Shocking video shows Seattle’s liberal tech haven turning into a sea of drugs, prostitution and homelessness.
Seattle, like many liberal West Coast cities, has seen struggles with the arrival of immigrants and a rise in homelessness in recent years.
However, a local journalist published a clip that went viral for showing the shocking decay of the Emerald City.
The video, released Monday, comes from a gas station in Seattle in which reporter Jonathan Choe is confronted by a woman, claiming to be a sex worker wearing nothing but a bikini and high heels while shopping at the station’s store.
The woman seems outraged that Choe is filming and asks him why he is doing that when she discovers the surprisingly compelling reasoning.
Shocking video shows how Seattle’s liberal tech haven transforms into a sea of drugs, prostitution and homelessness
‘You’re in a bikini inside a gas station, that’s why. I just wonder why,” Choe told him.
That’s how we sell ass here, so you can put the camera down. I have no shame in my game,’ she replied.
Then she got angry as he continued filming and said, ‘What the fuck? I’m going to break your phone.’
Choe cheekily responds to the sex worker: “I dare you to run in those heels, I’d love to see you.”
She seems to accept him and runs after him as Choe leaves the store and sees another alleged sex worker on his way.
That’s not the end of the depravity Choe sees, as he heads down an alley to find a man on all fours, visibly suffering.
He offers to help, asking if he can get him off the street and wondering if he’s okay.
“In less than two minutes, see what happens on Seattle’s Aurora Ave N. every day,” concluded Choe.
The video, released Monday, comes from a gas station in Seattle in which reporter Jonathan Choe is confronted by a woman, claiming to be a sex worker, wearing nothing but a bikini and high heels while shopping at the station’s store. .
The woman runs after the journalist when he leaves the store and sees another alleged sex worker on the way.
‘Fentanyl addicts and prostitutes still dominate this neighborhood. By the way, there were children at this gas station in Arco when I arrived on Monday afternoon to buy a soda. The current plan is not working.”
The city is concerned about crime and prostitution in that area, according to fox 13.
In fact, the nonprofit Stolen Youth has called Aurora Avenue North the epicenter of sex trafficking in Washington state.
“It’s a huge problem, especially since the pandemic, it’s increased,” said Renee Wallace of Stolen Youth.
“Not only is it on Aurora Avenue but it’s also online.”
Local officials have proposed reinstating laws prohibiting loitering and prostitution, and the mayor has promised to fix the problem.
In early 2024, a man tried to attract girls as young as 11 in prostitution focusing on that specific neighborhood.
Wallace says there is a lot of work to be done both in the area and online.
That’s not the end of the depravity Choe sees, as he heads down an alley to find a man on all fours, visibly suffering.
Local officials have proposed reinstating laws banning vagrancy and prostitution, and the mayor has promised to fix the problem.
“We tend to put a lot of Band-Aids on things and the city is hemorrhaging,” he said.
‘There is a misconception that this only happens on the streets. Children are more susceptible to being exploited when playing online video games.’
The city council and mayor’s office hope to have a solution imminently.
In April, city officials were fighting to raise hotel costs from $5,000 a day for 240 asylum seekers who occupied a school playground with tents and foreign flags in a takeover that locals called “threatening.”
The city’s police department changed rules to allow applications from immigrants who crossed the border illegally as children and are registered in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, or “Dreamers.”
Washington state has allocated nearly $33 million for asylum seekers, but much of the money is tied up in the legislative process and reportedly won’t be available until the next fiscal year begins on July 1.