When gunfire rings out in Seattle, we often ask ourselves what could have been done to prevent it. But last week, when two people were murdered and three seriously injured in The Jungle, a long-standing encampment known well to most individuals living outside, it was Mayor Ed Murray asking what his own role was.
“I can’t help but wonder, did I act too late?” he asked. “Maybe I should have issued the state of emergency months earlier.”
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