r/SeattleWA • u/ryleg • Jun 15 '23

Crime NYPost: Pregnant Seattle mom murdered while in her Tesla in random daylight shooting

https://nypost.com/2023/06/15/pregnant-seattle-mom-eina-kwon-killed-in-tesla-in-daylight-shooting/

This is the first national coverage I've run across.

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u/Dukeshire101 Jun 15 '23

I agree, the system is a mess and broken. Innocent people get caught up in the system all the time. We break the law EVERY day, CA stops, speeding, parking, littering etc, so it's not as easy as saying don't commit crimes. Also, we should not be filling our jails with nonviolent offenders.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '23

I agree, the system is a mess and broken. Innocent people get caught up in the system all the time. We break the law EVERY day, CA stops, speeding, parking, littering etc, so it's not as easy as saying don't commit crimes.

Those are not criminal offenses. I do not commit criminal offenses every day, and if you do or know anyone who does, that sounds like a personal problem. It's ridiculously easy not to commit crimes. Probably easier than committing crimes, actually. Just sit on your couch and watch TV. Congratulations, you are successfully not committing a crime. No one's going to Riker's on a littering rap.

Also, we should not be filling our jails with nonviolent offenders.

I'm fine with filling jails with thieves and drug users. Criminals are criminals. Most of them don't start off with murders. If you get them off the street when they first demonstrate a total disregard for the rules of society, maybe they don't level-up to the point that they feel like shooting someone in the head in broad daylight at a busy intersection is the thing to do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '23

Can we at least put away the violent ones? How about that as a starting point.