Typical leftism at work. The people making these home made barricades to try and block miscreants from shooting up their homes are the same people that voted for the governments that both limit lawful gun ownership as well as FAILING to address the root problem… and will likely continue to do so because they are mentally ill. Incredible- the fruits of socialism are really taking off…

https://www.king5.com/article/...8d-9773-003a5f32a857

North Seattle q builds makeshift barricades after shootings near Aurora



Residents say repeated gunfire forced them to block streets themselves. Their neighbors warn barriers will slow firefighters.

SEATTLE — After weeks of gunfire near their homes, some North Seattle residents have taken matters into their own hands — building and placing makeshift barricades in neighborhood streets they said have become susceptible to gun violence spilling off Aurora Avenue.
Residents near North 98th Street and Linden Avenue North spent part of the Memorial Day weekend piling dirt, gravel, logs and chunks of concrete into roadblocks that now partially block access to three residential streets near Aurora Ave.
Supporters of the barriers said they are desperate to stop shootings they believe are tied to prostitution-related activity along the Aurora corridor. Opponents argue the barricades could slow firefighters, medics and other emergency responders trying to reach homes in the area.
“It’s either this, or bullets in my neighbor’s houses,” resident Peter Orr said.
Over the past month, residents documented at least eight shootings within roughly 10 blocks of their homes using incident numbers, surveillance footage and shell casings, according to neighbors who have tracked incident numbers, surveillance footage and shell casings.
One recent shooting sent bullets into the side of a nearby home, stopping near a six-week-old baby’s bassinet, according to the family living there.
“We celebrate when there’s not a shooting,” resident Kate, who asked not to use her last name, said.
Kate and Orr said neighbors built the barricades over the weekend after repeated overnight gunfire left residents frustrated and fearful. They did not name the residents who constructed them when asked. They said they do not know whether whoever built the barricades obtained city permits.
Seattle requires permits to block or place structures in public streets. Under city rules, unauthorized street obstructions can lead to fines, removal orders and the city billing residents to remove them.
The neighborhood effort turned into a conflict Sunday when residents started confronting each other near one of the barricades.
River Alexander, a nearby resident, worried street obstructions could interfere with emergency response times.
“I think that the risk of emergency services not being able to get through here, and the impediment that could cause to people’s actual lives, is greater than the good they think they’re doing from putting up this,” Alexander said.

Kate and Orr argued enough streets remain open for emergency vehicles and said they believe the greater danger is continued gun violence near homes and children.
“There’s a real gray area there,” Orr said. “But nobody wants to wake up to one of their neighbors being dead.”
Seattle police previously told KING 5 they understand residents’ concerns and continue patrolling the Aurora corridor “as time and call load allows.”
Publicly available Seattle police data shows Greenwood recorded fewer shots-fired calls this year compared to the same point in 2025. However, a separate police analysis shared with residents found 13 shootings reported along the broader Aurora corridor this year.
Residents supporting the barricades said they hope city leaders will ultimately address the violence that led to them being built in the first place.

Hey Seattle has its priorities donchaknow

"SEATTLE — LGBTQ advocates and community members rallied at Seattle City Hall on Saturday, calling on Mayor Katie Wilson to declare a civil emergency as more transgender people and families relocate to the city seeking safety, health care and support."

Shouldn't that read "seeking FREE"

https://www.king5.com/video/ne...b4-8b96-8c4eecd40561

Around here it’s pretty common for entire neighborhoods to have only two or three entrance roads. All of the other streets are circles or courts. Without a map they become a maze challenge. I believe a few roads that bisected the PJs were interrupted with a grassy area to prevent thru traffic and supposedly reduce crime.

Maybe they should propose some restrictive gun laws to "get them off the streets?"

Arrest, convict, and jail the criminals? Naaah, that would be discriminatory. Let's lock ourselves into our little sub-divisions instead. Whoever is selling bulletproof glass, and Kevlar sheathing in that area must be cleaning up! That is, if the HOA allows it.

Democrats demonstrate time again that they are really stupid. IF this is the way they want to go (instead of supporting stricter laws, LE, guns, etc), they should fortify their own goddamn homes, bulletproof their houses, not block the street.

The term that describes these people best is "deranged". They are absolutely deranged. Unable to think or reason beyond their hate for those that oppose their idiotic form of group think self reasoning.
Their own child could be killed by a stray bullet from the criminals they support running the streets and they still could not understand why it happened and it would be the fault of some else that does not see the world as they do.
It is the craziest thing and is sad that our great country has so many of these nut jobs now.

I bet the ones who are building the barricades and complaining about the shootings .Are the same people who voted for or was all in on defunding the police a few years ago .. sometimes you get what ask for

Partially block access? How does that accomplish anything? Idiots.

I'm unsure how car barricades will stop bullets unless these are all drive-by shootings.

From the videos I’ve seen barricades won’t stop anything.
The entire Seattle-Tacoma corridor has gone to hell and getting worse every day.

Can't be legal to block the streets

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
Can't be legal to block the streets

Like that’s going to stop the lefties.

Who could have predicted such a state of affairs?

My absolute favorite part is how they claim to complain to the police about the crime they literally voted for in one way or another and the reply is “as time and call load allows”. Excellent.

GUN FREE ZONE signs always work. Idiots

I’m pretty sure this is how Mad Max or Escape from New York started out.

Just where I want to live. Where shots fired reports by street are a regular occurrence.
Sort of like the local weather forecast.

I enjoy seeing their stupidity in action. They can do all the goofy shit they want, so long as they don't bring it to my city.

A chain link fence to keep out mosquitoes, a cloth mask to keep out COVID.

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Originally posted by Flashlightboy:
They can do all the goofy shit they want, so long as they don't bring it to my city.

Well, now. You see the problem.