Tag Archives: crime

The Corner

Posted on October 1, 2024 by msw blog

The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns (1997, Non Fiction) is a tome of a nonfiction novel, leaving me to wonder how many pages must a novel be before you consider it to be a tome? How do you go about … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged addiction, Baltimore, Biography, book review, crime, David Simon, Edward Burns, history, journalism, nonfiction, On My Bookshelf, politics, race, social issues, The Corner, True Crime, war on drugs | Leave a comment

Seattle Police Department: Don’t Terminate Court Oversight

Posted on May 8, 2024 by msw blog

Re: “SPD illegally searched trunk after driver says he was stopped due to race, judge rules” [Aug. 7, Local News]: The report on yet another instance of Seattle police officers pulling guns on a Black driver for a minor traffic … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged car license, civil rights violations, conduct, crash, crime, driving while black, Fourth Amendment, news, police, police violations, policy, race, reading comprehension, travel | 3 Comments

Finders keepers for fruit over the sidewalk?

Posted on April 17, 2023 by msw blog

Is it legal for me to glean fruit from private gardens if the fruit is overhanging a public sidewalk? I consulted the King County Law Library, and they referred me to a chapter in the book Neighbor Law which addresses a slightly … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged bounty, crime, Fruit, fruit trees, Harvest, harvesting, high-value crop, law, Location, neighbor law, neighbors, permission, private property, property line, public spaces | 2 Comments

Mental-Health Programs: Full Funding Long Overdue

Posted on November 10, 2022 by msw blog

Re: “WA to get $183M from Purdue Pharma settlement, more than double original proposal” [March 3, Local News]: What to do with this money? It is intended for addiction treatment, but the state should also try actually spending serious money … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged action, addiction treatment, conversation, crime, funding, homelessness, housing, letter to the editor, Letters editor, mental health, opportunity, politicized, progress, self-reflective, stand up, taxes, transformative | 2 Comments

Positive Spin

Posted on July 17, 2020 by msw blog

World news bombards us from the Internet, television, radio, and mobile devices. The majority seems to describe what’s wrong—crime, terrorism, war, and economic problems. Yet there are times when good news invades the darkest hours of sadness and despair—stories of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged crime, despair, economic problems, internet, judgement, kindness, life lessons, mindfulness, mobile devices, news, radio, shut up, social media, television, unselfish acts, war | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: crime

Seattle Police Department: Don’t Terminate Court Oversight

Finders keepers for fruit over the sidewalk?

Mental-Health Programs: Full Funding Long Overdue

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