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Seattle’s Lewis Park Still Open Despite Rampant Drug Activity

Jonathan Choe
May 13, 2026
Crime, Law, and Order, Drug Epidemic, Street Report
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Crime, Law, and Order
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Disaster Area

Why is Seattle’s Lewis Park still open? It is a full blown drug den and playground for addicts, fentanyl dealers, and sex traffickers.

It’s also home to many missing people.

We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez and I went looking for Benjamin George Petry this week. Sadly, we did not find him.

But we saw so many problems on full display like the inflow crisis. Most of the people slinging meth and fetty aren’t even from this area.

We also met a baby faced 19-year-old addicted to all kinds of drugs.

Meanwhile, elected officials are paralyzed by this issue and the city has turned into a lawless playground.

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.