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Machetes. jedediah: a documentary warns seattle is dying. liberal policies are leaving the city a haven for homelessness and drug use. our next guest worked with seattle's home until he said bureaucracy no longer allowed him to do his job. steve: todd wicky was in the documentary he joins us live from seattle. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: ier with 20, 25 years ago seattle was fantastic. what happened? >> well, we have run into a little bit of a snag. but seattle still is wonderful. and we are going to fix this. steve: tell me about the snag then. >> well, we have found ourselve...

The last straw for me i was handling a situation in the west seattle neighborhood and i was instructed to go ahead and impound a vehicle that was well within the rules or violating the rules, and having done so, i was then admonished for doing it i remember sitting at my desk and not understanding what to do next. and i said i'm done. steve: we heard in that clip there are weapons in these tents and there is drugs and it's a big problem. real quickly. how does seattle turn it around? >> how do we turn it around? we enforce the law. the laws are on the books. quit heaping stupid on the shoulder...

Created a quagmire that there seems to be no escape from. jedediah: todd, you left the force. why did you leave? did you leave because you felt like you couldn't do your job? what happened? >> i was 18 and a half years in my career with no intention of leaving. i wanted to finish my career. and my last position i was the fellow that was in charge of going out and dealing specifically with the homeless. i went down the hillsides, i contacted the motor homes. i knew these people by name. and i was helping them to continue to exist and live. i couldn't fix anything for them. steve: right. >> i wa...