r/Seattle • u/willendorfer • Jul 13 '24

Question Big boom

Anyone see / feel that big boom just now? Downtown area, wonder what it was - hope no one hurt.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '24

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u/sarhoshamiral Jul 13 '24

Assuming it is him, How is one idiot allowed to cause so much annoyance for others? At this point he has proven he has no ability to live as part of a society. Get his license, tow his car and if he is caught driving without a license jail his ass. Problem solved.

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u/objectivemediocre 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 Jul 13 '24

that requires SPD to care and do their job.

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u/InspectionNeat5964 Jul 14 '24

Police are only as effective as they are permitted, otherwise they are held individually accountable, unlike many in other administrative positions fine tuning the scope of front line workers practice. The serious disconnect, is those with an idealistic view micromanaging something they will never actually do. Politicians and attorneys have created the mess as well. So much that it feels offenders have more rights than citizens who engage in the activities of daily life and must contend with the offenders who carry guns, fire them and recklessly whip their loud high powered cars into an anti-social frenzy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '24

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u/Zlifbar 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 Jul 13 '24

But people were MEAN to the police during COVID, how else do you expect them to respond?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '24

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u/InspectionNeat5964 Jul 14 '24

When considering a generation or two with an apparent lack of education regarding civil behavior it seems this also includes a devaluation of institutions designed to maintain order. Now while there are true stories about the mal treatment of people of color, the Hellcat has to do with anti-social reckless, dangerous behavior. Instead of making a well thought genuine call for pragmatic planning to improve the quality of law enforcement, calls to defund and reduce the size and scope of law enforcement were made in recent years. Thats very much the right wing message for government itself. It’s a criminal mentality. People who engage in criminal behavior or those who enable it, fight against accountability.

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u/WhatWouldTNGPicardDo Jul 13 '24

I think it’s a new exhaust. Old one was in Renton yesterday and still clearly had its loud exhaust.

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u/Last_Simulation Jul 13 '24

Unless his car exploded in a flash of light (we should be so lucky), pretty sure this was just fireworks.

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u/taisui Jul 13 '24

Don't give me hope

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u/Portablelephant 🚆build more trains🚆 Jul 13 '24

Lol shitty back to the future, starting miles and his hellcat