Seattle police chief admits crime is out of control, still optimistic
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2023
- Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz acknowledges many people don't feel safe in the city, however he's feeling optimistic following the latest crime data from the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
Nick Bui is keeping an eye on the progress as construction crews are busy building out the new location of his restaurant, Dong Thap Noodles, in Tukwila.
President Joe Biden offered a message of resilience to open his second State of the Union address Tuesday night in front of a joint session of Congress in a packed U.S. Capitol filled with lawmakers and their families, Cabinet officials, Supreme Court justices and guests from around the country.
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I thought the Seattle City Council defunding the police after the riots was supposed to make everything better.
shh, we're supposed to let that go down the memory hole....
It didn't happen.
Maybe more defunding is the answer 😆
It made everything better for the criminals.
It made everything better for the criminals.
Criminals, homelsss, and drug addicts have NO FEAR that there will be any consequences for their actions. What we need to do is to make some examples out of these people. Make it hurt, and make it public. The rest will get the message and either leave or change their behavior.
iF YOU ARE SERIOUS about what you state....THEN stop voting Democrap.
How are homless crimanls stero and profile what about black people getting shot almost
Stop voting DemonRats next time, right? Lol
@@bumpofdeath666 Dear heaven.....let to spell and use punctuation. Go back to high school ......PLEASE.
@@jaychong12 Yup! Democraps, Demorats, DemonRats, DemonCRAPS, Dumbcrats, it's all the same! Ha!
This is why I moved out of Washington.
To ruin another state?
Same here!
Congrats, Seattle is practically autonomous now. But you don’t like what you asked for? If you’ve made this bed, please do lay in it
Residents getting what they voted and
protested for, enjoy.
Many of us did NOT vote for this! But I would guess the complainers in this video did … they all look like lefties.
and not to mention open up their homes to these criminals and so called thugs and homelessness.
@J C Most of yall were enablers though
Well... Crime might be going up, but at least the Chief of Police isn't missing any meals.
Unrealistic expectation from community. Can't have it both ways, defund and be pro-active!
the police won't let them defund so they can move that money to mental health and drug treatment (proactive measures)
@@priceandpride it's not proactive when they don't want help!
It's sad that we can't walk around our own city and have to hide in our houses and hope we can get to our cars without getting mugged or shot.
I didn’t vote for anyone since there isn’t any candidates that are willing to keep Seattle safe.
@Soldiers for Christ Radio the president has no say for what goes on locally. Let’s look at our state legislature, our governor, our mayor and especially our stupid Seattle City Council.
Stop being racist. It's not that bad. You better vote blue though.
Don’t walk around scared and you’ll be fine
Time to move.
Not just Seattle. The Entire Nation is under siege.
All Democratic cities .
Democrat run cities
Exactly
@C Maurice
My words exactly.
( with no end in sight )
@@farristolesome4419 more guns, more gun crimes. Simple math.
@@hfleah 🤣🤣 I believe you believe that. But I must warn you that has be debunked 30 years ago.
why would the police chief say that self defense is a "big concern"? lmfao
They also like to call a criminal that has been injured in the act of committing a crime "victim". Im sure it is as confusing for them as it is for the rest of us.
He's part of the problem you can't tell ? Let's say he's not a guy you shake hands with.
You do understand he does not fully support 2A or armed law-abiding citizens? If he could he would recommend Seattle make their OWN gun laws. Seattle prosecutes lawful self defense shootings as if they were a crime.. He believes residents are irresponsible and stupid just like the City Council. It is like leading lemmings off a cliff in Puget Sound.
Black comedy 🤢
Diaz sounds so dumb when he talks. He's probably not a brilliant guy but the guy can only talk in cliche platitudes and obviously is pandering to the leftists who run the city with that comment.
The ability to arm and protect yourself is a god-given right if the police won't do thier then take it upon yourself to defend you and your community.
nooo not my heckin gun control
WHEN SECONDS COUNT THE POLICE ARE MINUTES AWAY.
STAY WELL ARMED FOLKS...
@@-blahblahblah so you're saying you have no right to defend yourself? Are you serious?
🤣😂🤣😂
@@-blahblahblah best of luck to you
God teaches us not to resist our enemies. Very specifically. "Do not resist your enemy." - Jesus Christ.
