The SPD & LEIU both did their jobs. Too many of these underground gatherings will draw attention to real gang bangers who will go in with automatic weapons, shoot everybody and take the loot. It's understandable people want to cut loose and have fun, but they haven't seen the other side with the bodies on the ground. It's really a matter of protecting people from themselves.

US foreign policy in Central and South America has been a morbid disaster considering our government officially sanctioned SOA / WHINSEC and the CIA-backed Contras. Then it's doubly confusing seeing Catholic priests teaching the natives revolutionary Marxism and then also seeing Father Roy protesting SOA. Figure that one out ... Rick sounds like a good-hearted guy who made some bad choices. Sad story all around. The SPD budget is the biggest line-item for the City of Seattle. It's like 500 million dollars a year -- and they only clear a small fraction of reported crimes. In many instances I think they aid and abet organized crime.

Gotham Seattle.