{"id":1856737,"date":"2023-02-22T13:06:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1856737"},"modified":"2023-02-22T13:08:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:08:22","slug":"seattle-reverses-course-after-defund-the-police-experiment-ends-in-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-reverses-course-after-defund-the-police-experiment-ends-in-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Reverses Course After &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221; Experiment Ends in Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fseattle-reverses-course-after-defund-the-police-experiment-ends-in-disaster%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=1856737&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--><p class=\"speakable\">Seattle residents Victoria Beach, Eli Hoshor and Jonathan Choe said police shortages have left their city in dire straits in the aftermath of officials&#8217; anti-law enforcement rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Homicides skyrocketed by 24% while motor vehicle thefts climbed by 30% in the city last year. Overall crime ticked up by 4%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/seattle-pro-police-candidates-lead-progressives-in-races-a-year-after-chop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Bruce Harrell<\/a> pushed for increased police presence to curb the issue Tuesday, saying, &#8220;We need immediate action and innovation to respond to our public safety issues\u2026 Seattle saw a 4% rise in reported crime last year\u2026 We need more officers to address our staffing crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, some residents&#8217; outlook is less than optimistic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/seattles-crime-surge-spreads-statewide-thanks-to-democrats-progressive-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>OPINION: SEATTLE&#8217;S CRIME SURGE SPREADS STATEWIDE THANKS TO DEMOCRATS&#8217; PROGRESSIVE POLICIES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1298931919.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Seattle Police Department patch\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Seattle Police Department patch<\/span> <span>(Genna Martin\/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, I don&#8217;t have a lot of hope,&#8221; Beach told Todd Piro Wednesday on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/fox-friends-first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox &#038; Friends First<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the mayor is on the right track, but Seattle is in a huge crisis. Our city has been destroyed, and we&#8217;re not going to get it back anytime soon,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Beach said she agrees that the city needs more police to help cut back on crime, saying the situation is currently a &#8220;free for all.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to commit a crime, move to Seattle,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/seattle-homicides-rose-precipitously-2020-liberal-leaders-demanded-police-defunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SEATTLE HOMICIDES ROSE PRECIPITOUSLY IN 2020 AS LIBERAL LEADERS DEMANDED POLICE BE DEFUNDED<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/AP21307136284115.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Bruce Harrell speaks during the mayoral race as his wife, Joanne Harrell applauds, Nov. 2, 2021, in Seattle.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Bruce Harrell speaks during the mayoral race as his wife, Joanne Harrell applauds, Nov. 2, 2021, in Seattle.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Piro reported data from Seattle&#8217;s city&#8217;s budget office showing funding for law enforcement increased for the first time since a major slash was made in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Hoshor, another resident, says the uptick is not enough to reduce crime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The crime is just getting worse and worse,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There&#8217;s a homeless encampment that&#8217;s right next to my son&#8217;s school that&#8217;s been there for over a year, and it&#8217;s doubled and tripled in size.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/seattle-times-columnist-irks-progressive-readers-focus-soaring-crime-after-government-defunded-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SEATTLE TIMES COLUMNIST IRKS PROGRESSIVE READERS WITH FOCUS ON SOARING CRIME AFTER GOVERNMENT DEFUNDED POLICE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/12561066-seattle-police-car.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Police respond to a call in downtown Seattle on March 5, 2021.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Police respond to a call in downtown Seattle on March 5, 2021.<\/span> <span>(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s ridiculous that that&#8217;s even possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Choe, a reporter from the area, slammed the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/aftermath-defund-police-movement-spotlight-street-racing-incident-created-monsters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defund the Police<\/a>&#8221; movement for being behind the crime rise as well as the &#8220;woke&#8221; activist class who he said are perpetuating the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It&#8217;s] a failed social experiment,&#8221; he told Piro. &#8220;They&#8217;re still standing by this and doubling down on it\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that seeing how &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221; supporters respond to Harrell&#8217;s push for more police and the uptick in funding for the department should be &#8220;interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The mayor laid out the vision and the hope for what he wants going forward, but he&#8217;s very sparse on details and an exact plan to execute this and what that would actually look like,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Taylor Penley is a production assistant with Fox News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle residents Victoria Beach, Eli Hoshor and Jonathan Choe said police shortages have left their city in dire straits in the aftermath of officials&#8217; anti-law enforcement rhetoric. Homicides skyrocketed by 24% while motor vehicle thefts climbed by 30% in the city last year. 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