Seattle is Dying | A KOMO News Documentary

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5 жыл бұрын

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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@jenniegem5338
@jenniegem5338 5 жыл бұрын
Any politician who smiles while a resident is angry should be immediately removed from office !!!
@empirecash
@empirecash 5 жыл бұрын
I'd had been arrested and kicked his ass, guaranteed, if he'd smiled after I warned him...
@Ree1981
@Ree1981 5 жыл бұрын
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 5 жыл бұрын
@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 5 жыл бұрын
It is a involuntary nervous reaction many people have
@scottsgunchannel17
@scottsgunchannel17 5 жыл бұрын
@@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).
@richardmcardle9147
@richardmcardle9147 4 жыл бұрын
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.” - Thomas Jefferson
@paolorosario5346
@paolorosario5346 3 жыл бұрын
ohh yes ! the father it's right ! vote sober !
@welcometoreality3450
@welcometoreality3450 3 жыл бұрын
thats funny, thats what tRUMPS sister & neice said
@Chilcutte
@Chilcutte 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@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 жыл бұрын
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.
@jonathangoodwin646
@jonathangoodwin646 2 ай бұрын
I used to be homeless I used to use drugs God help me get off of drugs I've been clean for 40 years.
@mikestroud9969
@mikestroud9969 19 күн бұрын
Good for you. 34 years and counting myself. Thanks to Jesus Christ. Amen ❤️🇺🇲🙏💯
@AlunDavies-tm2lt
@AlunDavies-tm2lt 18 күн бұрын
It’s not quite as bad here in the United Kingdom but it is getting thst way
@AlunDavies-tm2lt
@AlunDavies-tm2lt 18 күн бұрын
@@mikestroud9969 22 years clean of heroin and 16 nearly 17 years sober too. I’m very happy with that achievement aren’t you proud of that too because even with the help of Jesus Christ you did most of the work my friend prayer helped me to get through it too because people prayed for me to survive and then they prayed for me to get better from my addiction and other things
@veganwinter2090
@veganwinter2090 17 күн бұрын
No, all consumers of meat are addicted to the Endo-opiates in the dairy ,egg, carcass, all consumers are addicted to endo opiates addicted . The tree of knowledge of Good and Evil all of us creatures and animals and peoples, do not eat of it, do not trespass. Rather, be a living son of light, following the Living God of gods, instead of the murderer from the beginning, the Dead god😊
@mollusckscramp4124
@mollusckscramp4124 10 күн бұрын
@@AlunDavies-tm2lt I'm up north and I haven't anything remotely resembling this, America looks broken
@standraiveyjones3670
@standraiveyjones3670 3 ай бұрын
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!!🙏🏿
@hamsterman81
@hamsterman81 5 жыл бұрын
Seattle; where plastic straws are banned but not needles
@jbkingusa10
@jbkingusa10 5 жыл бұрын
Follower, Seattle was the first to ban straws. Try doing some research next time.www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-becomes-first-u-s-city-to-ban-plastic-utensils-and-straws/
@homersimpson6795
@homersimpson6795 5 жыл бұрын
True. Contradictory to say the least.
@franklinvonfrankenstein1137
@franklinvonfrankenstein1137 5 жыл бұрын
Maybe if there were safe injection sites people wouldn't just leave the needles on the ground
@SynerG4ce
@SynerG4ce 5 жыл бұрын
@@franklinvonfrankenstein1137
@ernststavroblofeld7734
@ernststavroblofeld7734 5 жыл бұрын
Voting Democrat has consequences. And the consequences are not positive.
@andrews9715
@andrews9715 4 жыл бұрын
"They live in filth and despair, like animals." Animals don't live like that.
@bowecho
@bowecho 4 жыл бұрын
Animals don't shit where the eat.
@ladyjayne77
@ladyjayne77 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
VERY TRUE ANIMALS LIVE MUCH CLEANER ALL AROUND
@derek-press
@derek-press 4 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@brose2323
@brose2323 3 ай бұрын
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.
@nwminiaturesandmore
@nwminiaturesandmore 4 ай бұрын
This documentary needs an update, it's SO much worse now. I refuse to go downtown.
@snickerinmuttley1204
@snickerinmuttley1204 2 ай бұрын
@nwminiaturesandmore. I can now see why Jerry Cantrell left his hometown. sad.
@kendalson7100
@kendalson7100 Ай бұрын
Wow. Worse than this is... horrific.
@konrad6995
@konrad6995 Ай бұрын
Is Downtown worth visiting as a tourist despite the situation or will be glad to leave?
@nwminiaturesandmore
@nwminiaturesandmore Ай бұрын
@@konrad6995 Definitely worth seeing! Just stay to the main tourist areas and you'll be good.
@tinsley.10
@tinsley.10 Ай бұрын
@@nwminiaturesandmoreI feel sorry for the vets and mentally ill people who are homeless but they need to put the drug addicts in jail for at least 5 years no early release this is disgusting letting them do drugs in public and ruin public places
@pdxtim97209
@pdxtim97209 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
At least there is no shortage of overpriced condo development!
@dbkjacobsfamily2522
@dbkjacobsfamily2522 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@dbkjacobsfamily2522 Heroin isn't the problem. If it was heroin the problem would fix itself.
@crazy10bears
@crazy10bears 5 жыл бұрын
@Cinnamon Girl Did you take a leftist mindset, which causes this insanity, with you?
@OneVeryCleverGirl
@OneVeryCleverGirl Жыл бұрын
This documentary is FOUR years old. Nothing has gotten better. Heart wrenching.
@troutfitter547
@troutfitter547 Жыл бұрын
When do you think people will start enforcing the laws that the cops aren't ALLOWED to?
@OneVeryCleverGirl
@OneVeryCleverGirl Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
What kind of Question is that ? Looks like a Dilemma Question man !
@RichieThe13th
@RichieThe13th Жыл бұрын
Dude was just thinking the same thing.
