by Rich Smith • May 24, 2021 at 3:15 pm "The prosecutor’s ethical duty is to seek justice, but there’s no justice in prosecuting people for crimes of survival and poverty," Nicole Thomas-Kennedy said. Dawndra BuddNicole Thomas-Kennedy doesn't want to be a progressive prosecutor. If elected to replace three-term incumbent Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, she wouldn't want to prosecute much of anything at all. But that doesn't mean she doesn't want the job. Over the phone, Thomas-Kennedy said she "impetuously" decided to jump into the surprisingly uncrowded race for city attorney late last week because she thinks "Seattle should have the choice of abolition." That means getting rid of police and the prison system, but she knows that won’t happen overnight.