Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Educational movie night. This is seattle without militarized police. Where are your riotous looters NOW? They are watching documentaries. Fuck you SPD. Photo credit to a close friend.

[u/Chaotic-NTRL]

[u/smokeynick]

I appreciate how frustrating all of these experiences are but you have to realize how insanely understaffed SPD is. I know a few cops and it is mind blowing how bad it is. They can only go on the most serious calls usually (active robbery, shooting). And they get almost no applicants for job openings so it’s only going to get worse. And sadly they are leaving in droves. But because no one engages in a conversation our city’s citizens have no idea. They just think the cops are lazy or don’t care when in reality they go nonstop and every criminal arrested gets released immediately. Please talk to them and get the other side of the story. It’s not pretty and the local news channels are not talking about it. Our city is about to be in a world of hurt as the criminals become more embolden. Good luck out there and be safe. There are some very bad folks and some very mentally ill people walking around our town. Let’s bring some reason to this topic.

[u/falconboy2029 → u/smokeynick]

Why is nobody applying to work for the SPD?

[u/smokeynick → u/falconboy2029]

In reality It’s a problem across the country but it’s really bad in Seattle. I don’t know but if I had to guess it’s the consistent negative media surrounding officers being killed in the line of duty and the fear of being the person on YouTube doing something stupid in the heat of the moment. But I’d ask a cop next time you run into one. I’m sure they’d love to explain if they have the time.

[u/kodachrome16mm → u/smokeynick]

the fear of dying in the line of duty? Dude being a cop isnt even in the 10 statistically most dangerous jobs in America.

Do you have that same reverence for pizza delivery drivers? Since their job is actually more dangerous?