a involuntary nervous reaction many people have

    • @scottsgunchannel17
      @scottsgunchannel17 4 года назад +52

      @@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).

  • @OneVeryCleverGirl
    @OneVeryCleverGirl 10 месяцев назад +1298

    This documentary is FOUR years old. Nothing has gotten better. Heart wrenching.

    • @troutfitter547
      @troutfitter547 10 месяцев назад +56

      When do you think people will start enforcing the laws that the cops aren't ALLOWED to?

    • @OneVeryCleverGirl
      @OneVeryCleverGirl 10 месяцев назад

      @@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.

    • @ironfistarrival
      @ironfistarrival 10 месяцев назад +2

      What kind of Question is that ? Looks like a Dilemma Question man !

    • @RichieThe13th
      @RichieThe13th 10 месяцев назад +12

      Dude was just thinking the same thing.

    • @ghostpiratelechuck2259
      @ghostpiratelechuck2259 10 месяцев назад +35

      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.

  • @hazzymusic1
    @hazzymusic1 2 месяца назад +59

    By far still the best documentary on this horrible problem!

    • @steveadams7870
      @steveadams7870 2 месяца назад +4

      It's remarkable how much worse the situation has become since this documentary came out. This has all become normalized over the past four years.

    • @BennettJonWayne-xw9vi
      @BennettJonWayne-xw9vi 29 дней назад +1

      @@steveadams7870 You think it is just a local problem, but the corruption starts at the top. You vote in Biden? This is what you get. You vote in liberal Democrats? This is what you get. The best definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over, and expecting different results. You voted for this.

  • @robertjones8667
    @robertjones8667 2 месяца назад +47

    I've just watched this after visiting Seattle as a tourist from the UK and being so shocked at how bad the place is. It appears nothing has changed since this documentary. I visited on my own and just felt downright unsafe a lot of the time. I just can't believe nothing is being done about this. It's a shame because the city seems to have so much to offer but I will never visit again nor would I recommend anyone else to. OK some places in the UK have their issues but I have never felt as uncomfortable as I have been in Seattle. I hope for everyone's sakes this is sorted eventually.

    • @lisai8455
      @lisai8455 2 месяца назад +6

      It was such a beautiful city, just as San Francisco was. Politicians have allowed this , very sad.

    • @seeya101oliASWHDFIL
      @seeya101oliASWHDFIL 2 месяца назад +1

      Commies have destroyed many great Us cities.

    • @jjackson5033
      @jjackson5033 Месяц назад +2

      Same experience here, unsafe on edge feeling everywhere I walked

    • @kratoleaf7619
      @kratoleaf7619 Месяц назад

      YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR YOUR F*CKING MORON PROGRESSIVES....TOTALY INCOMPETENT. THEY COULD MANAGE A LEMONADE STAND FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD.

    • @ManchesterFlyer
      @ManchesterFlyer 25 дней назад +2

      I’m from UK and just experienced the same as you solo. I hope Manchester never ends up like this.

  • @richardmcardle9147
    @richardmcardle9147 3 года назад +1408

    “The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
    - Thomas Jefferson

    • @paolorosario5346
      @paolorosario5346 3 года назад +8

      ohh yes ! the father it's right ! vote sober !

    • @welcometoreality3450
      @welcometoreality3450 3 года назад +14

      thats funny, thats what tRUMPS sister & neice said

    • @Chilcutte
      @Chilcutte 3 года назад +10

      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

    • @markmiller1352
      @markmiller1352 3 года назад +32

      @David Simpson I see your a communist. Good for you. You should move to China rather than trying to make America into China.

    • @smerk429
      @smerk429 3 года назад +35

      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.

  • @pdxtim97209
    @pdxtim97209 5 лет назад +1990

    Portland is dying too. Only difference is our news stations here don't have the cojones to produce a documentary like this one.

    • @getenlightened
      @getenlightened 5 лет назад +68

      At least there is no shortage of overpriced condo development!

    • @dbkjacobsfamily2522
      @dbkjacobsfamily2522 5 лет назад +100

      Actually watched a documentary about Portland that was pretty much the same a couple days ago. Only difference was they blamed heroin more..

    • @cinnamongirl5410
      @cinnamongirl5410 5 лет назад +75

      I know what you mean.. we finally left Portland after almost 20 years. It was just too much. Moved to the midwest.

    • @pdxtim97209
      @pdxtim97209 5 лет назад +31

      @@dbkjacobsfamily2522 Heroin isn't the problem. If it was heroin the problem would fix itself.

    • @crazy10bears
      @crazy10bears 5 лет назад +49

      @Cinnamon Girl Did you take a leftist mindset, which causes this insanity, with you?

  • @markanderson3376
    @markanderson3376 3 месяца назад +46

    Four years on and the same problems are still there. The situation has not improved. It has only gotten worse and Seattle continues circling the drain on its downward spiral....

    • @integrity-ut8ff
      @integrity-ut8ff Месяц назад

      Seattle`s DEAD ! thanks to the democratic lunatic`s idiot`s voted for ! along with all their failed woke snowflake policies ! that`s the facts...

  • @helennagl3500
    @helennagl3500 3 месяца назад +39

    Im from South Africa. Our drug scene is scary & killing this country..
    We collectively need to come up with a resolve.

    • @isabelcurd8628
      @isabelcurd8628 Месяц назад

      The vaping is llegal and there is a big ind😮stry out there! Yes is scary ; I agree but wr have to pray and intervine all us as a team!

    • @hunterpatrick5210
      @hunterpatrick5210 28 дней назад

      These Maintenance drugs, subs and methadone is not the answer. That’s just trading another drug for another, and the act is never free. Big pharma makes a killing off addicts being on maintenance drugs. Sad b/c they know they can come up with a better solution, but they won’t b/c they make too much $ from ppl being hooked on maintenance drugs.

    • @brownrich
      @brownrich 27 дней назад

      Go back to your country of origin.

  • @5minutemajor141
    @5minutemajor141 5 лет назад +3825

    The only thing that isn’t going downhill in Seattle is the cost of living. Absolute insanity.

    • @tamaraloca-t9092
      @tamaraloca-t9092 5 лет назад +47

      5Minute Major right on

    • @jasoninthehood9726
      @jasoninthehood9726 5 лет назад +185

      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
      @Luv2Dnce4 5 лет назад +53

      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.

    • @jasoninthehood9726
      @jasoninthehood9726 5 лет назад +43

      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.

    • @jasoninthehood9726
      @jasoninthehood9726 5 лет назад +48

      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.

  • @aeo719
    @aeo719 3 года назад +294

    Anyone else watching this after the police chief resigned?

    • @hardinmichael1981
      @hardinmichael1981 3 года назад +4

      Anthony Brian Logan recommended.