If you think it is important to protect your life in this world, you won't be able to do it. Not indefinitely. So when you get to the next place you'll have to explain why you did not trust Jesus.
I hate driving in Seattle. Haven't felt safe there since the early 2000"s.
That because you are soft
@@migthymax9 your mom is softer
Gives a whole new meaning to "Space NEEDLE"...
The Mayor & Chief of Police needs to GO, useless!!!!!!!
Do you remember slugbug car game? In Seattle it's the dirty needle game. 2 points for a needle and a orange cap is 1 point game!
That’s funny (and sad) I’ll have to play when we visit the in-laws in Portland😂
Who would of thought that many years of progressive/democrat policies would result in a dysfunctional society.
Puget sound reminds me of L.A when it slowly started going down hill. People really think something will change but it will get overrun by criminals. Not just Seattle but the whole puget sound.
But these folks flee, then go to a safe state, vote the same way and wonder why it turns to sht
Not surprisingly many of the masked terrorists that harrass the public in the name of fairness are from CA. What a coincidence. Love thy neighbor, hate their politics.
Bro Seattle had so much potential, decent size expanding urban area, leading in technology advances, beautiful nature dominating the surroundings. I swear if they keep voting blue I will just believe the people are braindead
Arrest the People using drugs. Arrest the People stealing to buy drugs. Arrest the drug dealers.
that would be a good start. first, you have to get a DA and judge who's onboard with justice. drug-dealers especially can stand on top of each other in a jail for all i give af, they're basically murderers as far as i'm concerned.
hard to stem the flow of drugs when CA won't enforce border control, though.
Need to complete the prescription, jail time. Serious jail time.
@@DAVID-io9nj I work in Seattle and I had to go part time from full time because it's too crazy. My coworker's are retiring and looking for other jobs. Driving the city bus has turned into a sh!7 show. They use the bus as a getaway vehicle.
@@uncleshreddedwheat6180 I feel for you. Working middle class always gets the shaft.
I guess who smoking cannabis too, they not better
Don't want people to take in their own hands but you guys don't want to do nothing about it so yeah people need to take it in their own hands
then don't worry about calling the cops afterwards. the system is geared to throw you in jail over a technicality for protecting your shit. do what you gotta do, take the trash out, and hope no one has you on surveillance cameras.
We need Open Season, Open Fire.
What happened to hiring social workers to respond to violent calls 😆
Thanks to mandates there's a shortage.
@1:24 There's a good chance she supported "Defund SPD"
Yup!
Good thing they made vaccine mandates and fired all those police , for fighters and EMT. To keep us safe of course
😂 😂
Really good job 👌
How did Seattle ever believe this would end up any different
Bringing a baton to a gun fight in the CID is going to take Gods grace but I don’t blame these business owners for doing what they have to do to protect themselves and their employees.
to his programming he's taken a huge step. he needs to be armed and prepared to pull the trigger. the thing is these people don't seem to grasp the concept of non-lethal ammo.
I can only hope that the people who voted for this City Govt is getting their share of the crime. When the "people in charge" start experiencing crime then we'll see change.
No they did not vote for this. Sawant was recalled but registered"homeless" voters with ballots on the street to beat it. King County elections director stated that the registered homeless voters were legal. The actual legal voters recalled Sawant. Everytime a vote or election is called it swings the other way at the last minute.
What about knife violence? What about bat violence? What about crowbar violence?
But what about muh headlines! It’s sad and there is a very coordinated public branding effort. Gun violence=public health emergency, we must act.
I’m pro 2A and it’s hard to watch.
Don't forget hatchets.
I thought the citizens voted for this, it make them feel good.
voted for police to do their jobs
The guy looks like the type that had his lunch stolen everyday in High School and now he's policing a large city. Go figure.
Lol that guy looks like he has NEVER had a lunch stolen
If the current elected officials aren't doing their proper jobs, elect new ones who are willing to get the job done!