@ghostpiratelechuck2259
@ghostpiratelechuck2259 Жыл бұрын
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.
@icedtea3347
@icedtea3347 2 ай бұрын
5 years later and it’s still bad :(
@cooter1352
@cooter1352 18 күн бұрын
Worse
@enaid54
@enaid54 3 ай бұрын
Here I am watching this 4 years later and I bet it's worse than ever.
@mollusckscramp4124
@mollusckscramp4124 10 күн бұрын
I wish that people would take this opportunity to comprehend how fundamentally broken the country has become within the last two generations. At first I was wondering if the angry people in the townhall were upset about the initiative to "defund the police"... until I realized this was released *3 months* before the death of George Floyd. This was also before the pandemic, and while Trump was in office. So many bipartisan issues that people blame the country's problems on were not factors in this. The city did not decline because of economic fallout after a mismangaged pandemic, and it also did not improve when Biden came into office. This is neither a republican nor a democratic issue, it's a citizen vs politician issue period. Only when people come to realize this and band together as they did in the townhall to demand answers and change will we see true progress in society, as more than anything they desire for people to remain angry and distracted, quabbling about trivial culture war issues while they rake in money. The people of this country must wake up and realize that neither political party has their interests at heart, and their voting allegiance will not make an impact. They must come together and demand change from these corrupt crooks.
@jamesm3471
@jamesm3471 Күн бұрын
That Travis clown is no longer with us, although he s/a’d and ended the life of another homeless young woman who didn’t want to be with him anymore, before Travis climbed into a chemical tank and never climbed out.
@commonsense7431
@commonsense7431 4 жыл бұрын
The trash in Seattle is located in city hall. The trash IS THE CITY COUNCIL.
@Rick-tb4so
@Rick-tb4so 4 жыл бұрын
Starts with the governor....
@davidverster9523
@davidverster9523 4 жыл бұрын
They the councilors are the mentally retarded..or are they?.doing this purposely to destroy western christian civilization
@tinka1015
@tinka1015 4 жыл бұрын
@Michael RedCrow Kshama sawant - city council
@MrBudcole
@MrBudcole 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
tinka isn’t she the city councilwoman (and her staff) who unlocked city hall for occupation by Chazistanians?
@rjohnhacker
@rjohnhacker 4 жыл бұрын
Good thing there’s no plastic straws cluttering the streets
@kathis6142
@kathis6142 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah!!! That was the first thing I thought, too.😆
@abrahamkarr12
@abrahamkarr12 4 жыл бұрын
Haha 🤣 epic!!
@gand2184
@gand2184 4 жыл бұрын
That’s funny. But not really. I had no idea.
@Peace-ju9us
@Peace-ju9us 4 жыл бұрын
Well, yes that is good. NOW, work on bigger problems, start small , then work up.
@scrubsrc4084
@scrubsrc4084 4 жыл бұрын
Whilst they shoot up on the astroturf lawn
@skeletalremains3860
@skeletalremains3860 2 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, in Spokane, my stepson, only 3 months out of prison relapsed on meth two times. He entered a house, stole only their phones and left. When the police found him, he begged them to shoot him. He was given 16 years in prison. The contrast is insane. He had no violent crimes and had never been to treatment. Just prison over and over again. Sad.
@musicisitall
@musicisitall 22 күн бұрын
animals has a better live ............................ they treat people like shit and don't help those poor people they walk by and do nothing. The fact that people accept this from a government... is the fact that they are far away from humanity. Christianity does not want this. The fact that people have disappeared from Christianity..... means that dirty money determines everything. People with money should donate some.
@helgashouseofpain
@helgashouseofpain 4 ай бұрын
Compassion becomes neglect when there is no support system or meaningful intervention. Thank you for this thoughtful and thorough reporting.
@5minutemajor141
@5minutemajor141 5 жыл бұрын
The only thing that isn’t going downhill in Seattle is the cost of living. Absolute insanity.
@tamaraloca-t9092
@tamaraloca-t9092 5 жыл бұрын
5Minute Major right on
@jasoninthehood9726
@jasoninthehood9726 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrKentaroMotoPI
@MrKentaroMotoPI 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
abc affiliate , not the network
@greggmitchell4173
@greggmitchell4173 5 жыл бұрын
@@latin412It's actual journalism.
@rickmanley767
@rickmanley767 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Sinclair media.
@davidhollenshead4892
@davidhollenshead4892 5 жыл бұрын
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...
@bryancoats5328
@bryancoats5328 2 ай бұрын
5 years later, it’s only gotten worse.
@zxthread
@zxthread Ай бұрын
I live on the opposite side of the country and love this video. one of the best examples of journalism of all time.
@grandmajosephine383
@grandmajosephine383 4 жыл бұрын
Scoop everyone up in busses, hand them 50 bucks and drop them off on city councilors lawns to their new home.
@garlajen47
@garlajen47 4 жыл бұрын
AMEN!!!
@jmcq931
@jmcq931 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
Yes Joe good idea
@mimiholand1063
@mimiholand1063 4 жыл бұрын
Great idea...once they fertilize the front with piss and shit things will be done speedily.
@grandmajosephine383
@grandmajosephine383 4 жыл бұрын
@@mimiholand1063 The very least, it will wipe the smug smile off their faces.
@rudimwongozi9412
@rudimwongozi9412 3 жыл бұрын
I used to say Seattle looks like a clean San Francisco. Now it just looks like San Francisco.
@bp7792
@bp7792 3 жыл бұрын
datssumfunnyshit
@randykiomall8377
@randykiomall8377 3 жыл бұрын
keep voting devilcraps you stupid morons I hope your Seattle burns down
@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679
@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679 3 жыл бұрын
I motorcycle through Seattle to vacation in California. Go figure.
