Seattle's law and order government lead by mayor Harrel and Nelson's council has alienated and pissed off leftists like myself.

The incidents are plenty, one of which is the council approving an SPD budget to buy CCTV and RTCC cameras, more than a hundred people showed up to talk against it and it all fell on deaf ears.

At the time Katie Wilson was running against Harrel and urged the council against approving this. Quoting from the urbanist's article.

“Turning on more cameras won’t magically make our neighborhoods safer. But it will certainly make our neighbors more vulnerable,” Wilson said. “As the Trump administration escalates its attacks on immigrants, trans people, and big cities in general, we need to prioritize safety, not surveillance.”

Wow, what an inspiring leader, is this what being a self-proclaimed socialist is like? taking strong stances and fighting for the people? I was definetly “moved” by her “commitment” to the safety of marginalized people.

After Wilson became the mayor

Come March 2026, in her early tenure as a Mayor, Wilson argued that cameras are now magically safe and that she was shown evidence of that.

She claims conversations with victims of gun violence moved her, but it's interesting that she didn't have those conversations before elections when she had a clear stance on the issue.

I was wondering why the new evidence magically appeared, what is it and where it came from? huh, SPD showed her this evidence you say? well, that does certainly change things.

Said evidence seems to be that there are more arrests when there are more Cameras, nothing new or inspiring here, yes there are more arrests when there is more policing, that's what police do, if you just learned that now then your position against cameras was misinformed, maybe it was made up to appeal to people who would knock on doors and advocate for you to be elected.

In her announcement today (March 19th 2026) Wilson said CCTV cameras will be installed in the Stadium district but not turned on unless there is a credible threat. Knowing that FBI has previously manufactured threat to allow use of force by SPD.

What makes this specially terrible?

Wilson will not have to see her daughter abducted by ICE, Immigrant parents will. She won't be racially profiled by an AI system, Immigrants will.

She has capacity to be moved by listening to victims, that's allegedly what changed her mind, so I'm wondering, were the stories of Immigrants not moving enough or did she not hear them at all? either is terrible news.

This not a simple policy disagreement, this is a betrayal to me, my community, and lots of others.

This is a heart break, and Wilson, you were right when you said this is our city, but you act like it's yours. shame on you!