Shocking video shows the moment a Seattle social worker tried to push and stop a journalist filming a drug camp while they were distributing “relief supplies.”
Jonathan Choe was outside the Dow Constantine drug camp in King County when he recorded public workers conducting a “harm reduction” operation, intended to provide treatment and medication to hard drug addicts.
In the video, the experienced Discovery Institute The journalist can be seen approaching a van full of supplies that were being distributed by two people at the camp.
But Choe claims that instead of helping homeless addicts turn their lives around, the duo were handing out “meth pipes” and “needles.”
“They were giving away needles and fentanyl kits like they were candy. No treatment was offered to anyone,” she wrote in the caption of her post on X.
Jonathan Choe, a local reporter, was outside the Dow Constantine drug camp in King County when he recorded public workers (pictured) conducting a “harm reduction” operation.
He also revealed that the bag of supplies he received from the workers surprisingly contained huge bags of syringes, tubes, aluminum foil and what appeared to be black straws.
As Choe bravely continued to film the social workers’ activities, she was repeatedly told to turn off her camera and stop filming.
At one point, one of the aid providers could be seen trying to cover his camera and pushing him away from the van.
While many would expect the workers’ reaction to be concerning enough, Choe later revealed that he ended up being pepper-sprayed while filming around the camp.
But Choe claims that instead of helping homeless addicts turn their lives around, the duo were handing out “meth pipes” and “needles.”
At one point, one of the aid providers could be seen trying to cover Choe’s camera and pushing him away from the van.
‘After I was pepper-sprayed outside the Dow Constantine drug camp on Wednesday, a Community Passageways worker saw the commotion and tried to victim-blame me.
“He didn’t give me his name, but he basically said that I was the one who provoked the attack by trying to interview homeless people,” X said in another post.
But as the nonprofit employee driving the BMW verbally berated him, a neighbor who had witnessed the entire incident quickly arrived on the scene and began helping Choe.
“Fortunately, a neighbour saw what was happening and supported me. But then this social worker got out of his BMW, left it running in the middle of the street and started talking too much,” explained the veteran journalist.
While many would expect the workers’ reaction to be concerning enough, Choe later revealed that he ended up being pepper sprayed while filming around the camp and ended up being blamed as a victim.
In a surprising turn of events, while the social worker was still arguing with the Seattle journalist for trying to interview homeless people, a homeless woman who arrived on a scooter was seen slashing the philanthropist’s tires.
“During this encounter, witnesses say a young homeless woman from the camp rode up on her scooter and slashed the tire. She apparently thought the vehicle was mine. How ironic!”
Choe later said he had allegedly heard workers suggesting that the tire cutter should not be “held accountable” because that would “complicate his situation.”
‘Finally, what was even more worrying was that I heard some social workers say that she should not be arrested or held accountable because that could complicate her situation.
“The homeless industrial complex continues to enable criminal behavior. Now you know why everyone is out on the streets. Suffice it to say that you are homeless and can get away with almost any crime,” he said.
A BMW owner and nonprofit employee (pictured) continued to berate Choe for filming and interviewing drug addicts living in the camp.
In a shocking turn of events, while the social worker was still arguing with the Seattle journalist for trying to interview homeless people, a homeless woman riding a scooter (pictured) was seen slashing the philanthropist’s tires.
In another post by X, Choe assured his followers that police were looking for the person who pepper-sprayed him and advised the journalist to stay away from the camp for a few days.
The City of Seattle passed a drug ordinance in September 2023 to address outdoor drug use and classified drug use and possession as a serious misdemeanor.
Since then, there have been 355 arrests of 325 individuals and 174 accepted referrals to the LEAD program.
53 people arrested for narcotics were booked on outstanding warrants for felony arrests, illegal weapons possession and other offenses, according to KIRO7.
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