Major graffiti bust in King County

[@auntihooha]

You know what is worse than the “damage” from graffiti? The countless number of empty buildings in King County, the number of new costly new constructions, and the number of homeless, abandoned human beings littering our streets. All our “leaders” care about is appearance.

[@gizzyguzzi]

they let the graffiti happen when this was a beautiful city. It was the first sign that people were disrespecting our society. All those other things came along after, and because they allowed this widespread vandalism.

[@SERTR420]

@@gizzyguzzi last i checked the seattle was full of projects back in the 80s erly 90s plus we got the shanghai tunnel's from organ up here in Washington so the real question is wha came first the chicken or the egg if yall dont stop the bullshit an put that money towards our future kids yall worried bout some damn paint

[@gizzyguzzi]

@SERTR420 how about proofread your words and fix it. Try to make a coherent point.

[@-_-----]

@@gizzyguzzi I could understand him just fine. Nice dodge, though - almost covers up the fact that he crushed your argument into paste. As i said above.... Your generation is simply incapable of having the "real discussions".

[@gizzyguzzi]

@@-_----- haha. what did he say? something something blah blah blah, projects, tunnel, give us more money because we can't succeed without reparations?!!

[@notanindianscammer7594]

RIP GRIDE MSP

[@JohnWick-zy5zm]

Terrible terrible year

[@SICKFRINTanater]

What happened to GRIDE? I seen his work all over Tacoma. Seen a really old MSP throw on top a building on the duwamish river.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@notanindianscammer7594 naw good riddance. He was a vandal and over rated.

[@Dr.Dinks206]

@@SICKFRINTanater he died bro

[@SICKFRINTanater]

@@Dr.Dinks206 Did you blast the side of that big blue barge?

[@jacobmoore7824]

Lmfao. 6 million for paint cover up 😂😂😂 you guys are fkin corrupt. HOW ABOUT FIX THE ROADS NOT BUILD MORE SHIT!!!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

How about they spend the $6 million on road repair. Graffiti is a safety issue. From the Aholes being on the freeway in black clothes to painting signs. Shit isn’t cool. Dumbass.

[@gizzyguzzi]

DOT pays millions every year cleaning up this crap also. State tax dollars

[@make-believe]

Because this is the biggest problem Seattle can solve. Pathetic.

[@netherjosh]

Gotta take your victories where you can get 'em here +shrug+

[@whyugotnocase]

Super pathetic…

[@JM-ep1wx]

Arrests will not stop this. Risk is part of the attraction. Look at every major city that has had high-profile graffiti busts. It did nothing, and graffiti is bigger than ever. It's here forever like it or not.

[@gizzyguzzi]

every shithole major city controlled by Democrats. Nothing but cesspools of depravity. And yes, the graffiti is the first sign.

[@-_-----]

But how else will our near-comatose Democrat government pretend like they're doing their jobs, if they don't throw money at a fake problem? I mean come on man you can't expect them to _actually_ solve any real problems.... They didn't learn that in college!

[@katiesioux7757]

Since before i was born its been in major cities

[@Daniel-kt2kx]

Better to have graffiti instead of all the colorless buildings you have here... seriously the whole city is painted grey to match the constant grey sky... wtf? I swear seattle is a place where no new culture is born only repackaged and sold

[@saylurrodriguez3315]

Millions to repaint walls tho 🤔

[@rust-0hspray156]

no way they spend 6 million dollars to clean up graffiti the people cleaning it up probably only making 20 an hour tops

[@Mvlogsandr]

Like wtf it cost 20 bucks a wall

[@taylorl7368]

It’s a way for mfs to pocket tax money smfh

[@vallee7966]

“Accountability” is not in the liberal, progressive vocabulary.

[@concilium1]

Nor are the words “personal responsibility”.

[@MrDiscowizard]

Nor is the word "fikkerdanjc"

[@RacheILevine]

@@MrDiscowizard snortch

[@maryfahhrney5740]

So we will bust graffiti artist, but not actual criminals

[@JJ-ls8ep]

The toll of property crimes is bad.

[@concilium1]

Defacing other people’s property is a crime.

[@gizzyguzzi]

they ARE criminals NOT artists! you are the problem.

[@-_-----]

@@concilium1 The government seizing 25% of your income before it even reaches your paycheck is a crime, but I don't see anyone going to jail for that. Go**am boomers i swear to god....

