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soandso

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2. 9 felony convictions in the past 10 years

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 04:27 AM

Nov 11

as well as misdemeanors. I wonder if they were all violent crime.

This shit freaks me out. I see it all the time in UK news reports and always worried it would start happening here. Those HS kids interviewed are like they have to deal with this daily just walking to school.

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mass stabbing in Seattle [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 11 OP

Happy Monday morning in America Tickle Nov 11 #1

9 felony convictions in the past 10 years soandso Nov 11 #2

Knife murders have been higher in the USA (per capita) than the UK for years muriel_volestrangler Nov 11 #3

Certainly more gun crime soandso Nov 11 #5

I guess this is why I was thinking of stabbings in the UK soandso Nov 11 #7

Well, as I said, the US figures are worse for knife deaths. You need to find comparable figures muriel_volestrangler Nov 11 #9

I haven't looked at the stats on knife crime in the US soandso Nov 11 #12

Remember, the London figure is about 7,000 for assault with a knife muriel_volestrangler Nov 11 #15

$2 million dollars bail MichMan Nov 11 #14

Another case of someone who should have been in prison soandso Nov 11 #16

I was within two blocks of this, right around the same time. LisaM Nov 11 #4

Scary soandso Nov 11 #6

There are some - mild panhandling is pretty constant. LisaM Nov 11 #10

That's a shame soandso Nov 11 #11

Yes, a lot of cities are experiencing this. WFH doesn't help. LisaM Nov 12 #17

Welcome to the GQP world.... Lovie777 Nov 11 #8

It was a bad election but Seattle is not red. jimfields33 Nov 11 #13

Republicans run felons for office but generally don't release them. Jk23 Nov 12 #18

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Hi Sunshine!! Did you receive GP6971 Nov 12 #20