The Democratic mayor of Seattle, Washington, made an astounding claim about his policies related to repeat criminal offenders during a debate against his progressive challenger for the mayor’s office.
Mayor Bruce Harrell was asked by a reporter whether Seattle was too lax on repeat offenders given that the city had the fourth-highest crime rate among major cities, according to FBI statistics. The debate from Thursday was moderated by Hana Kim of KCPQ-TV.
‘So when this person is committing 6 or 7 crimes, I don’t know his or her story. Maybe they were abused as a child, maybe they’re hungry. So my remedy is to find their life story. I have no desire to put them into jail.’
Harrell said he wasn’t sure how to answer the question before
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