Crime Rates Rising in Everett?

The Everett Herald Staff headline and lede:
Fearing crime surge, Snohomish County police focus on patrol There’s little data that support — and some numbers that contradict — claims of rampant crime

Inside the editorial, “And while Fortney pointed to increasing crime rates, experts say more comprehensive — and higher quality — data are needed. And some existing data contradicts the sheriff’s claim that crime rates are rising.​”

Same Editorial has this data:

Offenses in Everett by year 
2020 – 11,314 
2021 – 12,249 
2022 – 13,566 (Pace based on 3x 4,522 thru April)
Shots fired incidents per year
2019 – 19 
2020 – 52 
2021 – 75 
2022 – 102 (Pace based on 3x 34 thru April)

Shooting Death of 18-Year-Old Raises Questions About Washington’s Use of Force Law

Shooting Death of 18-Year-Old Raises Questions About Washington’s Use of Force Law

by Caleb Powell • Apr 28, 2022 at 11:36 am

The Stranger

A memorial of Todd about half a mile from the scene of his death. CALEB POWELL

In the early morning hours of June 5, 2021, Todd Smith strayed from a high school graduation party outside Arlington, Washington, near the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River. The slender, unarmed, 18-year-old with boyish features approached a house and started knocking on a door. The homeowner exited and shot him. Fatally….more

Uganda – July, 1998

Equator, Me, Jerry, Gerald, with Matt kneeling

Golf in Kampala

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Kisoro

Kisoro w/Nsanze family and Matt (H. Nsanze’s nephew)

Water tank that had to be filled daily so hostel guests could shower

Kisoro

Jerry – Kisoro Market

Virunga Mountains, Rwanda on other side

Oman – June 1998

Jerry and Kai. Unknown wadi, mountains east of Al Ain in Oman

Khutwa Oasis, Oman, 1998

On the road to Muscat, Oman. July, 1998

Market, Oman, July 1998. We stayed in the hotel in the background. 110 degrees Fahrenheit!

Zanzibar – January, 1998

With giant tortoise

Stone Town

Stone Town

South Africa/Soweto January, 1998

Yoeville

At hostel with reggae band Sons of Selassie

Jo’Berg

Soweto, Thandi’s Aunt’s courtyard

Visiting the Nelson Mandela House

Victoria Falls – January, 1998

UAE 1997-1998

Photos, UAE 1997:

Mohammed, Abdullah, Me, Another Mohammed

UAE – 1998

First photo. Thought I’d start taking my negatives from travels and post them on this blog. It’s been almost three months since, but now that COVID-19 is keeping me at home, it’s time to kill some time and start posting.

Chinese Movies

UAE with student, spring, 1998

Trump’s Muslim Ban

The media went on overdrive when Donald Trump, immediately after inauguration, followed through on his promise for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims”. The New York Times reported: 

“The president’s order… suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.”

When The Express Tribune asked if I wanted to write a blog on the Muslim ban…more