    • @cindycliburn716
      @cindycliburn716 3 года назад +9

      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..

    • @TS_Autumn_Atomic
      @TS_Autumn_Atomic 3 года назад +6

      and this video is a year old. Lmfao.

    • @rockdog3672
      @rockdog3672 3 года назад +3

      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.

    • @KM-zn3lx
      @KM-zn3lx 3 года назад +4

      Mey sis lives there. She is die hard liberal! She never mentions this stuff!

  • @cryptoenthusiast4999
    @cryptoenthusiast4999 2 месяца назад +85

    As a person who works in downtown Seattle, it’s only gotten worse.

    • @jassie89nl
      @jassie89nl Месяц назад +4

      Holy shit. I'm an European and accidentally stumbled onto the North American fentanyl epidemic. It's absolutely crazy. We've got our problems in Europe too, but I'm so happy that so far we're being spared from the fentanyl epidemic. Hope you guys can fix this anytime soon, but unfortunatly I don't believe you will.

    • @brianc6379
      @brianc6379 Месяц назад

      The left is doing this crap on purpose so they can “deconstruct capitalism” something they talk about all the time…

    • @markanthony1004
      @markanthony1004 22 дня назад

      This makes me so happy I live in San Antonio. Yes we have homeless but at least they can't do whatever they want and cops patrol the streets and can still make judgement calls. Even with the high property theft which is mostly metal and petty theft that's pretty much the biggest issue here. Not as much drugs as people would think for a city this large. You'd think things would be getting worse but downtown is starting to look more modern and clean

    • @scottbowling58
      @scottbowling58 11 дней назад +1

      Did you vote Democrat? Then, you voted for this.

    • @user-bi3rm1ek5n
      @user-bi3rm1ek5n 6 дней назад

      @@jassie89nlunsurprisingly looks like Europeans lack empathy we don’t care if a unimportant person on another continent says there’s no hope for us, go mind your own business!

  • @nwminiaturesandmore
    @nwminiaturesandmore Месяц назад +7

    This documentary needs an update, it's SO much worse now. I refuse to go downtown.

  • @wildlyunrulyadventures3942
    @wildlyunrulyadventures3942 3 месяца назад +228

    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.

    • @user-kg4se2ux5f
      @user-kg4se2ux5f 2 месяца назад

      I feel the same about my home city of London UK ,London is being turned into a third world shithole !

    • @imakeherskeet-wj8jz
      @imakeherskeet-wj8jz 2 месяца назад

      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

    • @SexyyetSweet94
      @SexyyetSweet94 2 месяца назад

      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

    • @barrymartin73
      @barrymartin73 2 месяца назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

    • @robertmiles.
      @robertmiles. 2 месяца назад +12

      What with the tent cities and the drugs if Seattle is thriving?it's in our faces that Seattle is not thriving.

  • @rjohnhacker
    @rjohnhacker 4 года назад +2249

    Good thing there’s no plastic straws cluttering the streets

    • @kathis6142
      @kathis6142 4 года назад +61

      Yeah!!! That was the first thing I thought, too.😆

    • @abrahamkarr12
      @abrahamkarr12 4 года назад +39

      Haha 🤣 epic!!

    • @gand2184
      @gand2184 4 года назад +13

      That’s funny. But not really. I had no idea.

    • @Peace-ju9us
      @Peace-ju9us 4 года назад +12

      Well, yes that is good. NOW, work on bigger problems, start small , then work up.

    • @scrubsrc4084
      @scrubsrc4084 4 года назад +15

      Whilst they shoot up on the astroturf lawn

  • @donholmes3267
    @donholmes3267 3 месяца назад +17

    Wow this is really sad ! I lived in Seattle from 1960- 1980. Then it was a great place to live them . I drove taxi part of that time , no fear , destitute , or much crime then . One usually went downtown for evening entertainment. And what was there then was the best it could be ! Great theaters , Restaurants, and peaceful folks . The only major problem then was traffic ? Some of these downtown businesses must be suffering !

  • @linniebb836
    @linniebb836 3 месяца назад +8

    The City needs to be sued for these violent crimes, when they just release violent offenders. They are failing to protect people. That 71 year old woman needs to sue!

  • @MrKentaroMotoPI
    @MrKentaroMotoPI 5 лет назад +670

    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.

    • @latin412
      @latin412 5 лет назад +42

      abc affiliate , not the network

    • @greggmitchell4173
      @greggmitchell4173 5 лет назад +15

      @@latin412It's actual journalism.

    • @rickmanley767
      @rickmanley767 5 лет назад +22

      I was shocked too..however this is the same ABC affiliate that ran a story on fake news that was pretty good.

    • @bumblescrump5752
      @bumblescrump5752 5 лет назад +12

      Sinclair media.

    • @davidhollenshead4892
      @davidhollenshead4892 5 лет назад +8

      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...

  • @andrews9715
    @andrews9715 4 года назад +1821

    "They live in filth and despair, like animals."
    Animals don't live like that.

    • @bowecho
      @bowecho 4 года назад +134

      Animals don't shit where the eat.

    • @ladyjayne77
      @ladyjayne77 4 года назад +35

      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.

    • @theodorevonderhorst5004
      @theodorevonderhorst5004 4 года назад +52

      VERY TRUE ANIMALS LIVE MUCH CLEANER ALL AROUND

    • @derek-press
      @derek-press 4 года назад +71

      @@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

    • @sc0tte1-416
      @sc0tte1-416 4 года назад +36

      @@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.

  • @marieesler3004
    @marieesler3004 3 месяца назад +3

    Todd Wiebke-THANK YOU!! You are the best of the best. God bless and protect you....

  • @enaid54
    @enaid54 Месяц назад +4

    Here I am watching this 4 years later and I bet it's worse than ever.

  • @darkisland04
    @darkisland04 5 лет назад +613

    The Seattle city council and the state legislature have obviously confused compassion with stupidity.

    • @alexk48
      @alexk48 5 лет назад +54

      No, they've confused compassion with enabling.

    • @weslindsey5909
      @weslindsey5909 5 лет назад +9

      Dont feed the animals.

    • @johnwallace1729
      @johnwallace1729 5 лет назад +17

      Its by design , no tin foil hat here google agenda 21 ,breakdown society and provide a cure , eventually

    • @weslindsey5909
      @weslindsey5909 5 лет назад +11

      @@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.

    • @Gottiline_Ace
      @Gottiline_Ace 4 года назад +15

      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.

  • @AmericanHairlines69
    @AmericanHairlines69 3 года назад +344

    I mean look at seattle now. The mayor seems like she doesnt care about that damned place.

    • @johnswick4593
      @johnswick4593 3 года назад +4

      @Hades She doesn't care, I also don't think she knows how to fix it.

