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Drug Dens and Black Market Return to Downtown Seattle Streets

Jonathan Choe
January 28, 2025
Crime, Law, and Order, Drug Epidemic, Street Report
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After months of positive progress, parts of downtown Seattle have regressed. Look what’s happening on a Tuesday evening!

The drug dens have come roaring back and the black market of stolen goods is thriving at the corner of 3rd Ave & Pike St. But now the hoard has moved over to Walgreens and Piroshky Bakery.

Councilmember Bob Kettle and Downtown Seattle must ask for consistent patrols at all hours of the day.

Otherwise, this place will turn into a wasteland.

Btw, no doubt this is spillover from recent crackdowns in Chinatown-ID. The lawlessness just moves from one neighborhood to another.

Consistent enforcement is the only way to get ahead of this crowd. The addicts must get into treatment. More arrests are needed. No more catch and release.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.