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https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/stand-for-truth/king-county-offenders-on-electronic-home-detention-get-a-pass-on-nights-and-weekends/281-56f373c7-415a-4d7b-b353-b393bb0091e1 During the time of COVID, in an effort to create more room in county jails, many judges are assigning more offenders than ever to electronic home monitoring (EHM). In this system, a person convicted of crimes like DUI or awaiting trial for charges such as assault, is fitted with an electronic ankle bracelet. In King County, if the offender goes somewhere not allowed, or at a time not allowed, or cuts the device off altogether, employees at the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD) receive an alert. But the KING 5 Investigators have found DAJD employees aren’t seeing violation alerts on nights and weekends. That office is currently staffed from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Outside of business hours, if there’s a violation, King County DAJD caseworkers hear about it the next business day. That means if someone offends late on a Friday afternoon, DAJD will find out on Monday morning. This happened in at least one serious case, KING 5 has found. In February, a man from Tacoma was charged with domestic violence felony assault for allegedly strangling his pregnant girlfriend in late 2019. While awaiting trial for that charge, a judge released him from the King County Jail and sentenced him to electronic home monitoring. On May 15, according to police reports, the man, whose name we are withholding to protect the victim, allegedly strangled the woman again and committed several other crimes in a Federal Way apartment. Sorry that this is just an anecdote. But does it seem unreasonable to monitor these guys 24/7? Isn't that why they have the ankle bracelet on? https://komonews.com/news/local/2-teen-fugitive-suspects-in-pawn-shop-robbery-now-prime-suspects-in-tacoma-pot-shop-murder The Tacoma Police Department said Thursday that is searching for two teen fugitives who cut off their electronic monitoring devices from a previous armed robbery and are now suspects in the murder of a pot shop employee last weekend. Just a weird thing that is very isolated. Yeah right. mspart

https://westseattleblog.com/2022/10/crime-watch-followup-arson-suspect-arrested-hours-after-judge-released-him-in-another-case/ Never happens. https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/1/9/22875181/bail-reform-release-program-participants-rearrested In all, four out of every 10 individuals placed in the supervised release program from Jan. 1, 2020 through June 2021 were rearrested after being freed. https://www.foxnews.com/us/150-killed-bonds-texas-victims Criminal suspects released on multiple felony bonds in Texas' most populous county have killed 156 people since 2018, according to victim advocates, who have criticized bail reform efforts that have seen some people charged with violent crimes and released back onto the streets only to violently re-offend. https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-county-saw-70-criminal-suspects-released-0-bail-commit-new-crimes-da "When over 70% of the people released under mandated $0 bail policies go on to commit additional crime(s), including violent offenses such as robbery and murder, there is simply no rational public safety-related basis to continue such a practice post-pandemic, especially in light of the increasing violent crime rates across California," Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said in a Monday statement. https://www.crimeinamerica.net/is-bail-reform-dying-43-percent-of-murder-suspects-bailed-or-out/ Darrell E. Brooks, the man who police say was driving the SUV that plowed into a recent holiday parade, killing five and injuring at least 48 people, had been out on $1,000 cash bail after intentionally running over a woman he knew earlier in November, 2021, reports the New York Times. On the day that Brooks drove into the parade, police were already looking for him after receiving a report of a domestic dispute involving a knife. Brooks has racked up arrests in the Milwaukee area for resisting or obstructing an officer, bail jumping, recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and battery, among other charges. Per CNN, he was a registered sex offender in Nevada and had an active arrest warrant in that state, court records show. The numbers of dead and injured keep rising with later media reports. The anecdotes continue to pour in. One might say that it becomes a situation where it is no longer just anecdotal. We have had a fair number of folks that were arrested here in the Seattle area and let go and they almost immediately do a more heinous crime. It has been in the local news reports. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/man-accused-stabbing-couple-death-seattles-georgetown-appears-court/WMMY2TXVKRF6TBRAKSLPOQARPA/ Williams is well-known among Seattle police officers. He was released from jail just two days before allegedly killing the pair in Georgetown. The Northwest Community Bail Fund posted Williams’ $3,000 bail a few months earlier for a different violent outburst. Williams is also currently under investigation for an attempted rape. Court records also show that John Williams was previously arrested 65 times in California. It is a pattern that is becoming more mainstream. You may poo poo it all you like, but it is happening and I hope it doesn't happen to any of us. mspart

I hadn't heard that. Iran national Soccer team protests the Iranian regime? That is taking your life in your own hands for sure. mspart

