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Seattle Gun BuyBack Turns Into a Gun Show! LOL!

Deslock Darkstar — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:44:43 +0000

Police officers in Seattle, Washington held their first gun buyback program in 20 years this weekend, underneath interstate 5, and soon found that private gun collectors were working the large crowd as little makeshift gun shows began dotting the parking lot and sidewalks. Some even had “cash for guns” signs prominently displayed.

State mulls pay-by-mile gas tax in response to fuel-efficient cars

Jking8767 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:48:07 +0000

SEATTLE -- Cars are becoming more and more fuel-efficient, and you would think that's a good thing. But Washington state is actually losing money because of it and as a result, the state is now considering a "pay-by-mile" tax. The state predicts gas tax collected today won't add up to enough cash to pay for future road projects. Drivers of fuel-efficient cars are spending less at the pump, which means they are paying less in gas tax while driving the same amount of miles.

Seattle PD makes statement on legal pot use.

digitalgloom — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:37:11 +0000

Seattle PD's statement on pot in Seattle due to the recently passed initiative decriminalizing less than one ounce of marijuana.

Sea-Tac Café Is Now Refusing to Serve TSA Agents

Bizurke — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:00:51 +0000

A Cafe near Sea-Tac (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) has banned TSA Agents from entering. On occasion they have even called the police to have agents removed. According to the Cafe about 90% of customers, and even the police, believe that they are doing the right thing.

Passenger cleared after TSA checkpoint stare-down

error — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:28:32 +0000

A Seattle man has been acquitted of all charges brought against him when he refused to show ID to TSA officials and videotaped the incident at an airport security checkpoint.

Half-deaf man murdered by cops was walking away from his executioner

mpluby — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:19:50 +0000

On August 30, Seattle Police Ofc. Ian Burk murdered John T. Williams for holding a legally-sized whittling knife. Williams was a half-deaf Native American woodcarver who was also wearing headphones at the time. Birk claimed Williams refused to drop the legally-sized knife and approached him, but just-released autopsy results show Williams was in fact walking away from his executioner at the time he was shot. Police video of the incident still has not been released.

'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery Sentenced To Five Years in US Prison

THCPower — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:41:31 +0000

Marc Emery, well-known Canadian marijuana activist and founder of Cannabis Culture Magazine, was sentenced today by a federal judge to five years behind bars in a US prison.