[@saymstuff]

Vandalism is criminal. Graffiti writers know this.

[@skeezix8156]

Shit, needles, tents, flaming RV’s and open drug markets also take their toll. Glad to see the priorities of getting those taggers first tho, wtf

[@SteveninTune]

Welcome to 40 years of Reaganomics trickel down pee economics

[@gizzyguzzi]

the taggers bullshit came before all the rest It was the beginning of the anarchy, the first sign of collapse of civilization. Liberals allowed it to happen.. This is long overdue.

[@RacheILevine]

in other words, “someone else’s freedom” (such as a homeless bum)

[@gizzyguzzi]

@RacheILevine people have no rights to private property

[@Daniel-kt2kx]

Well you only focused on freeing the gays.... what do you expect?

[@longlongdogg]

Just ignore it like you do the human suffering all over the streets

[@zebfross]

I like how they're focusing so much on this thing that has no impact on our lives

[@locn]

Broken window theory, you have to fix everything

[@22lyric]

You're wrong!

[@gizzyguzzi]

it has a huge impact on our lives. They allowed it to start decades ago. This is the sign of anarchy and end of civilization

[@lordraydens]

found the tagger

[@mrAZcardinal]

um no, tagging is a problem and ugly as hell.

[@jaylair8912]

Meh. For all the things wrong with Seattle/King co., busting the low hanging fruit that is graffiti... fucking bravo?

[@dubshire7345]

No Brau…Graffiti is scum! People who do it on others property need jail and to pay $$$. And we need to take care of the other issues you speak of too of course.

[@rubytuesday9711]

What are we, in the 1970s? Why do we want grey walls on the freeways and let building sit vacant so long.

[@-_-----]

Because the Boomer does not understand that the world does not revolve around them and their stultifies, generic tastes.

[@milart12]

@@-_----- "stultifies, generic tastes" OMG. At least they don't have terrible grammar.

[@katiesioux7757]

Some cities learned that if you hire graffiti artists to do beautiful murals, it keeps the ugly graffiti tagging down . But young punks don't really have respect for anything Denver made it harder to get spray paint and paint pens at one point

[@michaellong9214]

It is legal in Colombia, however, society enforces Art, not vandalism.

[@katiesioux7757]

@michaellong9214 that's why many cities pay the artists for murals, it also teaches them pride in making money off of natural talent instead of crime

[@michaellong9214]

@@katiesioux7757 I don't think most people get paid in Colombia. However, you better be good enough before you try.

[@katiesioux7757]

@michaellong9214 oh yea, I meant some large us cities

[@eyedentity1849]

Lol what a waste of city resources. Cops busting graffiti taggers is a waste of city resources. Why do we pay them so much for them to sit on their ass?

[@milart12]

Why. Graffiti is ugly. It's not their property.

[@frosty_farms]

I love how they think sticking an 18yr old kid with 100s of thousands of dollars in fines is gonna be able to pay it let alone change anything. Only thing he's gonna change is his name!!😂😂 Stay up my friends. MSP RIP GRIDER RIP MOE RIP SOLVE WESH THE I-5 LEGEND!!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Support a POS vandal your a POS. How about the 18yr old kid doesn’t break the law. Personally I don’t want them fined. I want them spending hours in orange coveralls cleaning graffiti for free.

[@chrisfr977]

I'm even seeing graffiti on the new portion of 520 to mountlake area how is that possible for new structure

[@seattlescofflaws]

Way overdue.

[@OfficialDescendant]

graff is here to stay and it’s only getting bigger with more writers every year. get used to it. i’m proud to be a writer myself, fuck anyone’s opinions

[@Tipperary757]

Screw you. It's not art, you immature goob. You are an untalented vandal.

[@shirleyharris1335]

Create Art!💙

[@croiners4166]

Not crap!

[@Culpepper206]

Hey, yall. It’s the Westlake station muralists from Downtown Seattle on 3rd & Pine !! The most chaotic environment in the North West ! Word of advice : Get vinyl printed building wrap murals. Absolutely Graffiti proof. You wouldn’t believe how many times they’ve bombed my work and the vandalism was completed wash away within minutes 🎨🎨🖼️🇺🇸👍🏾

[@morris9786]

Keep voting democrat. You just voted Bob furgeson so it's gonna get worse.

