You will not have to worry about me saying anything else! I promise to mind my own business and keep my comments to myself!

I wish you the best.

Peace,
Ballard Mamma

people do love to talk. some people have very very dreary dull lives which compels them to stick their noses where they need not be or otherwise cause or at the least, enjoy, drama and gossip.

best of luck and i hope you can relax and enjoy YOUR neighborhood.

Oh and the comment made by a neighbor about my roommate overdosing is true but really nobody's business. This is a sober house and I was merely trying to help a friend. He relapsed a couple of times and the day he overdosed I was actually going to have him move out and we were going to take him to his parents in Yakima, but unfortunately we did not have the chance to. Also the comment made about a prior arrest was a total mistake and no charges were made and the case was dropped as the Judge found the facts totally unfounded.

I wish the people who don't know the exact facts about something would keep their mouth shut as it is total gossip causing drama and chaos, which I really don't need in my life. Thank you

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The problem with the term “arrest” is that it carries a record and weight. So if everyone were “arrested” every time we picked someone up for questioning, then we would have a LOT of innocent people “arrested”.

I hope that is clearer.

And in the “real world” jaywalking tickets are NOT priority #1.

I know we're on the same side in this Paul's-pride-vs-SWAT-Team-excess debate, but I can't pass up the opportunity to remind the locals that Seattle's “urban life is sketchy 24/7, deal with it” attitude is bullcrap. The pride Seattleites take in “putting up with it” is NOT progressive, it's just complacent.

Congratulations JP. You'll be receiving your new trophy and $5 coupon to Wingdome in the mail along with your new bumper sticker: “Stop Beeping A ME!” shortly.

Like I said, look up some criminal procedure. Focus on “custodial arrest.” If you so much as get handcuffed and put in the back of a police car, congratulations, you've been “arrested.” Please, old wise one, tell mewhere it says you've been arrested only after charges have been filed. When charges have been filed, there's a crazy term for that: Charged. You know not what the hell you speak.

If you can direct me to where you've gotten your info, I will gladly apologize for my alleged ignorance.

Amazing.

You can be taken into custody and questioned but never be arrested (charges filed). Imagine that. Wow. It's a “Learn something new everyday” kind of life for you huh?

But this is just pure honey: “For crying out loud, you all need to educate yourself and get your facts straight before you make such repeatedly ignorant posts about topics you know nothing about. So I stand by my post and accept your compliment of a “good call.”

Ever take your own advice? I'm guessing not.

Here's what I know about the Seattle Police Department's sense of enforcement priorities: Anytime I'm waiting for a bus downtown, I'm subjected to a near-constant harassment from aggressive drug dealers and other assorted sketchy characters. Meanwhile, half a block away, FOUR of you are accosting people and doling out tickets for WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.

Really, is there anything else I need to know to pass judgment on your professional acumen?

SHOULD NOT BE A POLICE OFFICER, IT IS THAT VERY MENTALITY THAT BREEDS HATRED FOR THE AVERAGE EVERY MAN…IT MAKES ME SICK TO KNOW THAT POLICE OFFICERS THINK THE WAY THAT PAUL DOES

Yes, you should be worried. You clearly lack the ability to think independently and apply any form of reason to the situation at hand. That said, I recommend you stay indoors for at least a month until things calm down.

Unbelievable!

I thought the posts on Seattle PI and Times were bad. For crying out loud, you all need to educate yourself and get your facts straight before you make such repeatedly ignorant posts about topics you know nothing about. So I stand by my post and accept your compliment of a “good call.”

Sounds arguments can be made that your understanding of the ethics of law enforcement can be as clouded from your insider position as an outsider's position can be by unfamiliarity.

There is value to what you know, but just telling people that only you are fit to judge is not an argument.

Of course mistakes happen, but in these types of cases they can and sometimes do have grave consequences (like people getting shot, their dogs getting shot, people who've done nothing being detained and treated roughly, etc.) We are American citizens and have the right to weigh in on the risks we might accidentally be subjected to and consider them against other possible modes of action.

To say we simply need to shut up because we don't know sounds very, and excuse me for saying so, stereotypically jack-booted cop who is used to people doing what he says when he yells.

Yippee. Welcome to our New American Project.

But as it turns out, they were just going to go search the wrong guy's house. Ooops (puts fingers over lips) silly “tip”. Probably should have done some more work beforehand I guess. Oh well. At least the housewives in the neighborhood got to get their cheap thrills off of drooling over the “swatties” while their husbands were at work.