@kwakoushakur1391
@kwakoushakur1391 3 жыл бұрын
@@randykiomall8377 America is burning down not just Seattle..STFU and stop spreading Ignorance.
@chinesecovidanalswabs4752
@chinesecovidanalswabs4752 3 жыл бұрын
@@kwakoushakur1391 >Stop spreading ignorance >aMeriCA IS buRniNG DOwn!! kek
@antoniodegregorio686
@antoniodegregorio686 3 ай бұрын
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
@kila11
@kila11 Ай бұрын
This makes me so sad. I used to spend a lot of time in Seattle around 2005/2006 and i fell in love with the city. Last time i was there in 2018 i didn’t even recognize it anymore. I hyped it up so much to my family about how beautiful and amazing it was there, to call it "embarrassing" is an understatement.
@Wavelord206
@Wavelord206 18 күн бұрын
Yeah I bet you were shocked.
@marystewart8569
@marystewart8569 5 күн бұрын
Sadly you are right. But, it's not just Seattle, it's nationwide in all the big cities.
@darkisland04
@darkisland04 5 жыл бұрын
The Seattle city council and the state legislature have obviously confused compassion with stupidity.
@alexk48
@alexk48 5 жыл бұрын
No, they've confused compassion with enabling.
@weslindsey5909
@weslindsey5909 5 жыл бұрын
Dont feed the animals.
@johnwallace1729
@johnwallace1729 5 жыл бұрын
Its by design , no tin foil hat here google agenda 21 ,breakdown society and provide a cure , eventually
@weslindsey5909
@weslindsey5909 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@rickcaldwell2862
@rickcaldwell2862 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
I'm not from Seattle but love visiting. It pains me to see in come crashing down....
@honestacehole6172
@honestacehole6172 5 жыл бұрын
I live here. Vote constantly. There is too much money being funneled to moron democrats that keep pushing bullshit ridiculous policies
@ticpeth2177
@ticpeth2177 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@honestacehole6172 Damn. and CNN doesn't give a shit.
@fatjohny1009
@fatjohny1009 5 жыл бұрын
Like a conservative. Doesn't have to be a Republican. Just not an extreme liberal.
@laralaralara7335
@laralaralara7335 4 ай бұрын
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.
@tina-mariecrocker5687
@tina-mariecrocker5687 Ай бұрын
Very well said
@robertbombace9153
@robertbombace9153 3 ай бұрын
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😢
@garcam03
@garcam03 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
The problem is, the Republicans turned fascist. Fascism is not the answer.
@bloodraven22
@bloodraven22 3 жыл бұрын
Wheeler lost the popular vote. But now we've got Sam Adams back so all good 🤣
@Tuppoo94
@Tuppoo94 3 жыл бұрын
@@GH-oi2jf No-one in the West who was born after 1945 has seen a real fascist.
@michaeldoyle2725
@michaeldoyle2725 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha You people deserve this you liberal sellouts
@AmericanHairlines69
@AmericanHairlines69 4 жыл бұрын
I mean look at seattle now. The mayor seems like she doesnt care about that damned place.
@johnswick4593
@johnswick4593 4 жыл бұрын
@Hades She doesn't care, I also don't think she knows how to fix it.
@ddawsond
@ddawsond 4 жыл бұрын
@@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 4 жыл бұрын
@Eddie Coyle Yep pretty much
@jill7111
@jill7111 4 жыл бұрын
@Eddie Coyle She doesn’t care. “Mayor Jenny” is too busy enjoying her “summer of love.” She’s a laughingstock.
@MrConstitutionality
@MrConstitutionality 4 жыл бұрын
She probably doesn't. Why do you think she's there?
@JohnnyByrne-kv6ro
@JohnnyByrne-kv6ro Ай бұрын
Thank you for showing me that our cities, in Canada and the US, have similar problems and the solution is quite simple. Thoroughly enjoyed the documentary and would love to see more.
@jeanmcguinness3297
@jeanmcguinness3297 3 ай бұрын
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
@Inkdraft
@Inkdraft 4 жыл бұрын
''Drug problem not a homeless problem'' I guess the Seattle Space Needle is the city icon for a reason.
@pearlgilman5431
@pearlgilman5431 3 жыл бұрын
@Dandan y6 you y he causeway go gggggggv in
@adamjankowski7679
@adamjankowski7679 3 жыл бұрын
Over population problems
@AuroraBoarder1
@AuroraBoarder1 3 жыл бұрын
OUCH!!!!!!!!!
@jez8274
@jez8274 3 жыл бұрын
THE VIDEO TELLS DIFFRENT
@ni12907
@ni12907 3 жыл бұрын
Comment of the day 🤣🤣👍👍
@wildlyunrulyadventures3942
@wildlyunrulyadventures3942 6 ай бұрын
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 5 ай бұрын
I feel the same about my home city of London UK ,London is being turned into a third world shithole !
@imakeherskeet-wj8jz
@imakeherskeet-wj8jz 5 ай бұрын
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 5 ай бұрын
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
@RedMartin66
@RedMartin66 5 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
@robertmiles.
@robertmiles. 4 ай бұрын
What with the tent cities and the drugs if Seattle is thriving?it's in our faces that Seattle is not thriving.
@tarrynekellam4147
@tarrynekellam4147 4 ай бұрын
Wow, I was raised in the islands since 1959. Moved to Colorado in 1988. This makes me so sad. 😢
@tlaa998
@tlaa998 17 күн бұрын
When this came out I was in a master of social work program and I heard it was biased against the unhoused. After watching it just now, 5 years later, I think it is the opposite actually. I am an ex-drug addict and the ONLY reason I made it out and on to get my MSW and now in private practice is because I was arrested in 2003 and the judge required that I get a drug assessment. Had I not been arrested, had the judge not looked beyond the standard 8 hour class for misdemeanor marijuana possession, had the system not worked, I would not be where I am today. What is going on in our city is actually cruel to the unhoused, addicted, those who struggle with mental health. Gabor Mate has written and spoken about the links between childhood trauma and addiction, yes drugs are a major factor, but it's what is driving the behavior. We CAN do what Rhode Island does and have unhoused rehabilitation just like drug rehabilitation centers. Eric Johnson deserves a lot of credit for this. I didn't see it at the time and wish I had. Editing to add that the majority of chronically unhoused were previously in the foster system, meaning they have no family and a traumatic childhood, and veterans. We can and should do better
@BVonBuescher
@BVonBuescher 3 жыл бұрын
Who’s watching this after Oregon decriminalized coke, heroine and meth?
