Open prostitution in spotlight after abduction
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2023
- A vanload of church volunteers drove along a main street in north Seattle one night last month with sandwiches, water bottles, and blankets for homeless people. They didn't find any - but they did see dozens of barely clothed women walking along the road or leaning into traffic to advertise their services.
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What a waste of resources.Good grief.Leave consenting adults in peace!
This is "news" to you?
It has been like this FOR YEARS!!!!
You know it.
With the government praising homosexuality and transgender of children this deviance is outlawed ?
oh it is not at all "illegal"
Otherwise the SPD would be stopping it instead of promoting it.
I call them Seattle's Pimp Department
It "demeans women", and allows guys to get relief. Therefore it can't be allowed.
Vote Governor Insly,OUT!
Vote all DEMOCRATS OUT STATE WIDE,VOTE THEM OUT EVERYWHERE!
But, we need an alternative to Trump and the nutty Maga crowd.
Go to bed grandpa, you're drunk again
@@jerganvonspwe-en3328 BE QUIET CHILD, THE ADULTS ARE CONVERSING,IT'S WAY PAST YOUR BED TIME!🙄👌
Republicans are a Trump cult now. They are sunk. Haven't decently won a nationwide election since 2016. I say let em rot. We need to push the Democrats in the right direction. Rs are lost cause.
It should happen along the whole west democrates have destroyed the whole west coast
They moved a few blocks south. I saw a lady in a bikini in the middle of Aurora ave. looking for John`s
SPD (Seattle Pimp Department) can be seen there just about every night.
They don't do anything.
Everyone knows what to do, but the Left would say it would be cruel, Our pitiful Gov. is no where to be found to address this
problem. Will be so glad when he is put out to pasture. Should have happened two terms ago.
Nothing new here
that's what I said, this has been going on before 2020
Seattle is crazy town
Democrats love it that way....
So is Portland, SanFran, LA, Austin, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, Boston, NYC and DC.
The Emerald motel managers were the coordinators of the coming of pimps and the prostitutes , they called them , provided the girls with clothes , sanitary stuff , they accepted drug dealers inside the motel and charged 160 dollars every day for the rooms to the prostitutes while they charge 60 to any other client , they never control the abuses of the pimps against the girls , sometimes shooting to their feet to intimidate them , Mr. and Mrs. Lee told the normal clients not to call the police , they accepted minors prostitutes and the fight between pimps inside the motel , pimps from other motel shooting to the insider pimps . The motel was attacked many times , shootings and car crashes and the managers had the help of an asian Sargeant policeman.
Now the Emerald owner try to present themselves as the blind victim of the crime they were participating!!!
They never paid the right taxes of the daily 160 dollars that paíd all the prostitutes, all the time the motel full capacity...... Where are the people from the state that control the taxes payments??? I knew this place for 18 months , no license suspended , no fines , nothing . Big mafia
@@godswittness69you suspecting CCP involvement?
see, I told you SPD stood for Seattle Pimp Department
That's why Prostitution needs to be legal and regulated so the Host can have control over guest and Health concerns. Regulated means taxing it.
@@b_uppy naturally. Who wouldn't ??!!!...
@@godswittness69
There are many who are ignorant of the CCP's tactics.
I work security patrol on Aurora. I will tell you every street corner hoes stand: 90th, 94th, 96th, 100th, 103rd,105th, 107th, 117th, 125th,128th, 130th, 132nd, 135th, 137th, 140th,141st, 143rd, 145th. 😂
Nailed it. I've seen them as far south as 85th as well.
@@IanEckert yeah they were on Denny way and Aurora back in 2010
Thank you for letting us know, single men need this more than ever.
@@analienfromouterspace well, I was not promoting, simply stating the problem will not end anytime soon.
122nd was the local of the two motels that were closed. The pimps will move there product to another corner.
Back in 2006 I was like 19 and didn’t know too much about what went down on aurora just that it was kind of a cheap place; me and my ex gf went to that hotel thinking it would be a cheap place to stay for the night; “hmm weird they have hourly rates, wonder why they would do that” … we get in and it’s a mess blood on the carpet, sheet stains the bathroom looked like it wasn’t clean, smelled nasty; … I went and asked if I could get refunded after 5 minutes there thinking they wouldn’t but the guy didn’t hesitate to give me my money back… that area of Seattle has always been a shit hole
You Get What You Allow . Demand change. It starts with We The People.