    • @ddawsond
      @ddawsond 3 года назад +8

      @@johnswick4593 The trouble with a professional politician is that they know how to manipulate the system while the trouble with amatures is they have no idea as to what the hell is going on with the people caught in the middle.
      She is an amature.

    • @Vikseproducts
      @Vikseproducts 3 года назад +2

      @Eddie Coyle Yep pretty much

    • @jill7111
      @jill7111 3 года назад +8

      @Eddie Coyle
      She doesn’t care. “Mayor Jenny” is too busy enjoying her “summer of love.” She’s a laughingstock.

    • @MrConstitutionality
      @MrConstitutionality 3 года назад +2

      She probably doesn't. Why do you think she's there?

  • @ClintonRenda-zg4ln
    @ClintonRenda-zg4ln 3 месяца назад +10

    I live in Burien and I'm truly embarrassed to have my daughter and granddaughter come into town for holidays especially in the past 5-6 yrs. I've lived her 20+ yrs yrs and it's literally shocking to see in front of my eyes witness the transformation... I'm so discusted!!! WHY???

    • @VentNation
      @VentNation 3 месяца назад

      😂

    • @sueannyoung4554
      @sueannyoung4554 Месяц назад +1

      Used to live in Burien, by Highland MC. Things got worse during the pandemic. Moved out of WA in 2021. My teenager wanted to visit Pikes Place one last time, before we moved. We left Pronto!😢

    • @scottbowling58
      @scottbowling58 11 дней назад

      Did you vote Democrat? You voted for this then and no one cares about you.

  • @user-tp6xk3uu5y
    @user-tp6xk3uu5y 2 месяца назад +4

    As a Canadian for years starting in the 70s my wife and l spent a week every year in San Francisco...we stopped about 25+ years ago because we became so disappointed in the city... Seattle unfortunately looks the same....l lost my wife and looking around Canada l saw the problems surrounding high housing prices....the new garney state....cashed out and now live on a remote Pacific beach...l admittedly dropped out

  • @commonsense7431
    @commonsense7431 3 года назад +603

    The trash in Seattle is located in city hall. The trash IS THE CITY COUNCIL.

    • @Rick-tb4so
      @Rick-tb4so 3 года назад +25

      Starts with the governor....

    • @davidverster9523
      @davidverster9523 3 года назад +18

      They the councilors are the mentally retarded..or are they?.doing this purposely to destroy western christian civilization

    • @tinka1015
      @tinka1015 3 года назад +4

      @Michael RedCrow Kshama sawant - city council

    • @MrBudcole
      @MrBudcole 3 года назад +17

      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!

    • @WildnUnruly
      @WildnUnruly 3 года назад +10

      tinka isn’t she the city councilwoman (and her staff) who unlocked city hall for occupation by Chazistanians?

  • @garcam03
    @garcam03 2 года назад +195

    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

    • @jamestaylor635
      @jamestaylor635 2 года назад +29

      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.

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf 2 года назад +7

      The problem is, the Republicans turned fascist. Fascism is not the answer.

    • @bloodraven22
      @bloodraven22 2 года назад

      Wheeler lost the popular vote. But now we've got Sam Adams back so all good 🤣

    • @Tuppoo94
      @Tuppoo94 2 года назад +39

      @@GH-oi2jf No-one in the West who was born after 1945 has seen a real fascist.

    • @michaeldoyle2725
      @michaeldoyle2725 2 года назад +10

      Hahaha You people deserve this you liberal sellouts

  • @joshthecanadian4286
    @joshthecanadian4286 2 месяца назад +6

    Im on suboxone, been clean for 6 years. Now i do the work to help others, im a peer support worker. My dream job is recovery coach, good job on this video

    • @Mountainmama2024
      @Mountainmama2024 Месяц назад

      What do you do to help

    • @donkeyballs3307
      @donkeyballs3307 Месяц назад

      If your on suboxone ,your not clean ,you have only switched one drug for another ,your still addicted to a substance

    • @kendigjl
      @kendigjl 24 дня назад

      Why the personal history?

    • @RodneyDangerfield-tg6tx
      @RodneyDangerfield-tg6tx 9 дней назад +1

      Your not clean if your on subs 😂

    • @joshthecanadian4286
      @joshthecanadian4286 8 дней назад

      @@RodneyDangerfield-tg6tx it's behavior, routine and priorities that are the main focus. Being clean is a mindset. Suboxone is for the physical dependence and allowing time to make other changes. A poisoned drug supply kills you before changes can be made. It's a simple explanation. Anyone who doesn't understand this ..chooses not to understand. It's an explanation for dummies. Lol

  • @jessarain9917
    @jessarain9917 6 дней назад +1

    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.

  • @grandmajosephine383
    @grandmajosephine383 3 года назад +198

    Scoop everyone up in busses, hand them 50 bucks and drop them off on city councilors lawns to their new home.

    • @garlajen47
      @garlajen47 3 года назад +9

      AMEN!!!

    • @jmcq931
      @jmcq931 3 года назад +2

      People get the government they deserve! Send more deserving poor to Seattle! The people of Seattle are good carding people and they can obviously care for more !

    • @loiscashner6567
      @loiscashner6567 3 года назад

      Yes Joe good idea

    • @mimiholand1063
      @mimiholand1063 3 года назад

      Great idea...once they fertilize the front with piss and shit things will be done speedily.

    • @grandmajosephine383
      @grandmajosephine383 3 года назад +2

      @@mimiholand1063 The very least, it will wipe the smug smile off their faces.

  • @sigrunnchidester1386
    @sigrunnchidester1386 4 года назад +379

    Somebody should be brave and discrete, pick up all of the garbage and dump it in the politicians front yards.

  • @standraiveyjones3670
    @standraiveyjones3670 14 дней назад

    What an excellent program. I am a recovering alcoholic/addict and this program was my meeting for today. Thanks for showing the ugly truth of addiction and the hope that comes with treatment and structure!!🙏🏿

  • @robertbombace9153
    @robertbombace9153 19 дней назад +2

    An excellent documentary which honestly and fairly represents all the issues.❤ and all these homeless situations have the same thing in common so you can replace it with any other City😢

  • @rudimwongozi9412
    @rudimwongozi9412 3 года назад +594

    I used to say Seattle looks like a clean San Francisco. Now it just looks like San Francisco.

    • @bp7792
      @bp7792 3 года назад +3

      datssumfunnyshit

    • @randykiomall8377
      @randykiomall8377 3 года назад +28

      keep voting devilcraps you stupid morons I hope your Seattle burns down

    • @toruko-ishibravo2zulu679
      @toruko-ishibravo2zulu679 3 года назад +2

      I motorcycle through Seattle to vacation in California.
      Go figure.

