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    After Defunding the Police, Seattle Now Wants to Close All Jails

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    In a series of tweets, City Journal contributing editor Chris F. Rufo laid out the plan.

    "SCOOP: King County Executive Dow Constantine plans to close the county jail in downtown Seattle—and build no new facilities to replace it. I've obtained a leaked email outlining the plan," he wrote.

    "On Thursday, officials will announce a 'phased closing of the Seattle jail' and a plan replace it with 'prevention, diversion, rehabilitation, and harm reduction' programs. Additionally, the county will end all youth detention by 2025," he wrote.

    "This is a radical escalation in the agenda of 'abolishing the police' and 'abolishing prisons.' This policy would eliminate nearly 60 percent of King County's jail capacity—and lead to the early release of violent criminals," he continued.

    In a subsequent update, Rufo noted that King County and Seattle corrections officials learned of the idiocy and were greatly concerned. Oh, and outraged.
    "UPDATE: my sources tell me King County corrections officers are preparing themselves for mass layoffs. Frustration, chaos, and disbelief among jail staff," he added....

    After Defunding the Police, Seattle Now Wants to Close All Jails

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    Absolute lunacy! I live here in the area. Although not in Seattle (did grow up there) I now reside in Everett, Washington. We have the Snohomish county jail here in downtown Everett. I haven't heard anything as radical of what's going on in Seattle happening over here yet. If all the criminals and thugs are going to be released and roaming the streets in the future without police to rely on for protection and make arrests, well, what are you supposed to do? By then, it will be a Mad Max society and it will be every man for himself to protect their family. I know what I will have to do living in that type of madness, pray, commit it to God, and LOCK and LOAD.
    If you put God First, you have Him at Last.

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    as we watch the city of Seattle implode on itself.

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