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The Memorial for Nicole Westbrook
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It does change you. It ruins you. Losing a loved one to a violent crime is a terrible thing, and you will feel the hurt of it fifty years later. Your children will feel it through you. It is a generational misery. I'm so sorry for you people.
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My heart goes out to this family...praying for healing and strength to get through this. I hope this case gets solved and not pushed aside like so many cases involving Natives...or any minority for that fact.
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So several people get shot, seemingly at random, and the police are to blame? Just how are they supposed to prevent this? There is no evidence to work from-the cops hate this as much as anybody.
Seriously, how should these crimes be solved?
Seriously, how should these crimes be solved?
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I'm sorry, but if you rent an apartment in Afghanistan and someone shoots at you, are we supposed to feel sorry?
Downtown Seattle is ward for druggies. There's a shooting or killing every week that happens after midnight.
The real criminals are the boosters and con-men (and their associated urban blogs) who portray these city hellholes as livable by a normal middle class person.
You want to know who is guilty? Look in the mirror, urbists.
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@6, well well well aren't we touchy this morning? somebody must have had a rotten night at the disco last night. why those women don't succumb to your rough-edged east coast charm i do not know!
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#7
Are you and Dr. Awesome going to have a catfight for the position of "respond to each and every bailo post with a personal jibe".
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@6 Thanks for reminding us again of why the right is so intellectually bankrupt that you have nothing better to say than to cheer on the murder of a young woman so you can dump on our beloved city.
You've got nothing left as a positive vision. The exurbs are being revealed as a ponzi scheme, it's clear that most wealth in the world is generated in cities, and crime has been on a decades long decline in American cities. TV shows the cool kids as living in SF or Manhattan.
All you can hope is that the Republican-created depression somehow reverses the progress that's been made (never mind that it's kicking the crap out the middle class - collateral damage that) and bust all our urban areas back to the level of Detroit or something.
Yep - real attractive. Definite long-term strategy for winning over hearts and minds.
Supreme fool is more like it :-)
You've got nothing left as a positive vision. The exurbs are being revealed as a ponzi scheme, it's clear that most wealth in the world is generated in cities, and crime has been on a decades long decline in American cities. TV shows the cool kids as living in SF or Manhattan.
All you can hope is that the Republican-created depression somehow reverses the progress that's been made (never mind that it's kicking the crap out the middle class - collateral damage that) and bust all our urban areas back to the level of Detroit or something.
Yep - real attractive. Definite long-term strategy for winning over hearts and minds.
Supreme fool is more like it :-)
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I am so, so sorry for the family. There is nothing in the world that comes close to hurting like this.
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Nicole's Aunt Char, has posted a wish for help with expenses, if anyone would like to help. This family has been through so much. Nicole's father was killed in Iraq and her Uncle Ken in Afghanistan. http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=…
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Nicole's Aunt Char has set up a wish for help with funeral expenses. This family has been through so much. Nicole's dad was killed in Iraq and her uncle Ken was killed in Afghanistan. I am sure any help would be appreciated.
http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=…
http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=…
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There is a fund to help the family with Nicole's funeral expenses. http://www.wishuponahero.com/wishes/?id=…
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@6 Yes, I'd even feel sympathy for you and your loved ones (if you have any, wouldn't be surprised if you don't) if you were the victim of random, or even intentional violence that took your life. World would probably be a better place afterward, but I'd still have sympathy.
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Please stop all the political stuff. This is a story about a young woman who lost her life. At least respect that and take your political comments some where else.
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When the city's mayor does everything he can to make drunks, druggies, and derelicts feel welcome, while treating law-abiding taxpayers like the enemy, who can really be surprised when these things happen?
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Seems as if people have forgotten what has happened to this beautiful young lady and her family,they had just recently moved here and may have not known the area that they were living in.T he fact is some scum douche bags act as if they are bad ass,but in fact are real cowards and scum that need to be removed from this earth,we have no room in this world for scumbag punks like this,your time will come,as for they Westbrook family ,please accept my condolences,I hope our Great Spirit has conforted her on her arrival there.
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In the 1970's Seattle had a Chief of police named Chuck Pillon who started a tough gang unit. He made the streets safe to walk at night, especially the streets in Pioneer Square. But he was a regular "Dirty Harry" and didn't play by the rules, just like gangs don't - play bu the rues. Well, then the NAACP stepped in and said "hey that's not fair" that was the end of the gang unit. When they sent Pillon to a desk job, he told them to shove it so they fired him. This woman died as another innocent sacrifice on the alter of "equality". The gangs are laughing because they know, no one will do anything to disturb the beautiful equal society which they don't believe in. They will grow out of control and send this city into chaos, unchallenged by anyone. Strap yourselves in and get ready fo the ride down.
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Nicole Westbrook will always be in all of her family and friend's hearts. She was such a beautiful soul, she was very talented and creative. Full of potential and was very successful in her life, she inspired me and still inspires me to learn more about makeup and it's art of it. She will not be forgotten, we all as one will find this coward who took away a beautiful life. Rest in peace Nicole Westbrook.
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