6th and Pike violence
Perhaps it’s due to the increased patrols on 3rd and Pine that pushed these kids up the Downtown corridor a bit. My friend Gabriel posted this on his blog moments ago:
So, while waiting for my bus to arrive, I got to witness violence between two groups of young black kids. Teenagers, or really early twenties at the most. Here’s what I do know:
Firstly, one group walked west past my stop, upset about something that I couldn’t discern. Maybe a girl. There was a girl who looked particularly upset. They kept looking back behind them.
A couple minutes later, one guy comes walking the same way, swinging a wooden sword wildly back and forth, hitting the pavement. He yelled at the other group ahead of him. The rest of his friends came up as well. One of them says to him “Hey, what about cops” or something like that, and takes the sword from the lead guy.
That group then pursues the the others to the west end of the block, where there is much status exchange and posturing. Then one of them swings a big no-parking sign (the big ones, that look like sawhorses.) They fight. I see the sword being swung. Wow.
I called 911 at this point, and reported the event. They told me that it had already been reported, and that officers were on the way to the scene.
It was quite the scene. The fighters dispersed, and appear to have gone in a bunch of different directions. Some of them went south on 5th Ave, others, I don’t know. None of them came back my way, the way they’d came.
Then a few minutes passed, and I got on my bus, and went home.
This whole thing occurred around 6th & Pike downtown.
Anyone else witness this?
this city is getting ridiculous.
aaaand i just dont see why downtown appeals to the thug life crowd…
I was there – around 6:00 last night right on the sidewalk approaching the mob (walking down to the market) at the City Centre Building across from Banana republic. There seemed to be a LOT of them, perhaps 20 – 30?, screaming and posturing at first, like wesa said. And all of the sudden there were small skirmishes of groups running in and kicking and hitting each other. Saw the guy with the street "no parking" barricade hitting someone else with it and threatening many others. There were bats and several other personal weapons that were coming out of pockets – it was really a blur. I was able to pass through between skirmishes and called the SPD, and I saw several people on their cells doing the same. Amazing, a very large street fight right in the shopping/business core of downtown Seattle that went on for at least five minutes and NO SPD anywhere.
This, from a work friend’s e-mail this morning (we work in the City Centre building – she used to be a trama nurse in Houston):
I walked out in the middle of the ordeal (about 5:50 p.m. bright daylight). If the guy with the brown bat connected with someone’s head, they are in sad shape today or dead. I literally ran away to the park in front of Sees Candy where there was a police on a horsie. Excitedly, I told him they needed help and to hurry. He said already dispatched, while he continued his casual conversation with a lady. I kept at him and he finally said he could not leave his horsie. I did not want the horsie to get hurt but I at least hoped he’d go and peek around the corner and show some interest. I found it frightful!
Afterwards I was worried that the" gang members" HAD TO BE A GANG, would remember my face so I have been wearing my hood in fear that they know I sent the police. WHEW!!
Jesus, what the hell is going on lately?
I live at 6th and Pine and constantly lately Ive been seeing gang members and westlake gutter punks having near-brawls with each other. Never seen actual fights though. I hope they destroy each other and people will reclaim their city. Or, oh I dont know, the police can help. Man Im in a bad mood today haha
Where’s the local media on this?
Did we manage to report on something before they did? Oh it didn’t involve sports, condos, or traffic.
@ryanhealy:
We are the local media. It was a bit scary, that situation. The sword swung, *Whack* against the sidewalk, again, *whack*.