@schatzeeone6230
@schatzeeone6230 3 жыл бұрын
They’ll be making “Portland Is Dying” in a year or two.
@normaldude41
@normaldude41 3 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
I hope the DEA arrests Gov. Brown.
@flukeofficial
@flukeofficial 3 жыл бұрын
@@americancitizen748 ok, narc. you do realize the war on drugs has been a complete failure, right?
@dogguy8603
@dogguy8603 3 жыл бұрын
@@normaldude41 Travis is dead, drowned himself after he murdered his girlfriend
@svnorthstar5058
@svnorthstar5058 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Sounds just like us here in NY
@svnorthstar5058
@svnorthstar5058 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
Sorry Abuser of this system.
@the13rook
@the13rook 5 жыл бұрын
@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.
@justcorygram
@justcorygram 3 ай бұрын
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.
@CanadaLifts
@CanadaLifts Ай бұрын
Starting to see this everywhere
@sigrunnchidester1386
@sigrunnchidester1386 5 жыл бұрын
Somebody should be brave and discrete, pick up all of the garbage and dump it in the politicians front yards.
@richardgieser6122
@richardgieser6122 5 жыл бұрын
The politicians ARE the garbage.
@jerryhardesty9993
@jerryhardesty9993 5 жыл бұрын
Dump it on the steps of the capitol!
@jerryhardesty9993
@jerryhardesty9993 5 жыл бұрын
@TangoX cool bring it!
@lorascelsi8102
@lorascelsi8102 5 жыл бұрын
AMEN.
@julieta3965
@julieta3965 5 жыл бұрын
😉😆😅🤣😂😎
@kathygarner1383
@kathygarner1383 3 жыл бұрын
Two years after this aired, Seattle is worse than ever
@josephlewis7166
@josephlewis7166 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
And it wont improve. Till the liberal idiots running it are gone.
@ifeedchickens7387
@ifeedchickens7387 3 жыл бұрын
@@josephlewis7166 boo hoo is someone addicted to crack?
@MrChohalia
@MrChohalia 3 жыл бұрын
They defunded the police, didn't they, and it must be like a magnet on illegal immigrants.
@Over-for-now
@Over-for-now Ай бұрын
What a thoughtful man. Heartbreaking 😢
@eleandgigs
@eleandgigs 11 күн бұрын
AMERICA IS DYING. THIS IS GOING ON EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE. VOTE FOR EBONE LEROY EAST AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 🇺🇸 KEEP AMERICA SAFE 🇺🇸
@jamieh.2224
@jamieh.2224 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
quit electing them people.....
@Dstew57A
@Dstew57A 5 жыл бұрын
The most insightful factual comment ever.
@KenpachiPoker
@KenpachiPoker 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@janetszymkowiak5294 - and the left count the votes too... count them until they get elected. Works like a charm.
@KenpachiPoker
@KenpachiPoker 5 жыл бұрын
@@j_ll7 no
@petersouthernboy6327
@petersouthernboy6327 5 жыл бұрын
Seattle Mayor: “It is wrong to conflate homelessness with a rise in crime”. SMH 🤦‍♀️
@pavanatanaya
@pavanatanaya 5 жыл бұрын
It is wrong. Sociopathic republicans who think their shit doesn't stink
@Ayeote99
@Ayeote99 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
This is just propaganda .
@yemo34
@yemo34 5 жыл бұрын
Crimnalize homelessness now!
@dbill7486
@dbill7486 5 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@hunterusa4039
@hunterusa4039 4 ай бұрын
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 😢
@billiebrown5162
@billiebrown5162 4 ай бұрын
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.
@staceywinningham3493
@staceywinningham3493 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
So true my friend.
@StarfieldRailway
@StarfieldRailway 3 жыл бұрын
It is hard to un-brainwash cult members. They are going to vote for Democrats no matter what.
@backdraft808
@backdraft808 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@Lepersflesh
@Lepersflesh 3 жыл бұрын
because they are brain dead pu$$ies.
@eamonnkenny154
@eamonnkenny154 4 жыл бұрын
Simple way to fix the problem. The locals pool together and pay the drug addicts to live and camp outside the Mayor, the city council workers and Attorneys houses Watch it change overnight.
@ellsworthwhitehead2703
@ellsworthwhitehead2703 4 жыл бұрын
send then to Olympia too the idiot governor loves them just as much remember now vote demo rat over and over this is what you get !!!!
@clampmotosua1789
@clampmotosua1789 4 жыл бұрын
So effectively we have to make it "the big stink"
@larrysmith6797
@larrysmith6797 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the time Rush Limbaugh bussed the homeless to Malibu.
@debbie189
@debbie189 4 жыл бұрын
Seattle has 2 clinics to watch drug users shoot up so they don't over dose. So a usrrrs uses clinic once the does it back in the streets. These clinics just promote drug use and that's what the Democratic government wants.
@AL-ri6bk
@AL-ri6bk 4 жыл бұрын
Outragesss....
@anthonyswift5357
@anthonyswift5357 2 ай бұрын
Yes,codac is amazing awsome program thank u so much for having this place around codac #1
@stevenjones3684
@stevenjones3684 2 ай бұрын
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.
@sebreenWA
@sebreenWA 5 жыл бұрын
Seattle is being assaulted from within. Clean out city hall and then clean up the street.