    • @kwakoushakur1391
      @kwakoushakur1391 3 года назад +10

      @@randykiomall8377 America is burning down not just Seattle..STFU and stop spreading Ignorance.

    • @chinesecovidanalswabs4752
      @chinesecovidanalswabs4752 3 года назад +14

      @@kwakoushakur1391 >Stop spreading ignorance
      >aMeriCA IS buRniNG DOwn!!
      kek

  • @Inkdraft
    @Inkdraft 3 года назад +249

    ''Drug problem not a homeless problem'' I guess the Seattle Space Needle is the city icon for a reason.

    • @pearlgilman5431
      @pearlgilman5431 3 года назад

      @Dandan y6 you y he causeway go gggggggv in

    • @adamjankowski7679
      @adamjankowski7679 3 года назад +1

      Over population problems

    • @AuroraBoarder1
      @AuroraBoarder1 3 года назад

      OUCH!!!!!!!!!

    • @jez8274
      @jez8274 3 года назад +1

      THE VIDEO TELLS DIFFRENT

    • @ni12907
      @ni12907 3 года назад +1

      Comment of the day 🤣🤣👍👍

  • @zoranhome
    @zoranhome 3 месяца назад +10

    I just traveled from Florida and visited Seattle and Portland. Nothing has changed. I was offered fentanyl on a corner of 3rd and Pike, I had to chase of a guy trying to hide behind my van and shoot up, in Portland I had a guy knocking on the door of my motel room offering me an underage girl for 50$ an hour. It's just insane.

  • @Baldwin321
    @Baldwin321 Месяц назад +338

    For the average investor, the stock market is the best tool for long-term wealth creation. Still, many people can’t take advantage of it because they are trying to make quick money from the stock market. I put about $200k into the market and held good positions.

    • @Alden457
      @Alden457 Месяц назад

      I agree, just because the market presents opportunities doesn't mean we should rush in headfirst. For this reason, we should look for appropriate market analysis or guidance or, alternatively, seek advice from certified market strategists.

    • @Hudson367
      @Hudson367 Месяц назад

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    • @Scarlett34568
      @Scarlett34568 Месяц назад

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    • @Hudson367
      @Hudson367 Месяц назад

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    • @Scarlett34568
      @Scarlett34568 Месяц назад

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  • @brianmax8147
    @brianmax8147 4 года назад +119

    Vote out these city Council members if you want to see change

    • @ataraw.6142
      @ataraw.6142 4 года назад +3

      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.

    • @brianmax8147
      @brianmax8147 4 года назад +4

      @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 .!

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 4 года назад +2

      voting is immoral and will not fix this.

  • @kathygarner1383
    @kathygarner1383 2 года назад +630

    Two years after this aired, Seattle is worse than ever

    • @josephlewis7166
      @josephlewis7166 2 года назад +17

      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

    • @tonyortiz1890
      @tonyortiz1890 2 года назад +34

      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.....

    • @johnmagill3072
      @johnmagill3072 2 года назад +58

      And it wont improve. Till the liberal idiots running it are gone.

    • @ifeedchickens7387
      @ifeedchickens7387 2 года назад +37

      @@josephlewis7166 boo hoo is someone addicted to crack?

    • @MrChohalia
      @MrChohalia 2 года назад +32

      They defunded the police, didn't they, and it must be like
      a magnet on illegal immigrants.

  • @elfielfi904
    @elfielfi904 2 месяца назад +2

    Ich lebe in der Schweiz und wir haben das Methadonprogramm nachdem es vor 30 Jahren eine offene Drogenszene gab. Es ist traurig was in Seattle passiert und doch hoffe ich dass das Methadonprogramm sich auch dort durchsetzt.

  • @stevenjones3684
    @stevenjones3684 День назад

    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.

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 3 года назад +246

    ^They are getting exactly the leadership they voted for.

    • @AnnieProchera
      @AnnieProchera 3 года назад +25

      I have no sympathy for the people in the cities who voted Democrat. I only have sadness for the drug addicted and homeless.

    • @tamasmihaly1
      @tamasmihaly1 3 года назад +6

      Not everyone votes Dem...

    • @justmissjamey
      @justmissjamey 3 года назад +11

      @@AnnieProchera the drug addicts and alcoholics have a choice and ARE the problem. Mental health laws need changed since in the 2000s state mental long term hospitals were closed down. The majority of these people need to be living 24/7 where people can watch over them and their meds because they cant do it on their own

    • @AnnieProchera
      @AnnieProchera 3 года назад +24

      @@justmissjamey THe liberal idiot voters in Seattle are the problem. The drugs addicts are the byproduct.

    • @glynnisthomas9165
      @glynnisthomas9165 3 года назад +12

      They got exactly what the dead folks and illegals voted for anyway.

  • @jamieh.2224
    @jamieh.2224 5 лет назад +623

    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.

    • @janetszymkowiak5294
      @janetszymkowiak5294 5 лет назад +24

      quit electing them people.....

    • @Dstew57A
      @Dstew57A 5 лет назад +8

      The most insightful factual comment ever.

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 5 лет назад +4

      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

    • @patneimer5594
      @patneimer5594 5 лет назад +4

      @@janetszymkowiak5294 - and the left count the votes too... count them until they get elected. Works like a charm.

    • @KenpachiPoker
      @KenpachiPoker 5 лет назад +1

      @@j_ll7 no

  • @zurc_bot
    @zurc_bot 7 дней назад +1

    At 2:27, is that black car going the wrong way? and making an illegal turn?

  • @antoniodegregorio686
    @antoniodegregorio686 Месяц назад +2

    When I was a kid I remembered the US was a dream country, now it is scary to even think about to go there, so sad about this

  • @jdm1039
    @jdm1039 3 года назад +332

    Wow this is a year old. Probably could never imagine how much worse it has gotten in the last few months.

    • @jarednovel
      @jarednovel 3 года назад +41

      IT WILL BE WORSE IF BIDEN BECOMES PRESIDENT

    • @zerbepike4228
      @zerbepike4228 3 года назад +6

      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.

    • @zerbepike4228
      @zerbepike4228 3 года назад +5

      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.

    • @zerbepike4228
      @zerbepike4228 3 года назад +5

      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.

    • @zerbepike4228
      @zerbepike4228 3 года назад +7

      Change laws of arrest for any drugs, then execute via hanging.

  • @OperationCrossroad
    @OperationCrossroad 5 лет назад +701

    The biggest landmark in Seattle is called "needle".
    That makes sense.

