This is what happens when your govenor is too busy enforcing gun laws on legal gun owners instead of habitual criminals.

Business owners and decent people moving out, criminals moving in. Great job Seattle

The judges who decide to release someone on (low) bail should be held personally accountable (financially and in a criminal sense) if that criminal hurts someone on bail.

Omg!!! I totally get mad watching this because I understand. Me my husband and my son (he was 4 months old at the time) got hit by a Big Black SUV in Lakewood in 2015. I mean we got hit walking through the crosswalk and to this day we still haven't found the hit and run driver. It changed our lives forever and there is no one to pay for the pain and trauma we have been through. It still hurts to talk about it sometimes... Man my blood is boiling right now...

As Washingtonians we need to Organize and go against these criminals and judge's. We need to make a change in who we vote for and we need tough judges NOT WOKE JUDGE'S. PEOPLE WE NEED TO STOP CUDDLING THESE CRIMINALS. PUNISHMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THESE CRIMINALS AND JUDGES NEED FOR LETTING THESE CRIMINALS GET AWAY WITH THEIR CRIMES.

All these corrupt criminal judges need to be arrested and charged with the criminal actions that transpire, when they release repeat offenders especially murder suspects.

Repeat offenders or under investigation after being arrested for multiple crimes, as well as anyone involved in a crime with a firearm should not get bail. Period.

"It's frustrating for us" does not answer what was asked you prosecutor !!

I'll be making my way to Tacoma courthouse on Monday and check the courtrooms to see for myself how full they are .. lol just like I did the hospitals claiming they were overflowing with COVID patients .. it was b.s. Smh.. this is ridiculous ..

Bring back public hanging. Make room in these jails and prisons. These prisoners are babies too much these days. The public won't take much more of this before they start taking matters into their own hands and dealing with criminals on their own once criminals are released.

Seattle and Gomorrah keeps growing

It’s almost as if vigilante justice is the only way.

This is a joke, Our legal system needs to hold people accountable for their actions.

It's the city you and your whatever voted for. Enjoy it. Blows me away how people vote (assuming honest-not election ) for anything that crawls that starts with 'D' in front of their name and they are so so surprised at the results. Can't fix stupid.

Thank God I moved to Texas this summer. I'd had about enough of this crap Seattle has created, allowed, neglected. Get out while you still can.🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸

Thanks for sharing these Spotlight videos

🌈💫 Get these scared politicians voted out of office. Vote RED for a change!

I'm so sick of hearing there's not enough court rooms, they should be open with all the cases they drop, or with the criminals not showing up after they "promised" to appear. What a lame excuse, and covid isn't one either. I think the judges are in with the crimals making some $$$. I was born and raised here, and love seattle , but I cant anymore. I'm not understanding how they think a person who doesn't register as a sex affender wouldn't be a threat to the community. Good job patting the criminals on the back and giving them a high five. Such a joke this state is.

I lived in Seattle for a year in 2015 when my husband was there for medical care. We loved it there so much that we strongly considered relocating there. We loved Capital Hill/Greenlake/1st/Ballard. When we returned for my husbands checkup three years later we could not believe how horribly Seattle had declined. The homeless have taken over and crime was/is so bad we were no longer able to walk the. streets to the medical facility like we did before. We were strongly advised to take the free shuttle. How sad. So disappointing to see how the elected representatives have FAILED their voters who trusted them. It seems to be at a point of no turning back. It's really out of control. Shameful. The. criminals OWN the streets of Seattle now.

It''s my recollection that this catch and release program started before the pandemic.

Don't feel sorry for Seattle at all. The people voted for idiots and those idiots wrecked the city and the state. That last couple complaining about the street racing? I wouldn't be surprised that they voted for the people who made that law and they supported that law until the insanity came to their street.

This is what happened when you have people worry too much about their “pronouns”

Aren’t the conditions a deterrent to not go to jail lol

The sound is terrible on this video.

This could possibly be the worst audio I've heard from a news station. The interviews are excruciating...

"it's difficult to resolve cases when there aren't courtrooms available" what about the jail cells where you hold the criminals to keep them from committing more crimes?

Here we go. Blame the phony pandemic

Not to mention the refusal to arrest open drug use and possession of less than an ounce of any substance, nor the ordinance against "camping," or squating on public property. Hence the term "Freeatle" and the influx of "houseless persons," the vast majority of just so happen to be drug addicted.

You can't expect a "sensitive" city like Seattle to have enough real men to fight crime.

They ain't Fast and Furious wannabes if they are actually fast and furious.

Increase the bail for 2nd or more criminal cases and use the higher bail to add judges, duh!

