Attention, citizens: you're on your own.
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The King County, Washington sheriff has directed her deputies to not enforce a City of Burien order outlawing homeless encampments within 500 feet of locations like schools and parks until the constitutionality of the order was resolved, without telling city officials.
Now, Burien Mayor Kevin Schilling is examining the inter-local agreement between the city and county sheriff’s office. Schilling said if he determines the agreement was broken, he would consider establishing a city-run police department.
Burien's city council adopted a new ordinance on March 4, which prohibits people from sleeping overnight on public property from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day, if a shelter, bed or treatment facility is available.
Camping on public property is also prohibited during daytime hours under the new law.
"This is the undemocratic situation that occurs when a higher government official gets to dictate what occurs in local governments," Schilling told Fox News Digital. "The City of Burien pays millions of dollars to the King County Sheriff’s Office with the expectation they will enforce our city codes and laws to keep the community safe and publicly accessible for all."
The mayor said Constantine and Cole-Tindall are prioritizing politics over public safety.
The station reported that Constantine has not been supportive of Burien’s moves to address homelessness because she does not support sweeps.
Of course, this refusal to enforce the law extends to Washington D.C. as well, and we’re paying the price:
FBI director warns of ‘very dangerous threats’ at border, smuggling network with 'ISIS ties'
FBI Director Christopher Wray 'very concerned' about smuggling network tied to ISIS
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday warned of a "wide array" of dangerous threats coming from the U.S. border, including drug trafficking, violent gangs and smugglers with ties to ISIS.
Wray was asked by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the threats at the border, including the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela. Wray said he couldn’t speak to a specific gang, but said that there were dangerous individuals entering via the southern border.
"From an FBI perspective, we are seeing a wide array of very dangerous threats that emanate from the border. And that includes everything from drug trafficking — the FBI alone seized enough fentanyl in the last two years to kill 270 million people — that's just on the fentanyl side," he said.
There were more than 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY 23, and FY 24 so far included a month with record encounters of over 300,000.
Also related: E-bike theft crew terrorizes NYC food delivery workers, stabs one man in stickup. I say related, because it’s hard-working, poor blacks who are being preyed on by the career criminals leftist prosecutors and judges are setting free, just as it’s poor, black students who can’t learn in city schools because their classes are bedlam, thanks to liberals prohibiting punishment and discipline of those who have no interest in learning.
Here’s a prediction: we’re going to see increasing numbers of citizen patrols and vigilantism as government retreats from protecting decent citizens.
