A federal judge ruled SPD cannot make arrests for some cases that involve graffiti, and now some business owners are worried about the path forward.
MID Clean Team Ambassadors cleaning up a graffiti related property crime with a power washer. A federal judge recently ruled Seattle police cannot make arrests for some cases that involve graffiti. A federal judge ruled the Seattle Police Department cannot make arrests for some cases that involve graffiti, and now some business owners are worried about the path forward.
"The criminalization of free speech significantly harms the public interest in far greater measure than the public might benefit from criminalizing property damage," the judge wrote.People don't have to look far to see graffiti plastered across Seattle. The SODO Business Improvement Area's main concern is what impact this ruling will have on insurers and their decision to write policies in the district already plagued by property crime.
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