After Kris Kime was bludgeoned to death by thugs in view of Seattle Police while Gil Kerlikowske ordered them not to intervene, Mayor Nickels publicly vowed to hang Kime’s death certificate in his office. The city settled a lawsuit from the Kime family out of court.
But Kerlikowske, who showed his remorse by saying “I think we moved in at the proper time,” is still Seattle’s Police Chief. Kerlikowske’s habit is to quote the high crime rate of completely different cities to defend his performance. Here he goes again in the Seattle PI:
Kerlikowske points out Seattle has less violent crimes than cities of similar size, including Washington D.C. and Boston.
Less crime than DC? Now that’s something to brag about, isn’t it?
Meanwhile Kime’s killer Jerell Thomas had his murder conviction overturned in the aftermath of a reversed murder conviction for a guy who kicked a toddler to death. Thomas’s lawyer said he could be released as early as 2008, though as far as I know that hasn’t actually happened.