[@Piano_Castle]

Voted for? Installed? Tomato, tomahto.

[@Rambler-mj3io]

Graffiti has nothing to do with politics lol.

[@morris9786]

@@Rambler-mj3io it does because there soft on crime.

[@morris9786]

@@Rambler-mj3io I understand your perspective and you are partly right

[@MrMcDon-q9b]

MSP👑 MOST SPOTS PAINTED👑 REST IN PAINT GRIDER💚🕊️🙏🏾 WESH-INGTON🚂👑🚛

[@agostocobain2729]

Don't blame MSK, blame MSP?

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Multiple studies show that crime increases in neighborhoods with a lot of graffiti. It's visual pollution.

[@bladudemovies]

Correlation and causation aren’t the same thing. Back to class with you!

[@-_-----]

"Because Kleenex are often found near people with Colds, the Kleenex must be the cause of the cold." The fact that you would even post a take this bad on the public internet is just...... just f_____g astounding.

[@Rambler-mj3io]

Advertisements are visual pollution !! At least graffiti isn’t trying to sell you ball cream and razors

[@joehenry392]

What damages are they besides writing on the structural building some are amazing

[@P61widow]

The last time I went through Seattle they had graffiti all over I-5 on through the town and that was some time ago. They let it go for so long, now they are getting tough, bout time idiots!

[@StarWarsOwen]

Ridiculous instead of fixing real problems they are worried about paint on a wall…. How bout focus on the biggest issues like abandoned buildings, homeless, drugs, theft, gangs etc.

[@SykotikOne]

Keep wasting tax dollars...it'll NEVER EVER STOP!!!

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Assaults are undermined but OH NO! Not graffiti!!! /s It's just costly to the city commission

[@corduroycondoms3802]

Lol, as if this is the biggest problem Seattle has

[@Skyyy_judah]

Them darn Vandals 🤍🤍🤍

[@TheFreedom4you]

500+ hours min of community service CLEANING graffiti only! To not let them use their friends or parents non-profit as loophole to sign-off that they “completed” all their community service. Since our justice system is a joke in WA, a felony doesn’t even mean anything anymore.

[@hood_nation_tv]

Keans is the El chapo of graffiti in Seattle

[@phztanxmusic]

Lebron Keans

[@JS-qw4ln]

Not In My Backyard!! 🥴 Good luck idiots, this is a battle you’ll never win

[@kasebier8688]

Have they been released yet?

[@stevenvonsancho]

Let me guess... SCOTTYP.... GRIDE

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

I hope they get them. There has to be more than one person responsible. They know who the main vandal is. His brother or partner recently passed away and they let him paint a memorial mural that had to take 30 hours without arrest. F-that

[@stevenvonsancho]

@thereissomecoolstuff I've seen them painting between 1-3am a car picks them up on the shoulder of the freeway... what a waste of a life like painting cars or houses and actually get paid for it🤯

[@untitled0012]

You would think the insane amount of car theft would be a priority. Oh I get it. City property is more important than mine. Don't tell me this is for the small businesses, the only thing they care about is what we look like to visitors. Seattle is a national joke.

[@Skribez9]

They bust you for painting a wall. Then they cover it up with more paint on the wall.

[@vedametatron]

“ Hey teacher … leave those kids alone !!”

[@ryanmad8179]

msp is rocking the sure shottttt much respect to msp rip gride never met u but u were dope love from sanbernardino

[@jeanniestegner9915]

Graffiti is not art, it is trashy.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

It's crap.

[@JS-qw4ln]

Since you are the expert, what exactly is art then?

[@clevername8832]

It really depends. Some taggers are truly artists and others are just marking their territory like a dog and could care less how it looks.

[@jeanniestegner9915]

It doesn't belong on the side of trains, buildings, or homes. That is vandalism, plain and simple, because that property does not belong to them. Find a gallery o r Museum you can display your artwork in like most artists do

[@JS-qw4ln]

@@jeanniestegner9915 So you are admitting it is art then 🤣 My comment wasnt about where it should be displayed

[@rustynails8756]

Car thefts up but the police are not supposed to chase the suspect, shootings happening nearly every day, elderly women being assaulted but due to mental health issues the city pays the suspect thousands of dollars but if you paint graffiti by golly the cops are not only going to arrest you but the DA will actually press charges. Who knows the judge might actually hand down some sort of sentence. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@xoxo_grease]

