University District/Thurs
Oct 28/10:39 pm Officer Wesley Buxton: “Victim is a student at UW and stated that today at 1030 hours, she was walking south on the west side of the 4500 block of 20th Avenue Northeast, when she was pushed to the sidewalk and robbed. Victim stated that she was carrying the backpack over her right shoulder when the unknown male ran up behind her, pushed her down, and pulled the backpack from her shoulder. The suspect crossed to the east side of 20th Avenue Northeast and ran north.

“Victim stated that her backpack did not contain anything of value except martial arts clothing and a spiral notebook. Victim believed the suspect to be a male, but all she could see was a subject running away—tall, slender, athletic build and wearing a dark purple hoodie (with hood up). Victim sustained a small abrasion to the right side of her chin.”

University District/Wed Nov 3/
12:59 pm Officer Wesley Buxton reports: “[The same] victim stated that she exited her apartment building, at Northeast 45th Street and 20th Avenue Northeast, and stopped to check her mail while on her way to class. The mailboxes are located in the small entrance alcove on the building’s south side. Victim was facing the mailboxes when she was suddenly pushed from behind against the wall and entrance door. Victim hit her head on the door handle. The suspect pulled victim’s purse off her shoulder. As the purse was grabbed, victim observed that the suspect’s hand was white. Victim also noted that the suspect’s hood was up and pulled tight with drawstrings. Nothing was said and the suspect ran east, into the complex, toward 21st Avenue Northeast. Victim’s small purse contained only $50 and a credit card.

“Victim is a ‘nonmatriculated’ student, meaning she is attending another university and signed up for the classes on a space-available basis. Victim stated that she has only been in Seattle since September and has no acquaintances or friends (except on Bainbridge Island). Victim stated that her four classes each have 100 to 150 students, but victim has no specific suspicions, although the description could fit numerous males. Victim stated that no one has expressed interest in her in any way. Victim wears dark alternative clothing.”

She must be the loneliest student in the University District. Can you imagine it? She has to cross the bay in a ferry (all by herself) to meet a few friends on an island. And as she returns to Seattle—the ferry approaching the lights of a downtown that’s darkly reflected by the cold autumn waters—she is about to reenter a place that has failed to provide her with companions. For her, this is a city of silent, hooded thugs. recommended

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...

7 replies on “Police Beat”

  1. I’ve visited Seattle from Texas three times since July. Just as advertised, its a madly alive and vibrant city, but people can be uniquely unfriendly. Out of reflex I routinely offer passersby on the sidewalk the greeting of the day and a smile, ’cause that’s how I roll. Almost always I’d get a look like I’d puked on their shoes. Even in NYC I’m more likely to get a “‘Sup!” and toss of the head than in Seattle. If I didn’t have friends there already I can imagine it could be a deeply isolating place.

  2. Seattle sucks. It is full of wimpy white libtards who grovel before and kiss the asses of black thugs.

    Black thugs make up less than 3% of Seattle’s population, but over half of all murders in Seattle are committed by black thugs.

  3. Well, according to this poor young woman twice assaulted, at least one of those thugs was of pale complexion. And actually, blacks make up at least 8% of Seattle’s population.
    If you think that Seattle sucks so bad and you are tired of seeing whimpy white libtards and black thugs, do us all a favor and move down to the backwoods in the rural South, or just move all the way down to hell. Your call.

    And to the first comment, I am from the South as well and I too noticed how hard it is to get strangers to say hello or even smile, but I’ll take that over rigid conservatism.

  4. “And actually, blacks make up at least 8% of Seattle’s population”

    You aren’t accounting for the fact that a good bit of that 8% are children, elderly, and females. I accounted for that.

    Black males ages 15 – 55 make up about 3% of Seattle’s population (or less).

  5. Seattle’s great. Overall the crime rate’s fairly low. Yeah, there are some opportunistic thugs who prey upon the mellow vibe – but we also have trigger happy cops who shoot innocent people.

    “Seattle sucks. It is full of wimpy white libtards who grovel before and kiss the asses of black thugs.”

    Dude, you should try living in the South. They have thugs there, too – despite the fact that the ‘lynching’ mentality’s alive and well.

    I will say that the women here are less than friendly, to say the least. Hetero dating in this town sucks, unless you’re 22 or have a six-figure salary.

  6. “despite the fact that the ‘lynching’ mentality’s alive and well.”

    Such total stereotypical libtarded reality-ignoring horse shit!!!!

    At least 94% of the roughly 8,000 blacks who get murdered in the USA every year are murdered by OTHER BLACKS!!!!

    The number of blacks killed by other other blacks in ONLY ONE YEAR in the USA is almost THREE TIMES the number of all the blacks who were murdered by all the racist lynchings in the ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE USA COMBINED.

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