A Seattle area youth soccer league is canceling the remainder of its season and searching for a new location due to the rampant crime plaguing the area.
CEO of the league Dean Aldridge said that last Wednesday someone did doughnuts on their field while it was wet and caused over $100,000 in damage. The field is next to the notorious Green River Rd. homeless encampment which is continuing to expand into the nearby woods. This is the latest problem along this part of the street in unincorporated King County.
According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, 911 for shootings, fires, drug overdoses, fights, and abandoned vehicles have spiked over the last few months.Aldridge told Jonathan Choe, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute , “These fields serve our most economically challenged kids.”He added, “Gangs are moving in. This is what we’ve been dealing with down here ever since COVID.”Now, underprivileged youth […]
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