Seattlest: Crack’s Showing in Pike Place Market’s Centennial Celebration

guest

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:32:21 -0800

What makes you think the cops have any interest in the crackheads at the market? There is much better money to be made in handing out tickets on 3rd or citing jaywalkers...

guest

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:22:48 -0800

Yeah, heaven forbid we let something as small as smoking/selling crack get in the way of someone's civil right to sleep on a park bench. Good Lord -- "Steinbrueck patrons?" "Unfortunate residents?" Get real.

guest

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:25:17 -0800

We saw crackheads outside the ball game the other night. Our three year old was mesmorized. Weird--Safeco is all family-friendly, but outside, lots of derelicts.

guest

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:01:36 -0800

Crack smokers are hard to control. I worked downtown for about 10 months and many times we could peak out the blinds of our office window to watch the crack smokers taking hits less than 2 feet from where we stood. Many times, we snapped photos with our cell phones. It only takes a minute, then they are off, wandering 1st Ave and asking for money. It's the hard reality of any metropolitan area.

guest

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:39:26 -0800

"It’s effed up to unceremoniously shove Steinbrueck’s patrons out to accommodate Pike’s patrons." Are you kidding? These "patrons" you talk about are also known as "the public". As far as I can tell, the event on Friday is free to everyone. Even familes with kids who (gasp!) DON'T SMOKE CRACK! Can you believe it? How rude! Kicking these poor people out of a public park in order to have a public event! Good thing that's never done for Bumbershoot, The Capitol Hill Block Party, Hempfest or all the other public events (free or not) that, for some unknown reason, DON'T want people to worry about getting their shit stolen by crackheads. WhatEVER! Oh, and the reason you "didn’t see a single officer—to help keep people peaceable." is probably because the event is on Friday. Today's Tuesday.