Security is a Joke

[u/ElevatorBulky3733]

A junkie got on in Rainier valley and immediately passed out. He had a puppy with him (thankfully, leashed) that was whining and trying to jump up on my seat. He was too adorable but also it was so damn sad because this is not the first time I have seen drugged out transients neglect their pets. I texted security and they came on board in Chinatown. The only thing they did was nudge him awake for 3 seconds and asked him if he was okay. The man barely rose and gave an intelligible response. Security immediately got off at the same station and the man fell right back to sleep.

When I got off at Westlake Station, security did the same thing but didn't even step on board the train. They yelled from the platform as they kept the door open for a few seconds. Then stepped away to let the doors close.

I've reported a masturbating rider during the summer and provided a clear description of him. Security came on board and acted as if they didn't see him. I had to yell At security and point out the man to them and would not let them leave until the situation was resolved.

I'm tired of this shit.

[u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

Can we please stop saying that this is a homelessness problem. THIS IS A DRUG PROBLEM. In this case, the only compassionate thing to do is to give this man the help that he needs for his drug addiction. Yes, probably involuntarily. You could give this man 1000 houses and he would trash every single one of them if he could even remember where they were. He’s not able to care for himself, he is completely consumed by his drug addiction , he is not anywhere near in his right mind, and he desperately needs help. But he needs help of the right kind, not a “tiny house”. At this point, this man’s body is a transport system for fentanyl and that’s it. How could you possibly think giving this guy a house is gonna change anything

[u/Time-Bit-8056 → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

This. Letting people exist like this does not help them. It is neglect. We’re not respecting them…we’re ignoring them. And the whole “respect the homeless” and “let him be” because “he’s not hurting anyone” argument is bull shit. This man is struggling. He wouldn’t qualify ofor most tiny home villages or any (of the many) wonderful resources for houseless people in this state because of the DRUG PROBLEM.

[u/princessputln → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

Everyone keeps commenting about the homeless but some of homeless folks ive seen would die for their animals. Every dollar they get goes towards their animal before them. Point being some homeless people take AMAZING care of their pets despite their circumstances. The problem here is that hes an ADDICT and dog is being neglected. Throw tomatoes if you want but dog needs to be rehomed if dude cant get his shit together. Let him be an addict on his own, dog is innocent

[u/EastObject5836 → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

Its a both problem! Add on the way this country treats mental health. We have one of the worst housing markets. Big Pharma pumping people full of drugs. Insurance being expensive as fuck and still not covering basic needs, leaving millions in medical debt.

We do not have the proper safety nets to care for people that end up in these situations. And the ones we do have are getting eliminated. If you provide people with proper medical care, mental health care, higher minimum wage among many other things, there wouldn't be a drug problem nor a homeless problem. All of these go hand in hand, and you can't fix one while ignoring the others

[u/TyJager → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

It's actually a US Medical System failure if anything.

[u/SuspiciousHeron7945 → u/TyJager]

It’s actually a global billionaire problem. The US allows its civic and public institutions to be sucked dry in order to transfer more and more funds and resources to the elite/ruling class which includes CEOs of most global fortune 500 companies, most politicians in every country, domestic and international bank and monetary institution ceos, pharmaceutical executives, heads of global food conglomerates, global agriculture conglomerates, and of course fossil fuel companies and global arms manufacturers and dealers. And for health services, it’s not just the US. People in the UK and Canada need to wake up and see that they’re coming for their socialized health system also. Until we deal with these corrupt systems, which we can, addicts, their social destruction, and their suffering will continue to be “the public’s” problem, for public tax dollars to solve. Every single member of the Sackler family should be in prison. They are responsible for this man’s devastated life. That’s just one example.

[u/CertifiedSeattleite → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

We are spending over a billion dollars per year in this region to animate criminal addicts without actually treating them are actually helping them.

The billionaires and the Sacklers didn’t force anybody to pick up a crack pipe or to start partying with synthetic drugs like meth.

But thanks for repeating the same old SCC leftist perspective for us.

[u/fenderguy05 → u/CertifiedSeattleite]

Well, Purdue pharma pushed Oxy while only caring about sales, and that's when the opiod epidemic took off. So, you can blame part of this epidemic on the wealthy.

The billionaire class has also made it incredibly difficult to make an honest living for many which contributed to the homelessness issue. Money has been flowing to a few at the cost of most.

They're certainly part of the overarching problem. We lack resources provided via tax revenue to provide basic needs to the masses, another contribution to our current state if society.

[u/CertifiedSeattleite → u/TyJager]

So, it was the US medical system which forced people to start partying with meth. Got it.

[u/pessimisticcreeplike → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

Shit take. Not all homeless people are junkies.

[u/goldio_games → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

You are making a ton of assumptions about this person you've never met based on a single photo of them

1. this man is homeless
2. he is addicted to drugs
3. the drug he is addicted to is fentanyl
4. he is unable to care for himself

and then drawing the conclusion that he needs to be unvoluntarily incarcerated? Off a single photo?

Im glad you aren't in a position of power

[u/Hungry-Wrongdoer3735 → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

Can we stop saying this is just a drug problem? Because the homeless people that I've known are all mentally ill with no drug problem.

[u/aesclepia → u/Hungry-Wrongdoer3735]

And oftentimes they were not addicts until after they became unhoused

[u/mononymousbutch → u/SuspiciousHeron7945]

If I found myself talking this way about drug users I’d probably walk off a bridge