Sleepless in Seattle: Residents Forced to Take Crimefighting Into Their Own Hands As Police Do Nothing

Democrats will tell you crime is getting better in blue cities around the country. Does anyone actually believe that? Just ask residents of Los Angeles, where Mayor Karen Bass touts statistics showing that crime rates have lowered when, in reality, there’s been a home invasion wave, and street takeovers are as regular as the sunshine.

Or you could ask the beleaguered residents of Seattle, where some residents feel forced to put up barricades to keep the perps out.

 They argued that they were getting no help from the police in the rainy leftist enclave where a Democratic socialist with virtually no résumé, Katie Wilson,

 

 was elected mayor in November 2025.

These folks had to take matters into their own hands:

In the above video, residents tell reporters about the constant fear of living under these conditions:

• "There's been a shooting almost every night in the last couple of weeks," explained one woman.
• A male said the situation was unacceptable. "It's terrifying to live here, and it's even more terrifying that the city is absolutely doing nothing to protect the citizens in this neighborhood."
• Reporter: "Which is why they're taking matters into their own hands. They put up these makeshift barriers.”
• Another man: "It was a game-changer. We, you know, it made it feel much more safe there."

I’m glad they feel safer, but it’s beyond ridiculous that they felt forced into this position in the first place.

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What led to their feeling that such a bold move was the only way forward? Bullets flying seemingly every night:

Frustrated by recurring gunfire tied to Aurora Avenue’s long-running and increasingly deadly crime problems, some North Seattle residents have begun barricading neighborhood streets themselves.

Supporters call it a safety measure, though it is also raising concerns that the makeshift barricades could delay ambulances and fire crews responding to emergencies.

In recent days, neighbors near North 97th, 98th, and 102nd streets hauled in large metal planter boxes, dirt, and gravel to partially block residential roads feeding into Aurora Avenue North, one of Seattle’s busiest corridors.

The barriers are intended to stop gunmen from speeding through side streets during shootings connected to turf disputes among people involved in prostitution and human trafficking activity along Aurora.

The barriers have their critics, however. Watch this wokester in the required Seattle ponytail trying to tell one of the builders that “I just don’t know that I feel like this is the right fix.” What’s your solution, pal?

Contrast that with the footage of the shootings in the same video, which is from a KING 5 Seattle report, that regularly plague the area.

"It's not a fix for sure," says one of the builders. "It's a Band-Aid. This is Tylenol for Stage 4 cancer."

This cancer has a name: progressivism. Leftist policies have failed in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and, of course, Seattle. Ponytail dude undoubtedly voted for them every single step of the way. The progressive policy in cities like these seems to be “managed decline” — and barely managed at that. People seem to be waking up to the massive failures, proven by the fact that LA Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt

 

 has gone so viral, and Steve Hilton is leading gubernatorial polls in the Golden State.

It may just be too late for Seattle, though. It would be a long, long road back to normalcy for the Emerald City.

Good luck to these residents — at least they’re trying to take a stand.