Same could be said of traveling in Basketball. mspart

You poor soul. mspart

The guy that ran over police cadets in CA is out of holding now. That's reality. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-17/investigation-into-whittier-crash-continues Driver is released after arrest in deputy recruit crash that sheriff called ‘deliberate act’ This is repeated over and over. Cutting funding for police. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/13/at-least-13-cities-are-defunding-their-police-departments/?sh=487f6d6b29e3 Crime not increasing? It is here in Seattle. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-continues-to-go-backward-on-crime-as-much-as-30-years-back/ Maybe you are not reading the news carefully. This is the reality of the current situation. Violent crime is rising. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131825858/us-crime-data-midterm-elections Why did SF fire their prosecutor? Because he was not prosecuting. That's the reality whether you like to see it or not. I did not cite one source you folks figured I would. It is so apparent the main stream media is even reporting it. mspart

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Incorrect. I did vote for him twice. What? Vote for Hillary or Joe? Joe has been just awesome eh! But not interested in Trump anymore. Policies were good, but his constant sniping and D's and Media constant sniping is too much. I don't want that anymore. Too much toxicity and drama. mspart

Yes, I guess so. I just wonder at our team not taking advantage of more competition. I understand injuries are always an issue (Taylor for instance) but World Cup is kind of a deal and yet we do not often see our complete World or Oly team participate. I'm glad it is being held in the US. That's good. mspart

Does Russia just have to quit the war or do they have to do something in addition to that to get their athletes able to compete again? mspart

Putting together warfare and IOC politics was pretty funny. If anyone knows this for sure about 2 years, that would be very interesting. An interesting point about Sidakov not wrestling for Russia for almost 2 years. That would be very interesting if they all went to another country or countries. mspart

Everyone knows me right? mspart

With a nod to the Beattles, daed is naDJN. mspart

Can I be the first to say ENOUGH!! His policies were good for the country for the most part, but his personality and all the drama it brought was not. A lot of that is his fault, with a large amount being the press's fault with false allegations and general negativity towards him. Time for someone else. mspart

Young people are stupid. That is demonstrable. In my day, everyone knew their multiplication tables. Now, they need a calculator. In my day, everyone knew we had 50 states. That is debatable now if you believe man on the street type videos. In my day, everyone knew about the checks and balances built into the Constitution to protect the union. Most young people today don't know the difference between the House and Senate in Congress. They cannot articulate their position on anything, "like you know, I just like feel that way, you know?" They think they are owed something while putting no effort into making it happen for themselves. They think a minimum wage job should provide a living wage rather than being a stepping stone to bigger and better things. We have done them no service by giving them everything they want. They think if they want it it should materialize. Again, JMHO. mspart

That's opening up the discussion!! ,mspart

This is correct. Ectopic pregnancy is one that gets stuck in the Fallopian Tube. It does not expand like the uterus. It almost killed my wife via internal bleeding. She lost have her blood supply. An ectopic pregnancy will not result in a baby and may kill the mother. My wife was unaware she was pregnant when she hemorrhaged. The Dr on call had just gone to a conference and learned how to put the tube back together. He did that for my wife and we had 4 more kids after. This was pretty much unheard of before that time. After this we move to MN and she told her doctor there and he didn't believe her. I guess he didn't go to that conference. mspart

Crime is up because the police have been defunded and prosecutors don't prosecute and city councils are not concerned, and there is a no bail thing going on. So we are not getting these folks off the street. If they are arrested, they are let go quickly after. Hence they re-offend and crime rates go up accordingly. There is no reason not to for these folks. JMHO. mspart

Wow, pretty devastating that was. mspart

That is too funny!!! mspart

I'd like to see this in Seattle. I'd make time to go. mspart

When I was in Istanbul years ago, I was there for 6 weeks. When I started it was roughly 80000 lira to the dollar. When I left, it was roughly 125000 lira to the dollar. That is a 50% inflation in 6 weeks. That was a long time ago. Stuff was generally cheap for a visitor but not for the folks that live there. If you deposited money in dollars at the bank you could get 3% interest. If it was in lira, you got 50% interest or something like that. And that is losing value over time. Just crazy. mspart

This comes to mind. I saw him do this at NCAAs. Gable was hurt and Williams won. mspart

Ah well that explains it then. Keep it close to home. mspart

Been to Belgrade when it was Yugoslavia. Spent a week there. I did not care for it. It is called Beograd there, meaning white city. It might have been a white city at one time but was very drab and run down looking when I was there. Storesfronts were empty and those that were open had few things. I remember a bookseller that had some stuff. I may have bought a book written in Cyrillic just to have one. One memory I have is getting in a taxi to get to a certain place. The map was in our kind of alphabet but the street signs were all in cyrillic. I had no idea where we were going, but got there anyway. They like Cyrillic better because it requires no notations above letters like ours does. Probably not a bad place to go, but twice in a row? Istanbul would have been a better choice. Perhaps they felt Belgrade was safer? I have no idea but it would seem that Turkey or Bulgaria or Las Vegas would have been better venues. mspart