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Washington Democrats hope to go easy on drive-by shooters in order to promote equity for criminals. It's the latest light-on-crime scheme pushed under the guise of being anti-racist.
Democratic lawmakers in Washington State have rolled out a bill proposing to reduce penalties for drive-by shootings, removing them as a basis for enhanced murder charges, asserting that the legislation would "promote racial equity".
Washington Reps. Tarra Simmons and David Hackney are pushing to reduce penalty enhancement for drive-by shootings.
African-americans punished under those laws, so their solution was don't punish those laws, it is the same rationale with drive-by shootings. the vast majority of drive-by shooters are black therefore enforcing the law would be racist. here's my question to you, jason:l what is the racial makep of the victims of drive-by shootings? >> the vast majority of drive-by shooting victims are black, so if you're going to tell me that this is about protecting the black community, sorry, you are not protecting the black community. in fact, the community being impacted the most by drive-by shootings whic...
Washington State Senator Joe Nguyen is trailing with 30% of the vote. Credit: KING Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 8:44 PM PDT August 3, 2021 KING COUNTY, Wash. — Incumbent Dow Constantine is leading the primary race for King County executive after an initial ballot count Aug. 3. Constantine has 54% of the vote. Top challenger Joe Nguyen is trailing Constantine, but holding strong, with 30% of the vote. Bill Hirt has 12% of the vote. The top two primary candidates move on to the general election in November. "I think if I were the executive with these numbers...