It’s horrible. There is no way it’s gotten better. That one resident is bliiiind. We are led by a bunch of softies who just want to keep enabling. The lawlessness is out of control and it’s beyond me why we don’t support cops, punishment and THE LAW. City has no problem giving me a minor traffic ticket but let criminals shoot up in front of the courthouse? Sure why not … a restaurant next to my work was robbed at gun point , and the criminals took their ID and robbed their home as well. My kids aren’t safe at school and I’m not safe at work. This city is straight bull shit. Whatever you do DONT move to Seattle. All my family is here and moving back from Texas in 2020 was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made
@Troy Flynn Facts 💯 This city sucks ass.
Seattle once had a good police department and a good Chief. But the stupid City Council destroyed it. They wanted this.
2023 and 2024(especially after elections) will be the years of " Sure I fail at my job and sometimes just refuse to do it but nothing will be done about it so I might as admit it" All the way from President to local police chiefs.
Liberal bootlickers, and racist conservatives have done nothing for us so far. Why do you think that is? Bellevue Mercer Island Kirkland Redmond they're selling you freedom and safety. I don't have any confidence in the president or Donald Trump
Keep voting Democrat=everything stays the same in Freeattle
Well, on the positive front, at least the Mexican cartels are now firmly entrenched in all 50 states. Whew! I was really worried! Good job government!
Oh shut up
Calm down Juan. It’s going to be ok😎
Let this spread all around the U.S🙏🏻 it's the only way to actually bring change.
Police should do better job ? ‘’Really ? Stop blaming on the Seattle Police department. Many Police officers being harmed, Police station in Capital-hill was being attacked taken over by the group of criminals ( a group of residents of Seattle ) during 2020 . An off duty police officer was shot and killed on morning run , residents being quiet . No complains no sympathies. Consider to do better job for your own protect yourself and a bit for your community( Seattle ) as a great human being. Have some morality
The most annoying statement by any government official. We can't keep up with the crime rate. But we really wish that you guys would not take it into your own hands. Don't fight for your life.
"Homeless nexus"? Start calling what it is: a drug abuse epidemic. Homelessness is just a consequence, the drugs are what is manifesting all of it, the homelessness, the crime, the human misery.
For as long as we tolerate and don't punish/intervene on drug possession and drug abuse, especially in public space, these problems will not go away.
Spot on brother!
You can't forget mental illness. Heavy drug use effects the brain and is the cause of a lot of mental illness. Folks don't like to hear marijuana can induce paranoia, depression, bi polar disorder and more in certain people who are predisposed. Sure a lot of people can use weed without any major issue just like a lot of people can drink alcohol without problems but for those it is an issue for it's really bad. Yep you are spot on the rest.
You can't forget the people taking to the streets to avoid registering themselves as jumping parole and worse yet, sex convictions. Lots of bad people on the streets.
What is the common denominator with these 3 areas?
They stink
@1922abc white liberals…….
Don't worry Seattle, the citizens militia will back up the police.
No they Won't.
It's why I had to get out. My mothers catalytic converter was stolen right in front of her house & she lives IN A VERY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD that doesn't see any crime. I've nearly been assaulted in the middle of the day. Seattle is horrible, horrible leadership, horrible everything. How many people have to die before something gets done.
I left too. Just in time. Maximum return on my house when I sold last April. Now it’s estimated less.
And you guys will spread this nonsense to other states.
Oh you both are women go figure.
Police chief need to be fired how gonna deal with somebody for hour before police get there self defense best way save your life and people around u common sense what chief expect u do
1:42 Need people to start stepping up. Impeach and remove current.
Start at the top, in Olympia. Bring a fukn rope
It seems like the Seattle chief of police is more concerned with victims fighting back. Maybe they should facilitate the robbery and tape a sign to their back saying, I won’t fight back, kick me!
I seen this coming when I moved from the east coast and had to call the police two times because I seen criminals doing bad things around kids and the police told me if they came out to investigate they would lock me up too.What the hell.I was just trying to get some sleep for work the next day.I have been stereotyped by the police and had to say to my self WHAT THE HELL.Anyone from other states that move here say the same thing this is a nother planet. To hell with Seattle. It was beautiful when I moved here 25 years ago. But like I said I seen this coming.
Shit hole. Sorry to hear your dilemma
What does I seen this coming mean? Do you mean I saw this coming? Learn to communicate if you want to make your views known.
@devirama1 o I am sorry I went to school on the little bus. But I am rich lol.miss Facebook university 😆
Barbara Wilson, a women that literally caused the downfall of the state.
