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The victim collapsed but somehow staggered back up. Incredibly, he even tried to chase his attacker down while clutching his bleeding wound.
Police were on the scene within minutes. Garcia attempted to escape by riding against traffic but was caught in less than 10 minutes. Officers recovered the knife — a small fixed-blade with a Paracord grip — hidden in his waistband.
A Criminal History That Never Ends
The most shocking part isn’t the brutality of the attack. It’s that Garcia should never have been on the street in the first place.
His record is a laundry list of violence dating back to 1997. Assault, harassment, obstructing law enforcement, drunk driving, illegal firearms, theft, even trying to disarm a police officer — the list goes on.
In Oregon, he racked up more convictions for harassment, mischief, and disorderly conduct. And in Seattle, he still had pending drug charges from November.
Yet thanks to lenient laws and activist-driven policies, Garcia was free to stab an unsuspecting man in broad daylight.
The victim was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition. Garcia now faces first-degree assault charges that could carry a life sentence — but given Seattle’s history, few residents are holding their breath.
Police: “Soft-On-Crime Policies” to Blame
Seattle’s own police union says the problem isn’t just criminals like Garcia — it’s the politicians who let them roam free.
Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, minced no words:
“This is another example of soft-on-crime policies and laws that impact the community at large.”
He laid the blame where it belongs — on “unreasonable activists” who pressured lawmakers into treating predators like victims.
The fallout isn’t just public safety. It’s police morale. The Seattle Police Department is already down 700 officers in the past decade, and the ones who remain are exhausted from arresting the same criminals only to see them released again.
As Solan put it:
“Normal citizens are fed up with the crime and the blight, and they want to take their cities back.”
Not Just Seattle’s Problem
This isn’t an isolated case. Seattle’s Chinatown-International District has seen multiple shootings in just the past month. One man was killed and another wounded in a separate attack on Monday night.
And across the country, the pattern repeats itself.
In Charlotte last month, 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a light rail train. Her alleged killer? Decarlos Brown Jr., a repeat offender with mental illness and more than a dozen prior charges. He had been released without bail just before the murder.
Different cities, same story: violent repeat offenders are unleashed onto the public, and innocent people pay the price.
The Cost of “Compassionate” Politics
Activists claim criminals are just victims of poverty or racism. Politicians bought into the narrative, and now entire cities are suffering the consequences.
The reality is stark: Americans are being stabbed, shot, and killed by offenders who should have been locked up long ago. Police officers are quitting in droves because they’re sick of being part of a revolving door system.
As Solan said:
“It’s an unreasonable activist push to reform the criminal justice system that put most of blue cities in this predicament.”
The Victim Who Never Asked to Be Part of a Social Experiment
The man pulling his cart down the sidewalk wasn’t a politician, an activist, or a criminal. He was just an ordinary citizen trying to go about his day.
But thanks to Seattle’s failed “reform” experiment, he ended up bleeding in the street — another unwilling participant in a political game that values criminals over law-abiding Americans.
The question now is simple: how many more innocent people will have to bleed before blue cities finally put victims first?