@bvyup2112
@bvyup2112 5 жыл бұрын
yup, the police chiefs are in on it too.
@Golfislife420
@Golfislife420 5 жыл бұрын
white house?
@olivertwist1239
@olivertwist1239 5 жыл бұрын
@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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
It's such a shame the police cannot beat "people" like Travis to death in the street.
@Bill23799
@Bill23799 3 жыл бұрын
^They are getting exactly the leadership they voted for.
@AnnieProchera
@AnnieProchera 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Not everyone votes Dem...
@justmissjamey
@justmissjamey 3 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@justmissjamey THe liberal idiot voters in Seattle are the problem. The drugs addicts are the byproduct.
@glynnisthomas9165
@glynnisthomas9165 3 жыл бұрын
They got exactly what the dead folks and illegals voted for anyway.
@mikegoff5531
@mikegoff5531 3 ай бұрын
Amazing report/documentary!!
@jimmygmc6917
@jimmygmc6917 2 ай бұрын
homeless is a whole differernt story than drug infested crimials PERIOD
@9485881
@9485881 5 жыл бұрын
If Seattle is dying then LA is already a zombie
@emsnewssupkis6453
@emsnewssupkis6453 5 жыл бұрын
And SF is pure hell. I fled back in 1970.
@CSAcitizen
@CSAcitizen 5 жыл бұрын
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 5 жыл бұрын
LA is a shithole. But yea I think SF is worse and then maybe Seattle. People shitting on public sidewalk in SF and LA.
@AndresSalazararthub
@AndresSalazararthub 5 жыл бұрын
that's what I was thinking. Looks like downtown LA.
@fullajoy3325
@fullajoy3325 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@jdm1039
@jdm1039 3 жыл бұрын
Wow this is a year old. Probably could never imagine how much worse it has gotten in the last few months.
@jarednovel
@jarednovel 3 жыл бұрын
IT WILL BE WORSE IF BIDEN BECOMES PRESIDENT
@zerbepike4228
@zerbepike4228 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Change laws of arrest for any drugs, then execute via hanging.
@fofaster
@fofaster 3 ай бұрын
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.
@jessarain9917
@jessarain9917 2 ай бұрын
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.
@cherylcooper9049
@cherylcooper9049 4 жыл бұрын
The mayor and all the city council members need to get LOCKED UP 🔐
@beanstalker3292
@beanstalker3292 4 жыл бұрын
or chpped up...
@PeopleHealthTru
@PeopleHealthTru 4 жыл бұрын
If they locked up the real criminals, there would be no Democrats still in government.
@PeopleHealthTru
@PeopleHealthTru 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Wait, won't they be released the next day?
@cherylcooper9049
@cherylcooper9049 4 жыл бұрын
@@itsmeagain8518 Right! Giving them a taste of their own medince should cure what ills them..
@aeo719
@aeo719 3 жыл бұрын
Anyone else watching this after the police chief resigned?
@hardinmichael1981
@hardinmichael1981 3 жыл бұрын
Anthony Brian Logan recommended.
@cindycliburn716
@cindycliburn716 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
and this video is a year old. Lmfao.
@rockdog3672
@rockdog3672 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Mey sis lives there. She is die hard liberal! She never mentions this stuff!
@RitaJ738
@RitaJ738 26 күн бұрын
If they don’t get Biden out of the WhiteHouse the whole country is going to be this way! This world is so so sad! Why is it so hard for people to actually do their job that we pay taxes for them to do!?!?
@nunyabizness573
@nunyabizness573 4 ай бұрын
One of the problems with creating a housing community, even with tiny houses, is it will require a lot of policing also
@brianmax8147
@brianmax8147 4 жыл бұрын
Vote out these city Council members if you want to see change
@ataraw.6142
@ataraw.6142 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@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 жыл бұрын
voting is immoral and will not fix this.
@whoseyourdaddyful
@whoseyourdaddyful 3 жыл бұрын
city council should be arrested and thrown in prison
@Canisius19
@Canisius19 3 жыл бұрын
They should dragged in front of a firing squad .....
@luanntexascitizen4345
@luanntexascitizen4345 3 жыл бұрын
That man in the Ballard City Counsel was laughing!!!! He has a very warped sense of humor.
@rosas5365
@rosas5365 2 ай бұрын
Excellent documentary reliable, objective and with facts. Hard to find nowadays.
@user-lo7eo3nt6t
@user-lo7eo3nt6t Ай бұрын
You absolutely have to love Travis! What an honest, funny guy!!!
@andrew35nov4
@andrew35nov4 5 жыл бұрын
first real journalism i have seen in years thank you
@vagabondwastrel2361
@vagabondwastrel2361 5 жыл бұрын
You mean from the mainstream media. KZfaq has lots of actual journalism.
@DavidTokio
@DavidTokio 5 жыл бұрын
Its bias ..Seattle has a big housing problem not a criminal problem however homelessness can cause these people to commit crimes ie:shitting in the bushes and just being in plain sight...Why is there a housing crisis all over Nth America and here in Toronto as well where i live...These locals voted there Government in obviously they voted for the wrong people...Period !!
@andrew35nov4
@andrew35nov4 5 жыл бұрын
@@vagabondwastrel2361 exactly
@andrew35nov4
@andrew35nov4 5 жыл бұрын
@paul reboca please link the lawsuit
@audience2
@audience2 5 жыл бұрын
Presumably the journalist will be fired.
@benzin5458
@benzin5458 5 жыл бұрын
I am born and raised the PNW. Seattle is about 20 minutes from me. Between the insane housing costs and the homeless, I don't know anyone who plans to live in Seattle. It's sad. I won't be bringing anymore of my friends to Seattle.
@kathleensampat2379
@kathleensampat2379 5 жыл бұрын
This what we get when we vote for democrat leadership.