EXACTLY, WELL SAID!!💯👏👏👏👍
But you’ll keep voting democrat.
What do you write like that?
Can't wait to move outta the sound 1 day. The corruption is real here. I'm looking at country land instead. Beautiful landscapes with no annoying traffic or trash. Only sometimes the occasional drug addicts would maybe find their way in however they also have police that actually arrest them too. I like to go camping and hiking away from this mess. Seattle is dead.
Thanks, you sound like a human leach, this crap is gonna follow you, keep running.
Crazy how so much big tech is located in Seattle, generating so much income, and crime like this happens to be so very high where these ultra rich people reside. Very strange coincidence there. Couldn't be linked at all
Huh?
@@decemberunidque amazon, microsoft, bill gates foundation, faceboom, oracle, juniper networks, all are headquartered in Seattle. and there just happens to be so much degeneracy where its "common" and "expected." theres no link to large sums of money and corruption, is there?
Single men looking for good times, that's your link! Majority of big tech companies has a lot of single males working over 60hrs a week, when they make 80k to 150k figure income, they will seek such venues from drugs to hookers. As the old saying goes, hookers and cocaine my friend.
The Ultra rich don't live in Seattle, that is just where their offices are located at to get all the corpo-drones who think they could become rich reside.
The CEO's live in places like Redmond or Woodway behind gated communities outside of the city limits.
The richer the rich, the poorer the poor
Seattle is embarrassing.
Close two motels? No problem. Hundreds of other motels on Aurora for the hooked to move to. SMH this ain't news.
They are running out of news ideas, so they pick the most degenerate news mankind every known.
Not as many as you’d think,thank goodness 😢
not just hotels, but other "establishments" as well
Yet another job soon to be replaced by Robots.
DON'T DATE ROBOTS!
this message was brought to you by The Space Pope
@@Marinealver The LOWEST Job for robots : cleaning the sexbots after each use ! Yuck ! Bring the disinfectant soap !
Lol what happened to ‘Their body, their choice’, or does that only apply when a woman wants to kill her unborn baby
Educate yourself sir. No one goes out there cause yall are just so amazing & it's such a pleasure to be around you. 🙄 Stop. These women have hard lives, addiction, & abuse. Trust me. No one wants to do "stuff" for yall for money. Lol. It's desperation.
I just drove through there today for the first time in a long while. The three worst hotels (Emerald?) all had their parking lots barricaded off and were apparently closed.
I only saw one prostitute. She was walking south in front of the cemetary. When I came back an hour later, the same girl was walking north.
Looks like they're serious about closing down the stroll this time?
In the "hoovervilles" from the 1930s, people just had no employment journeys. Today the "hoovervilles" never went away, but the names for the people that stayed "drug addicts" and "mental health victims" were relayed. When you got nothing to choose, you got nothing to lose, and after the arrest is a jail cell and free food. It's quite obvious this has always been the case, over so much time things haven't changed much in this place.
Well, any solution? Because we've all read the book.
If a solution for homeless/joblessness could be properly articulated in the UA-cam comments section, we wouldn't see so much of it around. Its a case by case basis anyway. Public services help a lot, but its not comprehensive by any stretch.@@sudilos1172
It did in Shoreline, explain that
I would go to Seattle as often as I could a long time ago it is a beautiful city or it used to be after i saw what is going on now i will not be going back this is very sad
🤷🏾♂️ Seattle, Portland, SF, Los Angeles, Oakland are the pacific region dump. 💩 “Summer of Love” ✊🏾
This has been going on in that area for 40 years. Why are they only acting now?
They cleaned it up for a while . for about 15 years . And Neighborhoods like Wallingford and Green Lake got really nice . But Keep voting Democrat people . And you Can make Aurora a Red Light District agin. Since dems are Trying to kill the Middle class Those Neighborhoods along Aurora will be working poor Neighborhoods again . Thanks Dems for making Seattle great again lol
@@roboparks Thank you for the explanation. I left the area 20 years ago. They installed cameras along Highway 99 near Seatac Airport and put a precinct office nearby. That improved things dramatically.
>clickbaiteed
>by KOMO News
Never thought I'd see the date
It's time the city arrest people, and put them in jails and prisons so that way they get clean and hopefully a different outlook on life. Tough love, requires tough actions by the city, and the judges. I was never given any breaks, I can tell you that!
