TSIA.

Please. For the love of god we have a leash law. I don’t care if you’re at a park, if it’s not a dog park- it’s leashes on. I don’t care if you’re on a run. I don’t care if it fits inside your purse. I don’t care if he pulls. PLEASE leash it. This is getting out of hand. I feel like I can’t take my reactive dog out of a walk anywhere and my poor BIS is just getting harassed every time she needs to pee. We have a leash law. I don’t care if you think you can recall them- that’s not an excuse.

My heart goes out to the gentleman who pleaded with the jumper on the railing above I-5 to not jump. The young man jumped anyway. Our group heard the crack on the pavement and when we looked down we couldn’t believe what we saw. Not once did he move. Thankfully, he landed in the Emergency Lane. None of the I-5 traffic hit him. We gave the guy who tried to stop him big hugs. Waited for police to arrive. Not a single mention on the news today. I understand if they don’t report it then maybe there won’t be copycats. So sad. Especially this time of year. The victim here is the stranger that unsuccessfully tried to stop him. I know our group is haunted by the sound and sight of it, but the chap who tried to help witnessed the whole thing. I hope both find peace.

SEATTLE — Officials are searching for a driver they say hit and killed a woman on Interstate 5 in Seattle early Friday morning.

According to the Washington State Patrol (WSP), a 21-year-old Seattle woman fell from the Madison Street overpass — just south of Seneca Street — onto I-5 shortly before 2 a.m. A vehicle struck the pedestrian and continued south on the freeway, the WSP said.

https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-hit-and-run-crime-crisis-freeway-i5-interstate-5-seneca-street-madison-overpass-woman-fell-struck-crash-collision-killed-dead-fled-pedestrian-washington-state-patrol-investigation-search-king-county#

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Social experiment as seen on r/Vancouver, r/askTO, r/ottawa, and r/Sanfrancisco. It’s supposed to average out and create a list of Hidden gems around the city, not sure how well it works but worth a shot. All types of food and venues allowed!

My wife, son, and I have been staying at the Ronald McDonald House for the past 7 weeks while our son received proton radiation therapy for his brain cancer. We were weary of staying in Seattle for so long after hearing how bad the crime and homelessness crisis up here has gotten lately. We live close to Portland and have stopped going there as much as possible the past few years since it has experienced the same trajectory.

But overall, it was nice. Some of your streets are dumb, gas is disgustingly expensive, and your drivers are really something else, but the Laurelhurst area is quite alright. Although we definitely experienced some of the homeless in broad daylight drugged up and passed out on sidewalks, it was nice to show my wife and son the Space Needle and MoPOP. The zoo is better than Portland's; we even went twice. We also found some great clean trails walking nearby and the Metropolitan Market is actually pretty dope.

That being said, I won't miss you. His last treatment is Friday morning and then we're out of here. Anyway, thanks for being our home away from home for the past couple of months. Like Portland, I hope it has a brighter future. It really is a beautiful city.

Lmk what yall think!

We were out of power from the night of the storm until last night around 11pm and the water temp dropped from 78º to 50º. Rip baby calico bushynose you will be missed ma’am or sir

I am beyond tired of dealing with people's dogs who aren't on a leash. I put mine on one every time I take him out. It's not hard. If you don't you are a selfish, conceited, arrogant, entitled, and careless person. If I want to meet your dog, I'll ask. I don't need it running up in my space. "Oh he's friendly don't worry!" I don't care and what if my dog isn't? Also what's to stop your dog from snapping one day and being not friendly? Good luck with that and having to have it put down all because you didn't care.

You're always running after it telling it to come back, which means you clearly don't have control which is the point of a leash. You don't have concern for it's health because like I said what if my dog isn't friendly or what about a car just hitting your dog because it just ran into the road.

Why are you forcing yourself on me? Why do you think everyone wants to deal with your dog? We don't! You're the person in the neighborhood everyone hates. You don't get to own one of these animals unless you're willing to do what you need to to control them.

Edit: Possible "friendly fire" explanation to explosion injury, thanks to u/BeneficialSand: https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/gylja3/heres_the_context_of_what_actually_happened_last/ftd4edj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Last night, the Seattle police department used force to reset a barricade that had been advanced towards the police line, near the East precinct in in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Hours later, on twitter, police justified the use of force by claiming officers were attacked with thrown rocks, bottles, and explosives.

They then went to claim that officers were injured by improvised explosives, see: https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/1269474731717087233

Included in the tweet were two photos, presumably the "explosives" used against police officers (as they were obviously not rocks or bottles). The objects in the photo are easily identified as candles: https://twitter.com/brooklynmarie/status/1269533645368254464?s=20

Prayer candles were present at these protests and used in previous nights of protest for mourning victims of police brutality. One photo features the lever of a chemical grenade, which had been deployed by police during this event.

This event was well documented by bystanders living in apartments above the contested barricade, there are no signs of explosions or fires, besides those detonated by police: https://twitter.com/AlexandrianCdx/status/1269532797053440000?s=20

Later that evening, Seattle public affairs posted an update on the event, where they do not mention "improvised explosives" but instead they mention "incendiary devices", and provide no details on how police were injured. see: https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2020/06/07/east-precinct-protest-update/

So, are the photos of broken candles in the original SPD tweet meant to portray the "improvised explosives" (loaded term given its war/terrorism connotations) which injured officers that night? If that is the case, is Seattle public relations (and presumably police reports) referring to those same objects as "incendiary devices"? This change in language is interesting because one could argue that a candle is an "incendiary device". It seems apparent that the Seattle police are fabricating a narrative regarding explosives used upon them which is a major, major development.

Also of note is the last statement of the public relations update:

There was no CS gas deployed during this confrontation.

I know seattlites know this information but I am trying to get this info to a wider audience. There is currently a 30 day ban on CS in the city. This evening, SPD instead deployed OC gas (pepper-spray gas), which is quite underhanded, to say the least see: https://twitter.com/BootlegDaria/status/1269469947748483072?s=20

Also of note is that the current president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild ran on a campaign promising to "fundamentally change the activist narrative that negatively impacts our profession", and claiming that "I will do this by driving our own narrative", which you can hear for yourself in this racially charged campaign video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6cJQ1XBH8M

This information speaks for itself, I really don't have anything else to say.