Outrage in Seattle after ‘raids’ of several gay bars citing ‘lewd conduct’ laws
Outrage in Seattle after ‘raids’ of several gay bars citing ‘lewd conduct’ laws
The authorities deny that it was a raid, but bar owners, managers, and patrons are asking what else to call it.
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It was more than just gay clubs visited all under enforcing liquor laws which begs the question, is this a top priority for Seattle society as surely those same police personnel could have been working on real issues as surely naked nips and exposed ass pants are doing little society harm. Meanwhile, a few more drunk drivers never got stopped. That is the real crime here. Seattle police are distracted with low priority issues. Is this ok with the people living there?
SPD has "limited value" to the small biased sample of locals I know. They're very unpopular in some communities, especially queer/minority communities around where these inspections took place. But as always, many others aren't directly impacted and so they tend to be quietly neutral or supportive of the police.
SPD is more or less a rogue agency. Their actions are unaffected by what Seattleites want.
Nah but the libs keep electing conservative Dems.
Edit: Guarantee these downvotes are coming from people who don't live in a solid blue city. There is only one viable party so you get all flavors of democrats, the most conservative ones always win mayor and the majority of city council.
The head of the city council is also against the recent referendum to shift local elections to even years, which would likely increase turn out. Higher turn out usually means more progressive votes
I mean Sarah Nelson thought we could reduce traffic by using kayaks in Elliott Bay for freight, so she's just a font of good ideas.
Let's not forget the major gerrymandering that was done to the 3rd district to push out socialist Kshama Sawant.