Yeah bro, Washington state is gae. And what’s worse, they are coming to your state.
Our cities are cesspools.
This is absolutely not worth talking about.
Stop arresting people for defending themselves family and property
6 months later and it is even worse. Politicians, DAs and judges are just pathetic here.
I reported to the Chief in person , citing scientific evidence about the robber and robbery , last year . No action till now.
Seriously have people lost the plot. Not all just ones who voted for anarchy .
Resorting to self defense after/during being assaulted by a vagrant isn't "taking matters into your own hands", it's having matters forced into your hands because the city leadership is incompetent and the DA will not prosecute criminals and lock them up where they belong, or the bail is set too low.
A baton LOL don't take matters into your own hands LOL. My God are these people in reality?
4:12 this guy is your problem right there. This chief doesn't want people to be able to defend themselves when he admits his doesn't have enough officers to respond to calls. He once called a defensive shooting "Gun violence"...... Goes to show the stats at 1:13 are questionable.
Look at him? He’s offended people protect themselves when he clearly got bullied as a kid and is envious people have more balls than him
In other country like China, those drug dealers will be sentenced to death and drug users are also put in jail as well. being soft on crime is one of the reasons why the crime rate is high, a big one.
Lol, where do they get these police chiefs? Is the prerequisite special ed class?
The corrupt politicians that have taken over WA state run off anyone with ethics or even moral standards. In order to keep the position you can't think for yourself or have a conscience. You go to work everyday afraid that Harrell, Dow, Inslee or the terrorist city council will decide to fire you. Then for the small occasions when that isn't a concern you know that one day you will need to stand at a federal investigation of one or all of them so the ptsd becomes paranoia that shows through at an interview.
right😂
Diversity quota. In the Woke agenda, skin color always trumps experience and talent.
I think they got the only guy who would take the job. They did a recruitment search for several months.
@@WalkiTalki LoL 😂😂
Councils should fix it or resing.
"We don't want people taking things into their own hands" - nameless bureaucrat. Funny enough, that's exactly what would fix the problem.
First time visiting. People smoking Fentanyl on the streets, saw a guy robbed for his Chipotle blocks away from Pike Place. I'm from Detroit and this place is much more dangerous.
Summer of love keeps rolling on.
If the police don't want people taking matters into their own hands, then they should do their job better.
SPD lost over 400 cops in the past 3 years so there are no cops, you gotta protect yourself.
they can't... if they do they're the criminal..
@@seewulf2385 exactly. Apparently this person hasn’t been watching any news channel for a while. Why be police? Easier to be a criminal.
The police can only do what our awesome governor allows them ,stop voting Democrat and alot will change 👍
@@troyjudge8466 the pols and woke got your back...as they stab Poilce in theirs..and the public suffers...
The darker it gets
The worse it gets.
How’s that defunding the Police working out for you?
crime is much higher than what's reported, ppl just don't bother calling the cops as much knowing it won't do any good.
'i think our police could do a better job.' someone smack some sense into her, she probably voted for every problem she faces... and will vote for it again and again.
'more outreach.' smack that guy, too.
'i think we've seen a good trend.' well, he can just smack himself. wtf 'good trend' is he talking about? good trend for who? criminals who should be in jail, addicts who should be forced into hospitals, and lunatics who should be in mental hospitals?
oh, he doesn't want ppl to take matters into their owns hands. great. just remember that when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away. also remember that if things get ugly, don't bother calling the cops, they'll just hassle you. break the programming of feeling as if you need vindicated by 'authorities' who will lean on you harder than they will the guy attacking you for defending your property/business/livelihood/life. if you know you've done right and can sleep well at night, who the fuck cares what some DA and judge thinks? are you going to cry when some commie traitors on the city council decry a rising wave of the bad guys being fought against?
Cops are just armed historians!
Too bad so sad. The leaders of the city did it to themselves they have no one to blame other than the person than the ones in their mirror.
Extremely easy to fix: Long sentences at hard labor.
Thank yourself Seattle, broken roads everywhere, out of control tolls, Seattle every one will be walking.
We the people don't have a choice but to take matters into are own hands because when we call 911 the police don't show up that has got to change.
