Seattle City Council Pushes For Dismissal of Misdemeanor Crimes Based on Poverty and Drug Addiction
The Seattle City Council is quietly considering a new law that would create a legal loophole that will allow misdemeanor crimes to be broadly defended for those with substance addiction, mental illnesses or those in poverty.
Scott Lindsay, a former Seattle Public Safety Advisor warned that this unprecedented potential law will create a ‘green light for crime’
Lindsay said, “I am not aware of any legislation like this anywhere in the United States, even globally. All cities have criminal codes to protect their citizens from criminal acts. This would basically create a legal loophole that swallowed all those codes and said ‘green light to crime’. If you don’t feel very protected right now, this would wipe out almost all remaining protections that we have.”
Anything under a felony excluding DUIs and domestic violence would by law not be prosecuted.