I was a kid in the 1970s and 80s. It was thought to be the solution then but it's wirse now.
why is prostitution illegal? Drugs are legal, theft is legal, vagrancy is legal. This is ridicuous.
because if its fun its illegal
Because Earth is shifting, that is why. Humans will begin being decent again and, well, not like you. You won't understand this, but it will become apparent to you eventually.
"why is prostitution illegal?" Because politicians think they should be the only ones who get paid for screwing people.
Many American men like me with European experience will tell you that legalization of sex work is the key to solving many of America's social problems. Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Greece, Central Europe, etc...all have completely legalized sex work and benefited from it. But because life differs so much from state to state in America, only very few states will probably try to adopt a legal sex work policy like Nevada. 🤠
Ya'll nasty af. It's so heartbreaking 💔 😢 to know that men were created to be so base and heartless, pretending that sloring is a victimless crime. But then again, more men who go to slores should be sure to get their daughters into this work. To be honest, the men should get their mothers out on the stroll. I'm talking men around the world. Break-in your mothers, grandmothers, and daughters while you're at it. Let's keep it honest and real @thomasjohnson552.
So you paid for sex in Europe ? I agree it should be legal but the cost goes up. You're not getting a bj for 20 bucks in a brothel.
Girls from Sacramento go up to Reno, some from local high schools, sobering back in the day.
If you want more drugs, criminals and homeless legalize prostitution. This is what your city will get. Besides most women are prostitutes, just make friend with them, visit few times a week if you have the money. Sometimes u may get it free.
If men are really horny, I have the solution, become gay, you will find free sex this way, as long as they are not a ladyboy. Once a man becomes a lady they see sex same way, MONEY!
Yeah, because all of those Euro nations with sluggish economies, absurd youth unemployment, and fertility rates below replacement level, they're doing so great and have no social problems.
Why do the citizens of Seattle put up with this?
Street Education versus Academic Education
This only got to be a big problem when, in the last decade, our state was abducted by a flagrant criminal Governor who only supports human trafficking and murder. Not one of his historically high record breaking actions have improved ANY social challenge from his first day in office. As a matter of fact many of them have become either emergency or crisis situations while he has been unilaterally implementing "new" taxes to fight them. All new tax income and federal aid to our state has completely disappeared with zero accountability as to where the billions of dollars went.
Most of the shelter staff purposely bully clients to make it more chaotic to get more funding then pocket the extra money instead of making program better the very few staff that actually wear nice to the client's admitted but there was definitely corruption going on and this is all the low-income programs DSHS DVR Social Security Section 8 they all do bullying to the clients illegal bureaucracy
thanks to him my wife had to drive 8 hours with No AC because he banned Refrigerant recharges and i couldnt buy a recharge because passed a bill last year. he took the EPAs recommendation and he decided to go above and beyond to make regular peoples lives miserable.. on his own.
@@jpmor7327 Yeah, he immediately accepts all the California CARB crap too.
@@jpmor7327 He is a bbasarrd.
Shameful states of america
Nothing to mention aurora, komo jumps fast from topic
They will just move to another cheap hotel
Grew up in Seattle left the state as fast as I could 15 years ago.
Best move ever.
16 years ago here. And yes, very good move!
good reddens
Aurora ave hasn’t changed in 20 years. Get real. Seattle overall is more beautiful than ever.
@@UnCannyValley67 30 Years ago Aura was the Red light District. Motels , Sex Shops, Sex Show Thearaters Stripp Joints all the way down to 1st street. Democrats bring it back . They Ruin the economy and people turn to crime to survive . So then Democrats Like Biden and Bill Clinton can write anther BS crime bill . Basically making Poverty a Crime . Making criminals is big business.
where did you move to?
I see a damged windshield, not a hole through it, so what exactly "went through" that window? More people need glasses I swear... 🙄 Over dramtic sensationalized bs...
Now know business at the hotel 😂😂😂😂
This is NUTS! I grew up in Seattle and I’m in a state of shock!
You never heard of our local serial killers? 😂😂😂 Lets not be so dramatic. Ho’s get snatched. It’s comes with the profession.
This isn't new--just check in with the Seattle Public Library. This has been happening on Aurora for decades. Blame the politicians who have been "serving" as elected officials receiving salaries from the taxpayers and accomplishing NOTHING.
Green River Killer killed mainly Prostitutes Seattle is known for this type of serial killers
Why? It's always been like this
Aurora Avenue has been that way for years, man. I live here, too. Heck, there are videos here on YT cruising up and down Aurora in the daytime with all of the girls walking around wearing just enough to not get arrested. Some look rough cut and strung out and some look fresh on the streets and girl-next-door cute. All going downhill.