@bdng09
@bdng09 5 жыл бұрын
@@kathleensampat2379 Republicans and Democrats are cut from the same cloth---make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.
@MusicLovingFool1
@MusicLovingFool1 5 жыл бұрын
Have you noticed who is buying the real estate? Here in Dallas, parent companies are from Germany. Like really? People are selling their property and property management companies to other countries. Wtf?????
@derek96720
@derek96720 5 жыл бұрын
The only people moving to Seattle are middle class people who got tired of the rent in San Francisco. Now they're here to drive up rent prices again.
@f0rmaggi0
@f0rmaggi0 5 жыл бұрын
Denver is following on Seattle’s coat tails.
@noreensharpe785
@noreensharpe785 Ай бұрын
I have just returned from Seattle where we stayed for 2 days following a cruise. I was the first time i had visited the USA for nearly 10 years, prior to that i visited at least twice per year since the mid 90's. I was shocked. I saw things in Seattle that i have never seen in the USA before. The level of drug abuse within the city centre (I stayed on Pine Street and 8th avenue) was shocking. Street dwellers, Open drug use and private security by dept stores and businesses was openly seen. I was so aware of it i consciously decided to limit my movements around the city. What struck me most was the willingness of the authorities to allow this to openly exist within the city. This clearly leads to less inviting areas for tourists and locals alike. It will surely mean that tourists in particular will avoid these areas, in my case i have already decided that i will not be visiting the USA at all in the foreseeable future, as i don't see it as being safe, or value for money when compared to other areas of the world. What will this mean long term for the income generated by tourism for the USA? Couple this with the current political turmoil in the USA and i don't see how anyone would visit the USA unless they have to, and believe me, they don't have to!!!
@PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude
@PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude Ай бұрын
5 years ago. And look at it all now. Born in San Diego. Served in the Marine Corps. I kept my standards but realized this is the way civilians are by nature. I hold myself above all of that because I am a Marine Corps veteran whether I am down or up in life.
@Cbd_7ohm
@Cbd_7ohm 14 күн бұрын
My dad is marine and never taught me anything. Never saw him since high-school graduation. I'm not buying your bs.
@PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude
@PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude 14 күн бұрын
@@Cbd_7ohm Learn to fish. Thats a start.
@AbDul-ur3si
@AbDul-ur3si 5 жыл бұрын
I'd bet those on the city council live in protected, gated neighborhoods, and never go downtown Seattle. They don't care about anyone else.
@the430movie
@the430movie 5 жыл бұрын
Rats run the show, and people constantly vote for them!
@robvegart
@robvegart 5 жыл бұрын
@GoldenState Like the Democrats that have been running your state for decades....
@cheryldias4269
@cheryldias4269 5 жыл бұрын
Ab Dul Just like those Congress fat cats and Senators
@cheryldias4269
@cheryldias4269 5 жыл бұрын
GoldenState Trump and his cronies are not the ones wanting the drug cartels coming in via Southern border towns. Are you lying under a rock Golden State? It is a disease called liberalism and globalization allowing migrants drug cartels and human traffickers to walk in because all the liberal Democrats made their money on the corrupt money from El Chapo and drug cartels. Did you hear that Trump wants a wall and Golden State are stopping it. They lie to you and blame Trump and dumb people swallow the garbage people like Pelosi Newsome Schiff Maxine Waters KamalaHarris live in mansions and don’t give a damn
@ultramagapimpernel7992
@ultramagapimpernel7992 5 жыл бұрын
@GoldenState no, scumbag like Hitlery rotten felon and her cronies that make every demonrat run city turn into a third world SHIT HOLE!
@pjhudson5344
@pjhudson5344 4 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when you destroy the middle class.
@centariprime9959
@centariprime9959 4 жыл бұрын
And that is done by re-electing liberals. Why do people keep voting democrats into office expecting a different result? Isn't that insanity?
@hectorsalamanca3210
@hectorsalamanca3210 4 жыл бұрын
@@centariprime9959 Its not just a liberal thing, BOTH sides have corporate shills and sell outs, your manufacturing jobs are NEVER coming back
@michaelquintana2858
@michaelquintana2858 4 жыл бұрын
This 'investigative reporter' neglected to mention the fast astronomical increase in rent prices.
@centariprime9959
@centariprime9959 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelquintana2858Supply and demand. Rent control only makes things worse. The free market should decide. Then there will be an incentive to build more units.
@michaelmeliambro5117
@michaelmeliambro5117 4 жыл бұрын
@@hectorsalamanca3210 Try telling that to the INCORRIGIBLE MAGAts.......
@joedoe2312
@joedoe2312 Ай бұрын
Was there last week in Seattle and looks it gotten 3x as worse
@SonLukifer-uy1yz
@SonLukifer-uy1yz 4 ай бұрын
meanwhile in San Fransisco. and Seattle... sucks cause the birkgil is an awesome trail to walk, run, jog, and/or bicycle on.
@staryoga888
@staryoga888 4 жыл бұрын
So this is dated March 19, 2019, Seattle's problem is much older than chaz/chop.
@IDK_Mr.M
@IDK_Mr.M 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Gee5425
@Gee5425 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Seattle's been fucked for YEARSSSSSS. The entire west coast needs to be walled off, they're all fucked off.
@Gee5425
@Gee5425 4 жыл бұрын
@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 4 жыл бұрын
yup you can trace the root of the problem to leftist control over its policies and economics.
@carolynking1625
@carolynking1625 4 жыл бұрын
@@Gee5425 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.
@jeanetteasmyself442
@jeanetteasmyself442 5 жыл бұрын
Glad I left when I did. They forgot to tell you how horribly expensive it is to live there to pay for all this... privilege.