    • @sitdowndogbreath
      @sitdowndogbreath 5 лет назад +15

      Wow!🧐🤓🤐🎭

    • @davidclark6749
      @davidclark6749 5 лет назад +17

      Lol !!!!! You made laugh

    • @miked1286
      @miked1286 5 лет назад +15

      Geez I just connected thaose dot right now, damn

    • @Zgembo121
      @Zgembo121 5 лет назад +21

      that's dark man...

    • @hunkgolden5584
      @hunkgolden5584 5 лет назад +14

      I was watching the sentencing and all that and I am from Sarasota Florida, and now I live in Orlando. And I can tell you the police do not act like that here, they are jack-booted thugs in Florida. And secondly the judges are all total Nazis. You will sit in jail for a minute over some of these small Petty ass shit. I know someone who got 6 months for stealing a Four Loko. Yeah he had priors and shit, but in Florida they do not play. And they'll come get your ass no matter where you're at. I actually think that's a good thing though. Because downtown Orlando is nowhere near the shithole Seattle is. That's because the cops can/will beat the shit out of you, and the judges will lock you up. 💯 the moral of the story is when you come here on vacation don't fuk up. Cuz they will totally fuck you. The system here is insanely brutal. It's draconian in Florida.

  • @justcorygram
    @justcorygram 26 дней назад

    What an excellent documentary. We all need to do better. Few realize how close we all are in the comfort and security our lives to the streets and life of loneliness, self-medication, deteriorating mental health and death.

  • @nunyabizness573
    @nunyabizness573 Месяц назад +2

    One of the problems with creating a housing community, even with tiny houses, is it will require a lot of policing also

  • @rickcaldwell2862
    @rickcaldwell2862 5 лет назад +456

    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.

    • @setdrift
      @setdrift 5 лет назад +8

      I'm not from Seattle but love visiting. It pains me to see in come crashing down....

    • @honestacehole6172
      @honestacehole6172 5 лет назад +37

      I live here. Vote constantly. There is too much money being funneled to moron democrats that keep pushing bullshit ridiculous policies

    • @ticpeth2177
      @ticpeth2177 5 лет назад +13

      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.

    • @setdrift
      @setdrift 5 лет назад +9

      @@honestacehole6172 Damn. and CNN doesn't give a shit.

    • @fatjohny1009
      @fatjohny1009 5 лет назад +6

      Like a conservative. Doesn't have to be a Republican. Just not an extreme liberal.

  • @gennacasarez4717
    @gennacasarez4717 5 лет назад +239

    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.

    • @sevencolours5014
      @sevencolours5014 5 лет назад +66

      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.

    • @buddymoofish
      @buddymoofish 5 лет назад +46

      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.

    • @muzzer3726
      @muzzer3726 5 лет назад +31

      Democrats will never taze their voter base...

    • @irenebelototsky5469
      @irenebelototsky5469 5 лет назад +3

      sevencolours Nice said!

    • @muzzer3726
      @muzzer3726 5 лет назад +12

      @Elm TreeABC🤣 lol, there was a quote I remember. "You care about these people, but none of them care about you."

  • @brose2323
    @brose2323 Месяц назад +1

    Im an OTR trucker who runs West Coast . Seattle ,Portland and Oakland were the worst places I had to go to. Think about that for a minute.

  • @larabounds7335
    @larabounds7335 Месяц назад

    I wanna go work with you wonderful people. Im so happy you are all proud and motivated to do this . Bringing people back to life is beyond amazing. So sad to see Seattle give up. Raising their hands to the challenge of facing this humanitarian crisis. Kindness heals those of us who feel undeserving. Bless you all for not judging.

  • @ginakeveryn6274
    @ginakeveryn6274 3 года назад +357

    Seattle voted for these people. I blame the voters of Seattle.

    • @RocketmanRockyMatrix
      @RocketmanRockyMatrix 3 года назад +44

      They got what they voted for. Don't feel anything for them.

    • @randalscandal1588
      @randalscandal1588 3 года назад +42

      I agree for the most part, but if you watch the next documentary the city council member LIED to them about expanding the Police force, then did the opposite once in office. But people should have learned by now. Study the party and watch what they do. This is 100% modern progressive liberal democrat policy.

    • @stillbee7222
      @stillbee7222 3 года назад +7

      That's exactly right!!

    • @olympusmons8439
      @olympusmons8439 3 года назад +8

      @Lost Soul you mean give America back to the natives?

    • @olympusmons8439
      @olympusmons8439 3 года назад

      @Lost Soul so in your version of reality we should pawn the problem off to another country. Cute. Nice try but that "solution" is so stupid that no one with any grasp on reality could make. So you go ahead and try again :)

  • @staceywinningham3493
    @staceywinningham3493 3 года назад +142

    If people of Seattle are fed up with what’s going on, why aren’t they voting out the Mayor and the city council??

    • @russcoleman2338
      @russcoleman2338 3 года назад +51

      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)

    • @bigdawg7703
      @bigdawg7703 3 года назад +9

      So true my friend.

    • @StarfieldRailway
      @StarfieldRailway 3 года назад +30

      It is hard to un-brainwash cult members. They are going to vote for Democrats no matter what.

    • @backdraft808
      @backdraft808 3 года назад +6

      Exactly!

    • @Lepersflesh
      @Lepersflesh 3 года назад +7

      because they are brain dead pu$$ies.

  • @hunterusa4039
    @hunterusa4039 Месяц назад +2

    We traveled to the coast last summer from Idaho and we used to love Portland, Seattle, San Francisco but this year we avoided all of them. I won't go near any large metropolitan area anymore if I can help it. Very sad we used to love going to the Seattle fish market when our kids were young and the Space Needle. We would show the kids that there are many types of people in the world and how cool it is when they work together. The culture and art shows were amazing. Not anymore 😢

  • @helgashouseofpain
    @helgashouseofpain Месяц назад

    Compassion becomes neglect when there is no support system or meaningful intervention. Thank you for this thoughtful and thorough reporting.

  • @petersouthernboy6327
    @petersouthernboy6327 5 лет назад +268

    Seattle Mayor: “It is wrong to conflate homelessness with a rise in crime”. SMH 🤦‍♀️

    • @pavanatanaya
      @pavanatanaya 5 лет назад +7

      It is wrong. Sociopathic republicans who think their shit doesn't stink

    • @Ayeote99
      @Ayeote99 5 лет назад +26

      The mayors denial of the facts means that the problem will not be solved.
      Embracing failure is the 1st step towards a cure.

    • @pavanatanaya
      @pavanatanaya 5 лет назад +1

      This is just propaganda .

    • @yemo34
      @yemo34 5 лет назад +2

      Crimnalize homelessness now!

    • @dbill7486
      @dbill7486 5 лет назад +3

      @@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.

  • @cherylcooper9049
    @cherylcooper9049 4 года назад +124

    The mayor and all the city council members need to get LOCKED UP 🔐

    • @beanstalker3292
      @beanstalker3292 4 года назад +2

      or chpped up...

