Andrea Suarez, founder of the nonprofit We Heart Seattle, which works with people experiencing homelessness and addiction, said the city's policies have created a "safe place" for drug addicts and criminals.
"It will trap people longer in the cycle of addiction, creating havoc in our communities as they survive off theft, by and large," she said.
Conservative radio host and Seattle-based commentator Jason Rantz told Fox News Digital city officials are downplaying concerns by insisting nothing has changed, even as enforcement practices shift in practice.
According to Rantz, the change did not originate with Wilson but with the Seattle City Attorney's Office, which he said has signaled prosecutors will decline to pursue most drug cases except those deemed "egregious."
"That's de facto decriminalization," Rantz said, regardless of how city officials describe it. He warned that when officers believe arrests will not be charged, enforcement inevitably collapses. "Officers aren't going to risk injury or their careers for arrests they know won't stick."
"It will trap people longer in the cycle of addiction, creating havoc in our communities as they survive off theft, by and large," she said.
Conservative radio host and Seattle-based commentator Jason Rantz told Fox News Digital city officials are downplaying concerns by insisting nothing has changed, even as enforcement practices shift in practice.
According to Rantz, the change did not originate with Wilson but with the Seattle City Attorney's Office, which he said has signaled prosecutors will decline to pursue most drug cases except those deemed "egregious."
"That's de facto decriminalization," Rantz said, regardless of how city officials describe it. He warned that when officers believe arrests will not be charged, enforcement inevitably collapses. "Officers aren't going to risk injury or their careers for arrests they know won't stick."
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