@YoKevdog
@YoKevdog 5 жыл бұрын
@Alyssa Townsend pretty offensive, wrong of you to generalize and assume such political views
@pii2008
@pii2008 5 жыл бұрын
@Alyssa Townsend Those are not leaders and that is not leadership. There are incompetent leaders on both sides of the spectrum, don't bastardize your good point by a slander. The policy choices that support a "soft response" are not the way to lead, it never has been. Humans, when left to their "freest", will fall to the level of dogs. Without law, you have disorder. BTW I understand having 3g's of weed and not being taken to prison, but 3g's of meth or heroin WTF Seattle, someone on that board must be using. Oh I left out why they are not leaders, because they are paid not to be...
@liner011f7
@liner011f7 5 жыл бұрын
Let's throw more government money at the problem.
@jeanetteasmyself442
@jeanetteasmyself442 5 жыл бұрын
Alyssa Townsend Huh? How did you drag my voting policies into this? I lived there for eight years and I was commenting on my living experiences. Is someone a little high strung today?
@YoKevdog
@YoKevdog 5 жыл бұрын
@Alyssa Townsend omg grow a brain nothing you're saying adds up
@yawninggap2328
@yawninggap2328 4 ай бұрын
Fantastic documentary
@jasonmartinez9051
@jasonmartinez9051 4 жыл бұрын
2019: "It couldn't get any worse." 2020: "Hold my beer."
@michelleaugust9958
@michelleaugust9958 4 жыл бұрын
Right! If they could of seen it now!
@Dian2u
@Dian2u 4 жыл бұрын
It CAN get worse. It could get more violent. It is with Antifa. Defunding police won't help.
@marilynhunwardsen1344
@marilynhunwardsen1344 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
I mean they need to replace the gov and mayor
@xXLegendXx-ng1xp
@xXLegendXx-ng1xp 4 жыл бұрын
2021... looks into the sky Ohhhhhhh.... Shit.
@Ducaso
@Ducaso 5 жыл бұрын
Seattle and San Francisco are almost identical at this point.
@nikkienikkie4310
@nikkienikkie4310 5 жыл бұрын
Portland and Nashville are going down the same road.
@proceramic7422
@proceramic7422 5 жыл бұрын
Well keep voting for progressive socialists. Fuck all these liberal shitholes
@deadbeatz1561
@deadbeatz1561 5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Portland, OR. Bunch of needles near the shore...
@prometheus5700
@prometheus5700 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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.
@LifeLove655
@LifeLove655 2 ай бұрын
This video is 5 years old and people started complaining that time and in 2020 they have voted for same people and government…😢
@RiceGal
@RiceGal 16 күн бұрын
Wow this was 5 years ago I just moved here and 2023 and it's still like this 😢
@jaredwalker8065
@jaredwalker8065 5 жыл бұрын
TELL IT LIKE IT IS KOMO NEWS. you earned my respect
@diegotr1903
@diegotr1903 4 жыл бұрын
Outrageous those politicians laughing at the citizens.
@justtrollinalong977
@justtrollinalong977 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@justtrollinalong977 Seattle has fallen to the Communists. It should now be renamed "HELL!"
@helloworld-ow9tf
@helloworld-ow9tf 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how did they get elected
@letthetrumpetsound7893
@letthetrumpetsound7893 3 жыл бұрын
Why I am no longer a democrat. My family has been for generations but I am not any more.
@margogonzalez1040
@margogonzalez1040 3 жыл бұрын
@@gregj831 quick to complain but slow to offer a realistic solution.
@corinnecepeda7063
@corinnecepeda7063 27 күн бұрын
I lived in the area for about ten years. I LOVED Seattle!!! This is just so sad!!!
@irakorman848
@irakorman848 Ай бұрын
Absolutely superb and right on point. As a former state narcotics treatment program director, I agree that it is a tough fight but that we will be measured by how well we fight to save the lives of the addicted in despair.
@davidwiger6024
@davidwiger6024 3 жыл бұрын
The only cure is to replace the politicians that are ignoring the problems or outright denying that the problems exist.
@amyames1979
@amyames1979 3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully, the people of Seattle will eventually get sick of all of this and vote these people out.
@enzoh7763
@enzoh7763 3 жыл бұрын
, , 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 жыл бұрын
So they will replace their low IQ liberal politicians with other low IQ liberals.. Yep. That will solve the problem.
@ronaldmitchell3665
@ronaldmitchell3665 3 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when elections at all levels become stolen: banana republic poverty
@charleshouseholder4734
@charleshouseholder4734 3 жыл бұрын
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
@erikmorales1988
@erikmorales1988 5 жыл бұрын
Being in LA I always thought Seattle was a great city. I had no idea Seattle is suffering like the quiet cousin who's hooked on drugs but no one noticed.
@elouise5593
@elouise5593 5 жыл бұрын
It used to be a great city, I remember the way it was years ago. Sad that it has sunk so low. I don't much like going there anymore.
@jrt1776
@jrt1776 5 жыл бұрын
Jealous Barry Obamas decade transformed America
@KrisMaolender
@KrisMaolender 5 жыл бұрын
Oh if u walk by it obvious
@robotford
@robotford 5 жыл бұрын
No City is Exempt from this Crisis ...SAD !!! We can Do Better !!
@yinyangxperience5137
@yinyangxperience5137 5 жыл бұрын
@@elouise5593 Is the problem the people and drugs or are the drugs a result of a bigger problem?
@LavenderSkyla
@LavenderSkyla 3 ай бұрын
I'd love to visit the Seattle science center with my kids but Seattle is so dangerous I don't want to go there
@janncoons7445
@janncoons7445 Ай бұрын
My nephew was schizophrenic and I saw him go to jail, then to treatment, then back on the streets and then the cycle would start over
@donjones1203
@donjones1203 5 жыл бұрын
Seattle - why don't you start at the root cause, vote the current city leaders out of the office!
@07wrxtr1
@07wrxtr1 5 жыл бұрын
The "root" cause is the breakup of the family and people crapping out kids that have no means/willingness/passion to raise/discipline and do the not so fun tough part of being good parents.