    • @PeopleHealthTru
      @PeopleHealthTru 4 года назад +12

      If they locked up the real criminals, there would be no Democrats still in government.

    • @PeopleHealthTru
      @PeopleHealthTru 4 года назад +5

      Reason - If criminals and illegal border crossers were prosecuted, there would only be baby killers left to vote for Demonrats and they would lose.

    • @vondumozze738
      @vondumozze738 4 года назад +1

      Wait, won't they be released the next day?

    • @cherylcooper9049
      @cherylcooper9049 4 года назад

      @@itsmeagain8518 Right! Giving them a taste of their own medince should cure what ills them..

  • @garryfitzgerald6233
    @garryfitzgerald6233 2 месяца назад +2

    Excellent documentary!

  • @billiebrown5162
    @billiebrown5162 Месяц назад

    One of the best focumentaries I've seen. Heart breaking and hopeful at the same time. Polish the jewel again. Somebody, just care. Do the work.

  • @diegotr1903
    @diegotr1903 3 года назад +328

    Outrageous those politicians laughing at the citizens.

    • @justtrollinalong977
      @justtrollinalong977 3 года назад +26

      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....

    • @gregj831
      @gregj831 3 года назад +8

      @@justtrollinalong977 Seattle has fallen to the Communists. It should now be renamed "HELL!"

    • @helloworld-ow9tf
      @helloworld-ow9tf 3 года назад +2

      I wonder how did they get elected

    • @letthetrumpetsound7893
      @letthetrumpetsound7893 3 года назад +10

      Why I am no longer a democrat. My family has been for generations but I am not any more.

    • @margogonzalez1040
      @margogonzalez1040 3 года назад +1

      @@gregj831 quick to complain but slow to offer a realistic solution.

  • @robertmaxwell8086
    @robertmaxwell8086 3 года назад +237

    San Jose, San Francisco,Oakland and all Bay Area Cities have same issue. Problem is Elected Officials!!

    • @lifeingeneral9111
      @lifeingeneral9111 3 года назад +20

      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

    • @theboatman360
      @theboatman360 3 года назад +10

      The drug addict homeless out smart the liberal party.

    • @jharvey9898
      @jharvey9898 3 года назад +6

      Robert Maxwell problem is unelected officials who cheated their way into office.

    • @charlesbrown205
      @charlesbrown205 3 года назад +17

      It isn't just the elected liberals, it's the voters too.

    • @charlesbrown205
      @charlesbrown205 3 года назад +6

      @@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.

  • @Novemberrain111
    @Novemberrain111 2 месяца назад +4

    I visted seattle for 10 days and was soooooo ready to get the h*** out of there. It is GROSS.

  • @jeanmcguinness3297
    @jeanmcguinness3297 23 дня назад

    Excellent documentary. The solutions you have laid out are so simple and so easy to do but they take the will of those in charge. Let's pray that those people heard you xx

  • @jasonmartinez9051
    @jasonmartinez9051 3 года назад +350

    2019: "It couldn't get any worse." 2020: "Hold my beer."

    • @michelleaugust9958
      @michelleaugust9958 3 года назад +8

      Right! If they could of seen it now!

    • @Dian2u
      @Dian2u 3 года назад +20

      It CAN get worse. It could get more violent. It is with Antifa. Defunding police won't help.

    • @marilynhunwardsen1344
      @marilynhunwardsen1344 3 года назад +12

      They need to clean the swamp and need people willing to arrest druggies and get them off drugs and on meds to beat the addiction. They need to put drug dealers away, no special treatment, build bigger prison . Clean up the mess

    • @marilynhunwardsen1344
      @marilynhunwardsen1344 3 года назад +24

      I mean they need to replace the gov and mayor

    • @xXLegendXx-ng1xp
      @xXLegendXx-ng1xp 3 года назад +4

      2021... looks into the sky Ohhhhhhh.... Shit.

  • @9485881
    @9485881 4 года назад +412

    If Seattle is dying then LA is already a zombie

    • @emsnewssupkis6453
      @emsnewssupkis6453 4 года назад +27

      And SF is pure hell. I fled back in 1970.

    • @CSAcitizen
      @CSAcitizen 4 года назад +19

      San Francisco is. LA is close on its way. All because those cities have no justice system, o law enforcement allowed. Bad judges and courts are to
      blame ! And lousy mayors ! There is no leadership in the cities that have this
      problem !

    • @NoCreativeNameGirl
      @NoCreativeNameGirl 4 года назад +17

      LA is a shithole. But yea I think SF is worse and then maybe Seattle. People shitting on public sidewalk in SF and LA.

    • @AndresSalazar
      @AndresSalazar 4 года назад +2

      that's what I was thinking. Looks like downtown LA.

    • @fullajoy3325
      @fullajoy3325 4 года назад +13

      Baltimore and Detroit are already dead. For the same reasons. Can we just learn already? I appreciate the compassion of the liberal voters, but what you are doing, is not working. It is causing more problems.

  • @tarrynekellam4147
    @tarrynekellam4147 Месяц назад +1

    Wow, I was raised in the islands since 1959. Moved to Colorado in 1988. This makes me so sad. 😢

  • @tonidamico8980
    @tonidamico8980 2 месяца назад +2

    So sad! I miss the way people cared!

  • @BVonBuescher
    @BVonBuescher 3 года назад +431

    Who’s watching this after Oregon decriminalized coke, heroine and meth?

    • @schatzeeone6230
      @schatzeeone6230 3 года назад +47

      They’ll be making “Portland Is Dying” in a year or two.

    • @normaldude41
      @normaldude41 3 года назад +30

      @@schatzeeone6230 ice cold take. Oregon's pretty bad already but the measure they passed uses money from weed taxes to fund treatment centers. it certainly wont solve the problem 100% but im willing to bet Oregon will do some great things in the near future. and only small amounts of drugs are decriminalized so big movers can still get felonies while people like Travis get sent to rehab and not jail

    • @americancitizen748
      @americancitizen748 3 года назад +6

      I hope the DEA arrests Gov. Brown.

    • @flukeofficial
      @flukeofficial 3 года назад +22

      @@americancitizen748 ok, narc. you do realize the war on drugs has been a complete failure, right?

    • @dogguy8603
      @dogguy8603 3 года назад +11

      @@normaldude41 Travis is dead, drowned himself after he murdered his girlfriend

  • @sebreenWA
    @sebreenWA 5 лет назад +374

    Seattle is being assaulted from within. Clean out city hall and then clean up the street.

    • @bvyup2112
      @bvyup2112 5 лет назад +1

      yup, the police chiefs are in on it too.

    • @Golfislife420
      @Golfislife420 5 лет назад

      white house?