Hmmm, so defunding the police has NOTHING to do with the uptick in crime? Or, restructuring the no cash bail issue in states and cities run by certain political persuasion? C'mon Man. It's not just a pandemic issue!!! I appreciate y'all trying to find the right ways to tackle the crime problem. Some D.A's have chosen to not even pursue a "level" of crime...

Start putting people behind bars for a long time

How do you sort out the non-threatening from the violent offenders??Participate in local study and figure out the matrix

I bet people would not get off that easy in The State Of Texas

But they hold people who owe child support with no bail tho smh

It's not a complicated issue. Convict, imprison, and starve repeaters.

this is also why crimes are raising because jail is just like a shelter for criminals to crash in a night or two

Lock them up and keep them locked up!

Vote out every 1 of your people in politics. This is that problem!

This is normal . I had my neck slit on Halloween by the passenger in the vehicle I was in & he is already out on no bail on assault first degree , and he has a past domestic charge with women and crashed cars while drunk multiple times. & He's out . How is it even reasonable to think someone on first degree assault charges after trying to murder someone with a machete can get any leeway on release !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a good thing that they're not in jail if they're addicted they just need to set up a new kind of like rehab thing

Everyone wants these criminals to stay in prison but take it from me, someone who has been to prison several times, prison is not as bad as a punishment as one thinks or would hope. When I went to prison I was high on drugs at least 3 times a week- 1 8hr visit a week- commissary w decent snacks- 3 meals a day- free laundry service- sports- weight rooms- cable tv (in your cell 24hrs a day)- phone (to call family and or friends)- tablets (I-pads)- religious services etc. so before y’all wish prison on people remember the above mentioned perks (for a lack of a better word) and know that prison is not that bad

That DA/Prosecutor is just playing blame game ! On top of talking points of SJW topics and excuses !

Never let a good tragedy go to waste

Vehicle theft? Is that a non-violent crime? What if it's a carjacking?what if a 12-year-old sticks a gun to a lady's head and takes her car... And leaves her in the street to freeze

🔊🔇 ~ Why is the audio so horrible? I can hear the district attorney just fine, but I can’t hear the reporter very well at all. It’s extremely low. Then when I turn my phone in landscape direction instead of portrait direction, it flips or I can hear the reporter just fine but I cannot hear the district attorney.

Jail is supposed to be hell for the criminals, so why should we care if it smells like pee or crap! What did you expect to live in a penthouse like place after committing crimes???

Well,.. her dad is a cop too, soooo that probably played a part in the "leniency" on her charges, lol

There is no simple solution for this problem!

✨🇺🇸 Lawlessness has Deadly Consequence 🔥

How do we "get the suspects help?" Here, let me help you find you cell.

"this global COVID pandemic"

Any citizen, who puts up with this nonsense, gets exactly what they deserve. I’ve no sympathy for this area.

Elect a government official that has a political will. Then enforce "Laws of the Code of Hammurabi" to all heinous crimes including include murder, aggravated assault, rape, and robbery.

If these courts start being held accountable for releasing these people on bond a they rea affend the courts should be charged for it to they say the courts are back up but they can also do court online or zoom

Inhuman treatment? They need to work to pay for their Airbnb.

Never bail. I'll pay more taxes to buy the jail some tents. You've got grass spots over there.

Bring on the street justice. Can’t trust law and order to get the job done.

We've been participating in a local study with ahhh... The public defender office......blah blah blah

What about the DV cases that got push back ..

These criminals will never care about those victims, criminals only feel bad when they get caught and sent to jail. How sad about that 12 year old girl. Politicians will only care when it happens to their families.

Why people keep complaint about this and keep voting the same way. All you need to do is vote them out.

Love ya David R. Thank you sincerely Everett WA USA 😁🐕‍🦺🇺🇸🙏🙏😁

Here's the problem.....the King County prosecutor said the defendants are sitting on the sidelines waiting for their case to be heard. What do you think these defendants are doing while they're "sitting on the sidelines " ? They are committing more crimes. Maybe a car thief waits a year to go to trial. In that year they continue stealing cars until they're caught again, and maybe they steal 4 more cars until they're caught again. Now you have 4 new victims whose cases stay unsolved, plus the one they got caught for which gets added to the pile of backlogged cases. If you think car theft is a victimless crime you've never had your car stolen. It is inevitably going to cost you money, it may make you lose your job if you can't get to it. This is a fools game. The legislators and courts created this lawless atmosphere with their lenient attitude toward crime. No consequence shoplifting, no bail, etc....How much taxpayer money is spent on just one criminal who gets arrested two or three times a year for "victimless" crimes and goes through the system ? Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of tax dollars or more. Everyone living in that community is a victim of crime in one way or another. Whether it's paying taxes, or you just live in that community knowing it is unsafe, you are affected just like the person who is assaulted, has their property stolen, or is otherwise preyed upon.

