{"id":1601016,"date":"2022-08-11T11:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601016"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:32:03","slug":"king-county-washington-to-further-legalize-car-theft-drug-dealing-and-other-felonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/king-county-washington-to-further-legalize-car-theft-drug-dealing-and-other-felonies\/","title":{"rendered":"King County, Washington to Further Legalize Car Theft, Drug Dealing, and Other Felonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fking-county-washington-to-further-legalize-car-theft-drug-dealing-and-other-felonies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Crime in King County is surging with car theft, drug dealing, property destruction, and other felonies becoming common occurrences. Yet county leaders are close to yet another program that goes easy on criminals, effectively legalizing certain crimes. They argue the criminal justice system is racist, homophobic, and transphobic.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the King County Executive and King County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office embraced a diversion program offering dangerous juveniles the chance to stay out of jail. Certain offenders who bring a gun to school, commit assault, steal cars, or commit other felonies go into the Restorative Community Pathways (RCP) program. Rather than face a judge, RCP puts suspects in front of a community panel of activists. That panel decides how the suspect can be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>That same program will soon be offered to adult offenders, even as a large group of south Sound mayors demand the county stop going so easy on criminals.<\/p>\n<h3>More adults will get a pass on felonies<\/h3>\n<p>The county is in the process of fine-tuning the program details.<\/p>\n<p>According to a county spokesperson, the diversion program for adults will be similar to the one for juveniles, but will \u201cinclude no violent offenses, no gun or weapon offenses, and no repeat offenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The request for proposal <a href=\"https:\/\/kingcounty.gov\/depts\/health\/partnerships\/funding\/~\/media\/depts\/health\/partnerships\/funding\/RFP-community-diversion.ashx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a>, which is offered to potential nonprofits to help run the program, explains who this program is supposed to help. It says the program will be offered to approximately 1,000 suspects \u201cfacing their first-time, low-level\u202ffelony\u202fproperty and drug-related offenses\u202fsuch as\u202ftheft, car theft, possessing stolen property\/identification\/financial information, selling stolen property, damaging property, and drug crimes (delivery or possession with intent to deliver).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This program effectively legalizes a number of dangerous crimes, so long as it\u2019s the first time the suspect is caught.<\/p>\n<p>As most officers will tell you, first-time arrests, especially when it comes to drug crimes and theft, do not equate to first-time offenses. These are suspects who were caught after many successful crimes where they evaded arrest. But to the county, these criminals are victims of a bigoted criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<h3>Only far-left activist organizations will provide the care<\/h3>\n<p>The county is in the process of deciding which organizations will run in the program. It\u2019s only considering organizations and providers that\u00a0institutionally hold a progressive worldview.<\/p>\n<p>The RFP document says to be selected, the providers must \u201cactively address the causes of disproportionality and racial disparity in the criminal legal system.\u201d In addition, you must actively commit to principles of social justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProviders will be expected to demonstrate an understanding and a commitment to the principles of equity and social justice as shown through their staffing and board development, services tailored to community need, and commitment to social justice and continuous improvement,\u201d the document read. \u201cOne aspect of this work includes understanding \u2013 at both a program and system level \u2013 structural and institutional racism as it plays out for individuals involved in the criminal legal system and the disparate impacts on individuals\u2019 collective experiences and outcomes compared to the population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RFP document indicates organizations that are \u201ccentered around the unique needs of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQ+, young adults (18-25), and\/or any other intersecting populations\u201d will earn special considerations from the county during the selection process.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations must also employ \u201cBIPOC\u201d and \u201cLGBTQ+\u201d people, though the document does not explain how the organizations may legally find out the sexual orientation of its staff.<\/p>\n<p>The program will begin October 3.<\/p>\n<h3>Why are county leaders doing this?<\/h3>\n<p>The county document claims that there is an \u201cintersectionality of communities adversely impacted by the criminal legal system.\u201d Those include \u201cBlack, Indigenous, Latinx (BIPOC), LGBTQ+\u201d communities.<\/p>\n<p>The county does not argue that the suspects do not commit the crimes that lead to their arrest. Instead, the county believes that criminals should be given a pass\u00a0<em>because\u00a0<\/em>they are Black, Native American, Latinx, or LGBTQ+.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive politicians and activists believe the criminal justice system is steeped in white supremacy. In fact, they rarely use the term \u201ccriminal justice system\u201d and favor the \u201ccriminal legal system.\u201d A racist system, they argue, cannot deliver justice. They do not explain why the racist system does not target Asians.<\/p>\n<h3>Culture of lawlessness<\/h3>\n<p>South King County mayors repeatedly called on the county and state to address the rise in crime.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve lobbied publicly and privately to drop these restorative justice programs because they haven\u2019t been proven to cut down on crime. Instead, they add to the culture of lawlessness that signals to criminals that even if they\u2019re caught, they won\u2019t suffer consequences. But King County Executive Dow Constantine and King County prosecutor Dan Satterberg have ignored the pleas. In fact, these mayors <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3296228\/rantz-prosecutor-says-get-used-to-no-jail-time-for-teen-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were told to \u201cget used to\u201d dangerous criminals not going to jail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell, who is running for the King County prosecutor position, is livid with the inaction from the county, noting the rise of crime is \u201creally impacting the ability of people to enjoy their lives and their community, and they should be able to live, you know, fear free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want people to be restored, we clearly want people not to continue in criminal conduct,\u201d Ferrell told the <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-jason-rantz-show\/hour-3-authenticity-matters-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Rantz Show on KTTH<\/a>. \u201cHowever, the answer is not what they\u2019re doing with this \u2026 Restorative Community Pathways \u2026 they call this a diversion program. I call it a \u2018look in the other way\u2019 program, because that\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to the Jason Rantz Show weekday afternoons from 3\u20136 pm on KTTH 770 AM (HD Radio 97.3 FM HD-Channel 3). Subscribe to the\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/category\/podcast_results\/?sid=1018&#038;n=The%20Jason%20Rantz%20Show\">podcast here<\/a><\/em><em>. Follow <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\">@JasonRantz<\/a><\/em><em>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter,<\/a><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasonrantz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jasonrantzshow\">Facebook<\/a><\/em><em>. 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