    • @olivertwist1239
      @olivertwist1239 5 лет назад +1

      @Chester Smith the word you are looking for is execution. Look at your kids and tell them they have to pay taxes so losers can live like parasites. Tell every child you see that we can't explore space because that money goes to single moms and drug addicts.

    • @MrKAmsterdam
      @MrKAmsterdam 5 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @abigdongo3065
      @abigdongo3065 5 лет назад +3

      It's such a shame the police cannot beat "people" like Travis to death in the street.

  • @LavenderSkyla
    @LavenderSkyla Месяц назад +2

    I'd love to visit the Seattle science center with my kids but Seattle is so dangerous I don't want to go there

  • @pandab1232
    @pandab1232 2 месяца назад +4

    I was born in Seattle and raised In Washington state. I loved this city and everything it had to offer.
    I am ashamed to say I’m from Seattle. We Have politicians who are nothing but cowards to face the facts of what is going on. There are solutions, but they don’t want to hear them for whatever reason. Seattle is dying. It’s been dying for a long time. Seattle has turned into one big shit hole. I don’t go near Seattle anymore. Seattle is an embarrassment to the world of what our politicians allow to go on. Seattle RIP.

  • @lance3451
    @lance3451 3 года назад +134

    the mayor of Seattle should be in prison

    • @lifeingeneral9111
      @lifeingeneral9111 3 года назад +3

      I don’t think so I think the liberals that voted her in should be in prison

    • @Left4Red
      @Left4Red 3 года назад +2

      Throwing incompetent politicians in jail wont solve anything just vote them out

    • @shadboy
      @shadboy 3 года назад +2

      no no no the left will just PROMOTE her to either CNN on msdnc.

    • @lance3451
      @lance3451 3 года назад +2

      @@Left4Red they need to be punished! when there is no consequences for your bad actions, nothing will ever change!

    • @dandavis8300
      @dandavis8300 3 года назад +1

      Why waste money? Just keep them in the Chaz zone...

  • @davidwiger6024
    @davidwiger6024 3 года назад +131

    The only cure is to replace the politicians that are ignoring the problems or outright denying that the problems exist.

    • @amyames1979
      @amyames1979 3 года назад +7

      Hopefully, the people of Seattle will eventually get sick of all of this and vote these people out.

    • @enzoh7763
      @enzoh7763 3 года назад +7

      , , and the citizens who voted for them are just as culpable of their problem.. . or , maybe the politician were voted in by smartatic /dominion ?

    • @MrDookie1982
      @MrDookie1982 3 года назад +3

      So they will replace their low IQ liberal politicians with other low IQ liberals.. Yep. That will solve the problem.

    • @ronaldmitchell3665
      @ronaldmitchell3665 3 года назад +6

      This is what happens when elections at all levels become stolen: banana republic poverty

    • @charleshouseholder4734
      @charleshouseholder4734 3 года назад

      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

  • @fofaster
    @fofaster 27 дней назад

    I learned to some degree or another how to "adult" in Seattle. I'm glad I got to experience and grow up in this city before the lockdown; I can't imagine myself there ever again.

  • @npblosch19
    @npblosch19 25 дней назад

    It's shit in Vancouver and Victoria and frustrating... but im confused what do you suggest sweeping everyone up and jail for everyone?

  • @fatelamore
    @fatelamore 3 года назад +191

    You would be hard-pressed to find a single conservative among the prosecutors, judges, and city council members.

    • @Anon2150
      @Anon2150 3 года назад +4

      Good. Those fuckers are psychopaths.

    • @someotherdude
      @someotherdude 3 года назад +25

      @@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.

    • @paldeusjaco9657
      @paldeusjaco9657 3 года назад +8

      @@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.

    • @kuberanproperties3069
      @kuberanproperties3069 3 года назад +17

      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

    • @paldeusjaco9657
      @paldeusjaco9657 3 года назад +8

      @@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

  • @sunnygirl4017
    @sunnygirl4017 3 года назад +155

    How come CNN, CBS, etc...not showing this! "Oh it's the Summer of Love!"

    • @mechele38135
      @mechele38135 3 года назад +7

      Same thing is happening in CA

    • @oceania2385
      @oceania2385 3 года назад +9

      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
      @ElectricianTS 3 года назад +5

      @@oceania2385 She still won't get it...

    • @oceania2385
      @oceania2385 3 года назад +6

      @@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

    • @dandunkin2892
      @dandunkin2892 3 года назад +13

      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.

  • @BobPerella
    @BobPerella 3 месяца назад +1

    Great documentary congratulations KOMO

  • @leighbee1764
    @leighbee1764 2 месяца назад

    this has come across my playlist while working again, here two years later. would be nice to have an updated and follow up video for this as a next played.

  • @Cate5013
    @Cate5013 5 лет назад +218

    If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention! Bravo, KOMO and Eric Johnson!

    • @jamessidaway8934
      @jamessidaway8934 4 года назад +4

      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."

    • @jasonvoorhees7288
      @jasonvoorhees7288 8 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@jamessidaway8934Wtf are you talking about?

    • @KrishnaWon-bd4br
      @KrishnaWon-bd4br 5 месяцев назад

      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

  • @whoseyourdaddyful
    @whoseyourdaddyful 3 года назад +75

    city council should be arrested and thrown in prison

    • @Canisius19
      @Canisius19 3 года назад +4

      They should dragged in front of a firing squad .....

    • @luanntexascitizen4345
      @luanntexascitizen4345 3 года назад +1

      That man in the Ballard City Counsel was laughing!!!! He has a very warped sense of humor.

  • @SonLukifer-uy1yz
    @SonLukifer-uy1yz Месяц назад +1

    meanwhile in San Fransisco. and Seattle... sucks cause the birkgil is an awesome trail to walk, run, jog, and/or bicycle on.

  • @Etcher
    @Etcher 7 дней назад

    I lived and worked in Seattle in 2000 for a year. A wonderful place back then. I visited with my family a year ago. I'll never be back. Not only was it filthy and unsafe, I felt like a fool having built it up as such a great place to my wife and children. All four of them were looking at me the whole holiday as in "really Dad?"

  • @svnorthstar5058
    @svnorthstar5058 5 лет назад +207

    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.

    • @shmodzilla
      @shmodzilla 5 лет назад +9

      Sounds just like us here in NY

    • @svnorthstar5058
      @svnorthstar5058 5 лет назад +9

      @@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.

    • @shmodzilla
      @shmodzilla 5 лет назад +10

      @@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.

    • @shmodzilla
      @shmodzilla 5 лет назад +5

      Sorry Abuser of this system.

    • @the13rook
      @the13rook 5 лет назад +6

      @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.