Matatan.🔥🐎🔥. Ribirin HS, Do the right thing period,

In case you missed it the prosecutor just said - yes it is a problem and we are actively attempting to bolster the core of that problem because the voters and victims here are less important than ensuring silicon valley and the other elites see this office as "progressive enough". You want change - vote out these sycophants.

Damn commissioner. Hummmmm

Start by voting politicians in that will hold ppl accountable

It’s a system is broke that’s the news old news you keep watching

".....it's frustrating for us" ? Winder what neighborhood she lives in????

Y'all did it to yourselves

The judges need to be held responsible like parents are when there kid does something. The judges let dangerous ppl back on the street get time in prison for half the time the defendant gets for the crime they wouldnt have committed if not let go... or we need the guy from "law-abiding citizen" if shit judges thought there were consequences for there horrible decisions... stay safe everyone.. keep felons in jail!! They did the crime, They need to do the time period!

We'll then don't be surprised when people take the law into their own hands.. then the government will say OH' MY' GOD! HOW DID WE NOT SEE THIS ONE COMING?

No easy answers ? Unbelievably ignorant statement of this “reporter”

Get your woke politicians out of the offices they’re corrupting

It's not a complicated issue, democratic judge's and d.a.s allowed this to happen, there would be no back log if these judges and d.a.s would get off their butts and do their jobs.

How is it that they have catch and release supposedly because of the pandemic but yet they've been catching and releasing years before that so explain that to me the real truth is is that you hungry for bail money it's a business just like she said back in business. They should have asked about what about before the pandemic what was your excuse then?

OH STOP WITH THE EXCUSES!! DO THEM BY ZOOM!! I pray that young adults register and vote this November and replace all corrupt representatives, BOTH, democrats and RINOS!!! PLEASE 🙏 WE NEED TO STOP THESE HORRIFIC CRIMES!!!!

Shouldn't some of the blame fall on that idiot mayor who allowed the summer of love to arise? Wonder if she, could be prosecuted?

People are already starting to deal with crime by directly confronting it with leathal force, understanding that dead criminals are outside of the catch and release policy. I have 37 captures or assists of criminals in the past 41+ years, and the lack of resistance to crime and hard drug use in public has only encouraged the criminals and crazies to abandon whatever selfcontrol they may have had and live a dystopian lifestyle where the criminal is just a misunderstood unfortunate bravely struggling to survive. Help the unfortunate, you're called a wuss. Clamp down hard on criminals, you're called a tyrant. Since there are very few successful tyrant wusses, or wussy tyrants, we seem to be left with defending ourselves with whatever means we have. Vote stupid, live with stupid.

It’s nail not the Hilton,

it took months and many tongue lashing given out by me just to get paperwork nowadays i hate all the sickly ppl

I have a good friend that has gone missing his name is. Jacob Lockman, if anyone knows where his or can tell me anything, that he is okay I would greatly appreciate it

Lame

Hummmm. Can a new place be found to do street racing....really. it's been around forever....50s so.....find a new place for the kids to go and tell the kids to go There. Seriously adults find a place for the cars to race.....Hummmmm try anyway

What happened to the summer of love?

Make drug use possession and use nothing more than a naughty boy go home experience. It you build it they will come.

That's crazy they shouldn't be running repeat violence felons out on bill period.. what do they do? find a Monopoly game and take the get out of jail free card 😂😳 must work magic😳💫💫🌟

Instead of putting them in jail wasting tax payers money just make a law of cutting off there fingers they wont do it anymore lol

The easy answer is to keep this damn criminals in jail and stop these judges from letting them out. You can murder somebody you can rob somebody and you're let out of jail makes no sense.

Excuses..

Most shocking confusing thing i ever seen on tv, i had to rewind it and watch every clip slow mo. Blk man violence and comedian cracking jokes going too far. Chris Rock should be booted out of the Oscar for insulting someone who have a medical disease and Will smith’s for have mental illness violence.

Im so tired of saying no matter what you do you cant ever get tough enough on crime because during desperation which is what were seeing people dont care about consequences instead of harsher laws lets look at systemic issues and ever growing poverty due to amazon and walmart corps killing small buisiness and importing cheep goods to force down our throats take care of all that and people will stop turning to drugs n crime make people feel like theyre worth a damn help them rise up not lock em down

LMAO at "pandemic-related" problems.

Those two at the end will move somewhere red and vote the same way they did to ruin their city.

B.S

... to try to create a tool or a matrix to try to sort out the blah blah blah

What happened I thought it was the city of love. It looks like the city of fail.

It's not the city you love welcome to the jungle.