@sequorroxx
@sequorroxx 5 жыл бұрын
That isn't the root cause. The root cause is society-wide corruption.
@Trollificusv2
@Trollificusv2 5 жыл бұрын
@@sequorroxx Yeah but the destruction of the family, ongoing these last 50 years, is a part of that societal corruption.
@getdownto311
@getdownto311 5 жыл бұрын
Cause they would rather see plastic straws,play the victim,keep telling us s ou cialism works,political correctness,identity politics, then take any responsibility and try to fix the problem that is Democrats at work!
@michaelmeliambro5117
@michaelmeliambro5117 4 жыл бұрын
We KNOW what the root cause is......Dumbf*ck Donald's ruinous tax cuts, which are only working for the rich!!!
@starchaos6557
@starchaos6557 3 жыл бұрын
The politicians don't care. This is how they stay rich.
@cacornhusker2940
@cacornhusker2940 3 жыл бұрын
@Charlie Ennis Deceit is the tool of the Devil....and Liberal Females take apples from Serpents.
@jimmersengine
@jimmersengine 3 жыл бұрын
And china would love to have all the western sea ports, now that they have the largest world economy.
@stealthbomber2126
@stealthbomber2126 3 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
they also all have a D next to their name
@marklaumond5241
@marklaumond5241 3 жыл бұрын
I don't care either
@kathymcpherson2311
@kathymcpherson2311 4 күн бұрын
My question is why are we allowing drugs in our country
@KevaFlores
@KevaFlores 4 ай бұрын
So very sad! I grew up on Whidbey island and loved Seattle until I moved out of the state in 1994 when I was 30 years old.
@KevaFlores
@KevaFlores 4 ай бұрын
Wonder what’s it like now in 2024 anyone?
@gennacasarez4717
@gennacasarez4717 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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.
@Penelope.Banana
@Penelope.Banana 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Democrats will never taze their voter base...
@irenebelototsky5469
@irenebelototsky5469 5 жыл бұрын
sevencolours Nice said!
@muzzer3726
@muzzer3726 5 жыл бұрын
@Elm TreeABC🤣 lol, there was a quote I remember. "You care about these people, but none of them care about you."
@garrisongreenwood3144
@garrisongreenwood3144 4 жыл бұрын
One question for those seattle residents who are complaining in the video: Who did you vote for in previous city council elections?
@tiffanypetty8964
@tiffanypetty8964 4 жыл бұрын
Im sure it was the corrupt democratic criminal failed policy pos party. Everything they touch they completely ruin.look at La Baltimore Portland Chicago Detroit and the list goes on and on. Stop voting corrupt do nothing accomplish less failed policy criminal democratic failure's into any amd all offices amd watch how quick thing's will change and get better. 🎺 Trump 2020 by a massive majority landslide. 💘
@GenosetScentia
@GenosetScentia 4 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanypetty8964 Yeah cause Trump will save all......Sure been doing a great job so far.
@GenosetScentia
@GenosetScentia 4 жыл бұрын
​@Marni Maren Citation Needed*
@fiddlesticksbessette398
@fiddlesticksbessette398 4 жыл бұрын
'' TAKE BACK YOUR VOTE IF YOU VOTED DEMOCRAT,THERE GOING FROM STATE TO STATE,SO YOU CAN THANK YOUR SELF,AND YOUR GOOD BRAIN'S,FOR HOLDINT ON TO YOUR GUN'S,AND AMO..WE SHOULD GET THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE NOW,TRUMP SHOULD CLOSE DOWN CONGRESS BEFORE CONGRESS COLSE'S UP THIS COUNTRY.AND YOU THINK I'M JOKE'ING,..THAT REMARK WASENT MADE TO MAKE YOU LAUGH.THIS IS OUR COUNTRY,AND THE DEMS ARE TAKING IT AWAY,AND WE WILL ALL BE IN THE STREET SOON,AND ALL SICK,AND OUR CHILDREN WILL BE GOD KNOWS WHERE.THIS IS GETTING SCARY,JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAID WILL HAPPEN.THE WORLD IS NOT THE SAME,AND I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO MAKE A FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES,AND YOU HAVE SOME CAMPING GEAR,AT LEAST.
@TheRootedWord
@TheRootedWord 4 жыл бұрын
It's about attitude, not voting. Representatives are not going to solve the problem in the soul of Seattle. The soul is the attitude of the people and until they either humble themselves or are humbled by God things will go from bad to worse to nightmarish!
@Baldwin321
@Baldwin321 4 ай бұрын
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 4 ай бұрын
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 4 ай бұрын
Having an advisor is the smartest approach in today's market, especially for those nearing retirement. I personally gained over $670K during this market downturn, which highlighted that there's valuable insight the average individual may not be aware of
@Scarlett34568
@Scarlett34568 4 ай бұрын
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@Hudson367
@Hudson367 4 ай бұрын
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@Scarlett34568
@Scarlett34568 4 ай бұрын
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@user-db9nv7fp1l
@user-db9nv7fp1l 18 күн бұрын
It's an absolute disgrace! What has become of our society?
@lakevacm
@lakevacm 4 жыл бұрын
Seattle's dufus mayor can say, "It is wrong to conflate homelessness with a rise in crime". She can assure us of this because she doesn't live next to homeless people.
@billludolph1696
@billludolph1696 4 жыл бұрын
Nice a guy shitting in plain sight. At least when I have to take a dump I do it behind a building
@ltcavret7574
@ltcavret7574 4 жыл бұрын
Virtue signaling and political correctness are demonic in origin
@johnrildo2325
@johnrildo2325 4 жыл бұрын
Homeless people HAVE to commit crimes to survive. That's how messed up our civilization is.
@user-oc7uq8ue7t
@user-oc7uq8ue7t 5 ай бұрын
She works from home and that's a problem drive to work every day see how that goes
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