>> Dana: GREG PALKOT, THANK YOU.
>> Trace: TWO 17-YEAR-OLDS
ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON STATE
ACCUSED OF HOLDING A
10-YEAR-OLD AT GUN POINT AT AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOLLOWED
ANOTHER CHILD.
THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A
STRING OF SERIOUS CRIMES BY
CHILD SUSPECTS.
WHAT MIGHT BE FUELING THE
VIOLENCE?
LET’S BRING IN SEATTLE RADIO
TALK SHOW HOST JASON KRANTZ.
I COULD RUN DOWN A LITANY OF
CRIMES BY CHILDREN IN SEATTLE.
THE PROBLEM IS IT’S MORE
DIFFICULT TO POLICE AND THERE
IS ZERO CONSEQUENCES FOR KIDS
COMMITTING CRIMES, RIGHT?
>> YOU BASICALLY HAVE A
SCENARIO WHERE WE CREATED THIS
CULTURE OF LAWLESSNESS WHERE
YOU ALWAYS GET ANOTHER CHANCE
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A
JUVENILE.
I THINK THAT YOU CAN CERTAINLY
JUSTIFY A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF
KIDS WHO AREN’T POTENTIALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENT CRIME.
CRIME THAT INVOLVES A GUN.
AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO SAY
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
AND STOP PRETENDING THAT SOME
OF THESE KIDS CAN JUST QUICKLY
AND EASILY GET PUT ON THE RIGHT
PATH.
WHEN YOU PULL GUNS, WHEN YOU
ARE CARJACKING, THERE IS A
STORY THIS PAST WEEK WHERE THE
12-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND ARMED
BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A STOLEN
VEHICLE.
NO END IN SIGHT.
>> Trace: I WAS INTERESTED, YOU
TALK ABOUT THE CHILD WHO STOLE
A CAR, ARMED BEHIND THE WHEEL
AND YOU WERE SAYING YOU CAN
STEAL A CAR AND BLAST OFF AFTER
COMMITTING A CRIME AND POLICE
CAN’T CHASE YOU.
>> DEMOCRATS PASSED A BAN ON
MOST VEHICULAR PURSUITS.
UNLESS YOU HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE
THAT A VIOLENT CRIME OCCURRED
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PURSUE
THESE VEHICLES.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STEAL A CAR
QUICKLY, YOU CAN DRIVE OFF EVEN
IF THE OFFICER WITNESSES YOU
BREAKING INTO A VEHICLE.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE’RE
SEEING A BUNCH OF THE SMASH AND
GRAB ROBBERIES.
TARGETED ARE RETAIL AND POT
SHOPS.
GO IN AND GET OUT BECAUSE
THEY’RE QUICK CRIMES.
YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO BE PURSUED.
>> Trace: I WANTED TO PLAY THE
SOUND BITE.
A 911 CALL DURING A RIOT AT A
JUVENILE FACILITY AND GET YOUR
TAKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> THEY ARE CURRENTLY WRITING
AND ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE FROM
THE BACKCOURT YARD.
THEY ARE BREAKING THROUGH THE
GLASS AND TRYING TO THROW THE
GLASS AT THE STAFF.
WE HAVE DOWN THAT ARE BEING
HELD.
>> Trace: TALK ABOUT THE NO
YOUTH JAIL MOVEMENT GOING ON IN
YOUR AREA.
>> THIS STARTED RIGHT AFTER
GEORGE FLOYD.
THE ACTIVISM STARTED BEFORE
THAT.
POLITICIANS START EVIDENCE TO
PAY ATTENTION AND TRIED TO PLAY
INDICATE THE ACTIVIST COMMUNITY
AFTERNOON.
THEY’VE SHUT DOWN YOUTH JAILS
AND PLANS FOR THEM AND THEY
HAVE THIS GOAL TO END YOUTH
INCARCERATION BY 2025.
THERE ARE SOME KIDS WHO NEED TO
BE PUT IN JAIL.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS THIS
MOVEMENT TO EVEN GET IT EARLIER
WHERE YOU CANNOT PURSUE ADULT
CHARGES AGAINST JUVENILE
SUSPECTS.
AGAIN, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CLEARLY
DANGEROUS, ONES WHO RIOT,
ALTHOUGH THE STATE TELLS US IT
WASN’T A RIOT, IT WAS AN
INCIDENT.
IT BECOMES CLEAR WHAT IT
ACTUALLY IS WITH THE 911 CALLS.
THEY’RE DOWN PLAYING THE
VIOLENCE.
THEIR GOAL IS TO SHUT THESE
FACILITIES DOWN.
>> Trace: I WAS SURPRISED TO
LEARN THAT NOT EVEN KIDS WHO