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Drugs and Stolen Goods: The Continued Suffering of Little Saigon

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Drug Epidemic
Governance
Homelessness
Street Report

Happening Now

Friday night, Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood is zombie land with fentanyl addicts knocked out in wheelchairs and unconscious on the sidewalk.

The black market of stolen goods is thriving.

Instead of breaking up this crime scene, two SPD officers simply drove by and never left their cruisers to enforce the law.

Today’s Seattle Times op-ed on the failures of “harm reduction” was reposted by Council President Sara Nelson.

But still no relief in sight for this predominantly Asian American neighborhood.

At the end of the day, this is on Mayor Bruce Harrell. But he remains MIA. Nothing has changed on his watch. It’s actually worse than ever.

This is exactly why President Trump had to sign his executive order, defunding the enablers of this homeless street crisis.

The City Has Given Up

It’s almost like the Mayor has given up on solving this street crisis. Clearly Housing First and “harm reduction” aren’t working.

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.