Dude said he had a baton! You gonna swing at the bullets the thugs shoot at you? Naive people in this city.
If only Seattle could go back to the Chaz and the Summer of love lol
Reasons why Crime will start to go up is due to price increases on everything! So if that continues Crime will continue along side it
With the city council, along with the Mayor are solely responsible. There is not a cop in the department would not love taking their proverbial leash off that the city it’s self put on them. I find it so stupid that the citizens blame the cops but they put rules in effect that don’t let cops put criminals in jail. It’s like I want my cake but don’t you dare bake one. Now where’s my cake?
I watched a video of a journalist working on a story about tents and homelessness in Downtown Seattle as he was chased down the street by a low life with a crowbar.
They hate cops till they need a cop.
A baton, is he looking to defend against twirlers and majorettes? Once the city made ‘recreational’ drugs legal it was done. Ignoring chaz/chop and cutting law enforcement sealed their fate. I used to live in Seattle and loved it. Couldn’t do it these days.
In response to the Chief's comment. No one wants to take matters into their own hands if the police is competent enough. Wake up, Chief !
I'm not American, so I'm wondering, what are the laws in Seattle surrounding a business owner being allowed to carry a firearm on their premises? The store owner who said he only has a baton was pretty laughable. If you're living in a city with over 700 shootings a year, you'd be wanting something more than that to protect yourself.
when a cop gives you a ticket 30 feet from where you could get him attacked by a bat or a knife it does feel wrong
That dude acting like a baton is a goddamn 50 cal... lmao
Just decriminalize crime!
I live in Everett, I will never go to Seattle again, If I ever did, it would only be with my gun. I don't even drive through
Seattle with out a gun in my car.
Every law abiding citizen should leave
Stay in the bed you made because nowhere else wants that trash bro we have enough of our own problems as it is.
Why can't you just raise taxes
Shouldn't you be focusing on that all the time I mean that's your job. You just watched crime go up and did nothing. All I hear is excuses and bs. This man should be fired.
Better get used to it, it's not going to change , people choose to live like that and that's the way it is. SAD BUT TRUE.
Enforce existing laws, incarcerate criminals, Institutionalize mentally ill, help the others
General Patton and General Macarthur...Oh No..
Who is the DA in Seattle?
Crime stats high in Washington and California but low in Midwest states. Wonder what makes them so different….
Uh you can start with the size of the population.
city council members must go
@4:03 Jeremy my brother, you want more than batons... Make sure you don't make your business a gun free zone, and allow folks to legally carry open or concealed as allowed by law. Same standard applies, which I agree with, you don't use lethal force unless faced with lethal force and your life is in danger -- if you don't act, you could die. Good luck!
Other police departments are willing to say that there is an issue with the justice department of their city. They openly point to the statistics that show repeat offenders. When a person is arrested for a crime they should be deterred from committing another crime. This isn't happening. People use city jails as a convenient way to get out of the rain for a day or so. They go back on the street and back to the same routine. This is exacerbated 1000x when drug use and theft are no longer crimes.
“Police can do a better job […] instead of reacting and serving”. How about the city let’s officers enforce the laws that are already in place. And do more to retain the few officers that are still working there.
Is liberal tollarence really a form of love if it leads to sooo much suffering??? Or maybe just a form of vanity.
15 felonies but still out on the streets trying to earn their 16th, or 20th or 49th. Every city has switch from any victim rights to, how can we make the criminals feel better? You have to work your ass off if your going to make it these days, but people have gotten so lazy.
It didn't get that way by itself.
I'm North East of Seattle Northgate. The only problem I see is how the homeless crowds more than 3 is problematic they make random fires, leave trash and The public transportation is to dangerous you a bus driver but still who you let in the bus matters. But hey. I'm not the one to judge. But it is the out come from not really putting mentally ill people the proper environment..I'm telling you I was homeless has mental issues I worked hard but the streets work harder to keep you there..
that chief is a f'ing joke 😂
Making a guy that looks like a giant baby is a welcome mat for criminals to do whatever they want whenever they want, and that's exactly what they're doing.
Mr. Police Chief, please don't confuse defending one's self with being a vigilante.
1:20 " ... and everything I say sounds like a question?"