  • @Ducaso
    @Ducaso 5 лет назад +416

    Seattle and San Francisco are almost identical at this point.

    • @nikkienikkie4310
      @nikkienikkie4310 5 лет назад +13

      Portland and Nashville are going down the same road.

    • @proceramic7422
      @proceramic7422 5 лет назад +26

      Well keep voting for progressive socialists. Fuck all these liberal shitholes

    • @deadbeatz1561
      @deadbeatz1561 5 лет назад +10

      Don't forget Portland, OR. Bunch of needles near the shore...

    • @prometheus5700
      @prometheus5700 5 лет назад +26

      SF is definitely worse. But when you're in hell who cares if it's 1600 degrees or 1615 degrees? It's all hell.

    • @nealanpaulaking9708
      @nealanpaulaking9708 5 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @yawninggap2328
    @yawninggap2328 Месяц назад +1

    Fantastic documentary

  • @glockumollie1230
    @glockumollie1230 29 дней назад

    What were the workers in yellow safety vests shouting; NO (SOMETHING) TAX? I COULDNT MAKE OUT WHAT THEY WERE SHOUTING. DID YOU UNDERSTAND, IF SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

  • @jackdundon2261
    @jackdundon2261 3 года назад +71

    The citizens elected this leadership. YOU WANT THIS CRAP. YOU GOT IT!

    • @colleen4ever
      @colleen4ever 3 года назад +4

      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!

    • @someotherdude
      @someotherdude 3 года назад +4

      @@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.

  • @staryoga888
    @staryoga888 3 года назад +134

    So this is dated March 19, 2019, Seattle's problem is much older than chaz/chop.

    • @IDK_Mr.M
      @IDK_Mr.M 3 года назад +13

      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.

    • @angelacrouch4129
      @angelacrouch4129 3 года назад +7

      Yeah, Seattle's been fucked for YEARSSSSSS. The entire west coast needs to be walled off, they're all fucked off.

    • @angelacrouch4129
      @angelacrouch4129 3 года назад +2

      @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.

    • @Sugarsail1
      @Sugarsail1 3 года назад +2

      yup you can trace the root of the problem to leftist control over its policies and economics.

    • @carolynking1625
      @carolynking1625 3 года назад +2

      @@angelacrouch4129 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.

  • @Kari-bb3rm
    @Kari-bb3rm 2 месяца назад +1

    Great documentary 👏 so so sad though

  • @community1949
    @community1949 2 месяца назад +8

    What we are seeing here is addiction and mental illness - no sane person would keep living like this.

  • @sallifrancis7250
    @sallifrancis7250 3 года назад +171

    Wow here we are a year later. The animals ARE ACTUALLY IN CHARGE NOW.-- saw it comin!

    • @untonyto
      @untonyto 3 года назад +2

      the animals were in charge. A wilder set of animals saw an opportunity

    • @BrianJohnson-bb2vi
      @BrianJohnson-bb2vi 3 года назад +2

      Vermin is a better descriptor

  • @larrybrennan1463
    @larrybrennan1463 3 года назад +202

    You voted these "leaders" in. What did you expect? A unicorn in every garage?

    • @TheSailboatCaptain
      @TheSailboatCaptain 3 года назад +15

      Thats the problem, democrats always appeal to the lowest common denominator, the low information blue unicorn utopia dreamers. As long as there are as many of these losers in our midst the democrat party will be overly represented in America.

    • @tyhouston2750
      @tyhouston2750 3 года назад +2

      Ha ha ha! Good one!

    • @keriamrosario8689
      @keriamrosario8689 3 года назад +8

      This is the world Progressive Leftist want the whole country to live in. No thank you. But it just seems like more and more people are in favor of politicians that allow this to happen. Look at what happened with the CHOP and how the mayor just allowed that shit to happen. This is destroying our country and society. This is so sad because when I was younger and less informed I considered myself a liberal but as time has passed by and the horrors I have seen is a sad sad life

    • @2_572
      @2_572 3 года назад +7

      I did but now thats gone....Trump 2020!!

    • @jeffhines2895
      @jeffhines2895 3 года назад +3

      But your unicorn has more color than mine and now you have to pay.

  • @giadorazio8242
    @giadorazio8242 2 месяца назад +7

    Wow just horrible its happening in Denver too!! Its horrible VOTE EVERYONE OUT

    • @user-kb5kz2dj3p
      @user-kb5kz2dj3p Месяц назад

      God bless RUclips evereone on the Word

    • @user-kb5kz2dj3p
      @user-kb5kz2dj3p Месяц назад

      Dios quiere salvarlos pero ustedes se dejan yevar por la avaricia

    • @user-kb5kz2dj3p
      @user-kb5kz2dj3p Месяц назад

      Dios es amor y el levanta la basura que ustedes mismos pusieron en el mundo el todavía haci con todo lo que pasó y todo lo que está mirando toda vía el dice hijos no sean siegos esto no más es un poco delo mucho que los amo

    • @user-kb5kz2dj3p
      @user-kb5kz2dj3p Месяц назад

      El que crea en el mensaje no le pasará nada no morirá porque haci lo dice el todo poderoso

    • @user-kb5kz2dj3p
      @user-kb5kz2dj3p Месяц назад

      No dejen que les roben este amor que nos ofrece sin dar nada a cambio el los ama a todos por ogual

  • @user-on4uj6ri4r
    @user-on4uj6ri4r Месяц назад +1

    This is so sad, I lived in Washington 40 yrs ago ,we must find a solution to this horror, We can’t blame our Government,our police,maybe if all of us step up and deal with this ,we can make a difference maybe 🇺🇸

  • @payehomage6922
    @payehomage6922 5 лет назад +129

    THIS guy is a journalist. I am completely moved.

    • @socialjustice1379
      @socialjustice1379 4 года назад +1

      this guy is such a great reporter, you can hear the passion in his voice

  • @starchaos6557
    @starchaos6557 3 года назад +222

    The politicians don't care. This is how they stay rich.

    • @cacornhusker2940
      @cacornhusker2940 3 года назад +8

      @Charlie Ennis Deceit is the tool of the Devil....and Liberal Females take apples from Serpents.

    • @jimmersengine
      @jimmersengine 3 года назад +4

      And china would love to have all the western sea ports, now that they have the largest world economy.

    • @stealthbomber2126
      @stealthbomber2126 3 года назад +2

      @@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.

    • @thekinglov265
      @thekinglov265 3 года назад +1

      they also all have a D next to their name

    • @marklaumond5241
      @marklaumond5241 3 года назад

      I don't care either

  • @mikegoff5531
    @mikegoff5531 24 дня назад

    Amazing report/documentary!!

  • @frediberri3479
    @frediberri3479 2 месяца назад

    Nice work. I hope more people see this.