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NOW CLEANING POOP OFF SIDEWALKS CALLED RACIALLY INSENSITIVE
Official says power-washing triggers 'images of the use of hoses against civil-rights activists'
Published: 17 hours ago
Just outside the King County Superior Court in Seattle, the sidewalks are drenched in human urine and covered in excrement.
The area is home to most of Seattle’s homeless shelter beds and social-services organizations.
image: http://www.wnd.com/files/2017/07/Kin...Courthouse.jpgBetween the worsening local crime and the filth outside the courthouse, jurors and employees say there is an “unsanitary and frightening atmosphere,” the Seattle Times reports. Two jurors have been assaulted in the area and others have asked to be released from their jury duty assignments.
King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle
“When they come to this courthouse they’re afraid to come in,” King County Sheriff John Urquhart said. “They’re afraid to walk down Third Avenue because what they see.”
Naturally, two judges asked the city to power-wash the sidewalks and clean up some of the filth around the courthouse.
But one county councilmember is reportedly opposed to washing the soiled streets, the Times reports, because it could be racially insensitive.
King County Councilmember Larry Gossett “said he didn’t like the idea of power-washing the sidewalks because it brought back images of the use of hoses against civil-rights activists,” according to the Times.
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image: http://www.wnd.com/files/2017/07/Seattle-Times.jpg
image: http://www.wnd.com/files/2017/07/Lar...t1-216x300.jpgUpon learning of Gossett’s complaint, National Review’s Katherine Timpf wrote: “Now, I’m not trying to diminish the struggles of civil-rights activists, but Gossett’s concern here is nothing short of insane. I mean, seriously — who even thinks of such a thing? I see people power-washing bodily fluids off of the streets of New York City (including streets outside of courthouses) all the time, and I have not once seen any of them being called racist. … What else are you going to do — not wash them? Because I really, really reject the idea that leaving sidewalks covered with human bodily waste is the less offensive move in this (or any) situation.”
King County Councilmember Larry Gossett
Gossett’s concern captured the attention of social-media users, who posted the following comments on Facebook:
- “Liberalism at it’s best. Insanity which even a patient in an insane asylum could not come up with.” – James Gallagher
- “How have we gotten to the point where some idiot councilman can’t understand why we have to hose down sidewalks covered with human waste, and how have we allowed it to go on so long? The answer of course, is – it’s Seattle, and who runs that asylum?” – Ray Curtis
- “So … he’s equating civil rights activists with excrement? My question is how is it legal to send untreated sewage into the storm drains? Seattle makes California look sane.” – Jeff Hart
- “More accurate headline: Seattle Council Incorrectly Equates Civil Rights Activists to Excrement. This guy either doesn’t know anything about the civil rights movement, or he thinks very poorly of it.” – Alan Wood
- “Maybe Seattle should make it illegal to poop on the sidewalks. Or is that a microaggression?” – Mark Callahan
- “Let them crap on his front lawn” – Don Stevenson
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