Police Beat: "It's a Crack Thing"

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"North Beacon Hill" might be Goodwill.

plorp on December 31, 2010 at 11:33 AM

Being on a crack binge, maybe he felt like his 'everything' was a pretty poor lot, and perhaps no worse than prison.

Post_Mortem on December 31, 2010 at 11:51 AM

In before racist trololo rant about black people.

venomlash on December 31, 2010 at 11:52 AM

Victim said he eventually was able to take suspect to the ground with a leg sweep.

Excellent.

"[Suspect] said he was facing a third strike and that he had nothing to lose.” . . . He believes he had nothing to lose; we on the saner side of society can obviously see that he had everything to lose.

Maybe he meant that he was facing a third strike for some other crime he'd committed so he had nothing to lose by committing yet one more. Or, maybe he knew he'd commit another crime and get caught for it eventually so he had nothing to lose by getting his third strike out of the way now.

Roma on December 31, 2010 at 11:55 AM

It's Goodwill, which isn't "North Beacon Hill" at all. There is nowhere on Beacon hill that fits the description.

litlnemo on December 31, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Some people do better in prison than on the street.

Vince on December 31, 2010 at 11:59 AM

Gee, VL, I can't imagine why you'd assume the guy was black.

Yeah, right.

Fifty-Two-Eighty on December 31, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Is there a Stranger betting pool of the over/under on the probability of trollish responses before the end of the year, or what?

pissy mcslogbot on December 31, 2010 at 12:18 PM

@5, yes, I think that mystery is solved. that crackhead is beyond pathetic.

Charles Mudede on December 31, 2010 at 12:22 PM Stranger Staff

I am sad there is no video to accompany this, so here is a substitute, silent store video making the rounds from a robbery earlier this week - please imagine Yakety Sax to accompany this Giant Stick v. hammer scene:
http://bcove.me/t3ctv2b1
(h/t dlisted)

gloomy gus on December 31, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Yeah, did you just grossly misinterpret this situation, Charles? I take it to mean that the suspect was saying he fought so hard against being apprehended because it would be his third strike, which means prison time.

Callie on December 31, 2010 at 1:29 PM

Not that he was planning to sell the shoes on the street for crack or crack money (?!???!?!!)

Callie on December 31, 2010 at 1:30 PM

@10 Why are stick dude's shoes covered in paper?

Callie on December 31, 2010 at 1:32 PM

@13, I can only assume he meant to deny the CSI bloodhounds the ability to track his distinctive footprints.

gloomy gus on December 31, 2010 at 1:53 PM

@7: I'm not assuming the guy is black. I'm assuming that our resident scuzzbags will assume he's black.

venomlash on December 31, 2010 at 1:56 PM

You don't need to assume anything when you can just read the police report: http://web1.seattle.gov/police/records/P… (you'll need to create an account first). Looks like the suspect had an outstanding warrant for theft.

Bronco on December 31, 2010 at 2:21 PM

I'm wondering how much you need to pay someone to fight 7 foot tall crackheads over $13.

codswallower on December 31, 2010 at 3:00 PM

@18 Really! The guy could have easily had a knife. What job is worth that?

Vince on December 31, 2010 at 3:18 PM

Excuse me sir, I think you may have walked out of the store with a $13 pair of Nikes for which you failed to pay.

Greg on January 1, 2011 at 9:50 PM

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