Damn I wanted to see that thumbnail in action.
the owners of the motel got scared, they lawyered up and shut down.....it takes a big event to get change
Do the smart thing and move away. There are many communities around the country looking who value hard working, law abiding citizens.
Keep voting left seattle 😂 we all thank you 😂 lets go Brandon
Prostitution is a serious community health issue.
why has to de health with sex?
Then Legalize it and regulated it and Tax it?
So is Alcohol
Prostitution has been around since man has been walking on the earth . You really going to solve it?
Bingo @@roboparks
Through the windshield??? I think some people need to look up the meaning of "through".
Crime moves. It will move to another hotel. Find another highway neighborhood. Crime is about opportunity. Real reductions to crime begins providing people with resources they need before they get to adulthood. On the other hand Seattle has a new and improved kiddy jail.😊
Not true. I grew up in that neighborhood and seen the area go through many cycles. It is all about perceived benefit. When the police are tough and the costs are high, there is no problem.
Parents are not investing enough in their kids. Let's start locking up the parents of the young adults.
Throwing bricks at ambulances?? It's not that when they need one to save their worthless lives.
Authorities said they could find no motive- Hey Yo he was pissed off okay pal how is that for a motive
But it still goes on
They did nothing
Everyone just moved to a different motel.
"The people shall elect the government they deserve."
you know what they say, never let a crisis go to waste. GET TO WORK INSLEE.
He doesn't care. Pimps and hos are part of his voter base. 😂 He's out of office soon anyway, thank God!
legalization of sex work is the key to solving of the problem.
Go liberals go!
What the hell man
Through the windshield??
Gather them all up, put them in rehab and don’t let them out until they’re clean. Simple.🎉
and what government program is funding that...or what plan has even been proposed funding that? doesn't exist....it's take care of your own out here (guessing it's like that everywhere)
Our police need a better
I bet not. I should take the eline and check it
About damn time
Hahaha, bed bug hotel ya mean.
There just going to go somewhere else this didn't solve anything
Every large city has this sort of thing. The pandemic took its toll.
There have been prostitutes since people have existed. This isn't a plandemic issue.
Plandemic
I live in Chicago haven't seen any Girls her in 70 years@@Iofielruin
Why does Seattle complain so much? you guys like lawlessness
looks like its road trip time!
Seattle has gone to the doggies.
:53 great lil dog there
Who was abducted? Was it a child?
It was a 18 yo from texas
The 18-year-old was eight days earlier, not abducted.
They're talking about an Oregon man who picked up an Aurora girl last week, made a deal, told her he was SPD, cuffed/cobbled her, drove her all the way to his Oregon basement cell from which she escaped a few hours later. No age released to my knowledge.
Nice thumbnail KOMO, ha ha
Dat @$$
Really,?
Progressive paradise.
Didn't see any "working ladies" in the videos, how can I believe the report?
👏👏👏👏
Seattle should provide them with OF account for there safety, it’s embarrassing how low this country has fallen.
@@captaingoodguy Republicans are just as complicit! The wealthy don't care what goes on just as long as it doesn't effect their lifestyle! They see it as entertainment!
@@captaingoodguy Everyone will equally fucked. That's how they seem to want things. No independence with em either. Its always the government having to solve their problems. Can't eat? Food stamps. Can't work? Welfare. Can't cook? Free food. They literally enable people. They'd rather hand you stuff and have you come back for more then say they solved it. Instead ya know teaching people skills and ways to do things themselves. For example they see these homeless people and keep giving them drugs instead of jobs or free rehabilitation centers. They'd rather keep handing them needles instead of a bottle of water and good book on self improvement.
learn to spell and i MAY respect what you have to say...i live and work here
Summer of love 😅😅😅😅😅
It's truly a Democart paradise 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 keep voting for them😂😂😂
Finally
Clickbait
Vote blue vote blue LOL
These girls often do not care if theygo to prison, hurt manypeople
How are prost* any different from college girls and tinderellas? Both got same body count
one is cheaper than the others
Bill voted for this Democrat policies😅😅😅😅
Prostitution should be legal.
legalize prostitution and protect the sex workers
legalize prostitution
Trump 2024
Oldest profession in history, therefore Tax, Regulate, Legalize safe sex work. i.e. Amsterdam
Ah...common....Democrats love ALL of this crime...
part of the plan! DemonRatz!