City of Tacoma press release.
We want to acknowledge the tragic events that occurred late this afternoon and the four lives that were lost. We extend our sympathies to those directly impacted, the Eastside community, and all of Tacoma. While there are not a lot of details available on this incident right now, we reiterated yesterday, that we as a Council, place high value on community safety. We are taking actions to address it.
We understand that gun violence can disrupt everyone’s sense of safety as well as result in heartbreaking loss of life. We also commend the work the Police Department has done over the years to ensure that homicide cases like this one are successfully resolved. We know there are impacts to all first responders in these kinds of emergencies, including the members of our fire and police departments that responded to this scene. We know our police will diligently collect the facts of this case. As we learn more, we as a community will find our way through this together.
The mayor and Council have publicly taken a stand with the criminal sympathizers over the past year. That stand directly affects law enforcement and how they work day to day. Now, they want to sympathize with the police? They are worthless politicians who deserve a fate much worse than they have. Tacoma, you reap what you sew when you vote in these activist types. This is just the start and will continue. You sympathize with criminals, make them martyrs and this is the result. Accountability is lost on people like Woodards
LUDICROUS COMMENT,no one has been sympathizing with the criminals.
Does the mayor and council member regret cutting one hundred police from the force three years back and redirecting the funds to the homeless?
HUNH ? PROOF?
Liberal policies following in the footsteps of the “toilet of a city” to the north. The only way to deal with crime is to make criminals pay the price for their actions. Liberal politicians and prosocuters are to blame for increased crime.
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There is NOTHING liberal about these leftist authoritarians. They try to disguise their contempt for America, Americans, success, traditional values with language like ‘justice’, when in practice it is revenge. Revenge against their own failures.
There are no liberals in the Democratic Party–liberal, by definition, would embrace liberty. No one who supports the current political administrations (from City to Federal) is liberal. I’m a liberal-in the classic, Western Enlightenment way.
Language matters, and it is inaccurate to use liberal with anyone who supports these leftists.
Mona Peterson, instead of being “woke”, try opening your eyes and looking around.
There will be your “proof”.
I don’t know who you are, but your intolerant tone tells me what you are.
You are the problem.
Violent crime is only going to get worse as violently ill people are allowed to live like animals with special immunities from law enforcement.
If leadership identifies more closely with the mentally ill than they do with peaceful established norms, it’s time to change leadership before it’s too late.
Unfortunately for Tacoma (All American City 1984), it may already be too late.