Why didn’t they ever prosecute the killer of jaahnavi en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jaahnavi_Kandula

[@-_-----]

Holy moly.... I've seen the signs around but I had no idea it was that bad 💀

[@WellnessGarden-u9o]

Stop crime and provide safe space for artist

[@Truemoon69]

Im surprised they did not arrest the property owners

[@RB-nl6qv]

too much musk and rogan for you lol. #brainrot

[@-_-----]

@@RB-nl6qv And there it is - Cowardice covered with a smirk. #low-T

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@Truemoon69 no it’s true. They didn’t secure their property enough to make graffiti possible. They get a bill for remediation.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@RB-nl6qv Right you stupid F. It’s going to take someone graffiting your car while you’re in it for you to figure it out. DA. #Dumass

[@thepioneers3468]

Because there were no enforcement!!! City, police, and court,,,please, do you job!

[@rickyphillips9794]

Msp promo vid lol

[@WellnessGarden-u9o]

Leave the kids alone and quit handing the city to developers

[@Tipperary757]

Punishment was not severe enough. Jail time! Restitution, not community service. Egotistical criminals.

[@taylorl7368]

If art is a crime God forgive me! 😔

[@chillinvillan420]

How about we arrest the criminal homeless first

[@GumeunDal]

Failed broken-window theory at work.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Failed Democratic broken window policy you mean. More failed policies from a blue area.

[@Xyz594]

People DYING OVERDOSING DAILY in downtown SEATTLE” but they worry about graffiti WTF❗️🤡🤡🤡

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Yeah we do. Graffiti and criminal activity is a gateway to Overdose. It’s urban culture.

[@Xyz594]

@ NO it’s NOT! It is freedom of Expression for the forgotten! You thinking art and self expression is a gateway drug 🤡🤦🏻‍♂️🤡🤡🤡

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@ yeah, especially when it’s connected to crime and gangs. It’s also a gateway to social decline. If you like it so much make your property available for their “Art” it’s like everything. They went to far. It’s Fing everywhere. It’s also horrible for the environment. Toluene and Benzine.

[@Xyz594]

@@thereissomecoolstuff you’re delusional lmao 🤣 how sad! Get some therapy!

[@julesjames593]

Names and home addresses please....

[@SteveninTune]

Good. Its not Art. Nasty BS

[@Rambler-mj3io]

Just because you say it’s not art doesn’t make it true that’s just like your opinion man!

[@SICKFRINTanater]

Ya man, you got to have your art spoon fed to you man.... Dam the man

[@letspartybigfoot]

Legalize graffiti

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

And the outcome will be - In addition to the cost involved in prosecuting these vandals - the Taxpayers will have to fund - $ Millions to finance all those who make a living in "educating" people who did not grow up in a loving family and need to be helped to understand what is good and what is bad. Dozens of Social Workers, court-appointed Psychiatrists, and "Addiction rehabilitation Grops" will keep these "victims of the capitalist society" in their "care".

[@ThisMoney-c6h]

I love Washington but y’all have way more problems to worry about LMAO

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Naw we don’t. Our beautiful cities look like Shit. No one wants to see that crap. These vandals can paint for sure. Try a canvas instead of concrete.

[@vivisects-and-regicide]

whoever b taggin Turbo the snail ...mad love 2 you

[@donaldjackson9431]

Jail time, and a hefty fine is a start, and if they don't pay the fine it turns into a warrant failure to pay these fines goes to small claims court could lead to garnishment from a payroll check when you file your taxes it will be taken from that and most of all licenses could be suspended.😂🙈🙉😭

[@hakamor1]

someone snitched hard...

[@SICKFRINTanater]

They will never stop!!!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@SICKFRINTanater outlaw spray paint and have them doing 5000 community service cleaning graffiti will stop them

[@SICKFRINTanater]

@thereissomecoolstuff No it won't!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@SICKFRINTanater it will on my property.

[@SICKFRINTanater]

@@thereissomecoolstuff Lame!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@SICKFRINTanater Friend if people pulled their pants down and pooped on the sidewalk and you didn’t like it. Would you try and encourage them to stop? You and your fellow vandals went to far. You’re pulling your pants down and sh-tting on everyone’s sidewalk. It’s vandalism. Just stop and it’s all good. Keep doing it. It will mean you’ll be cleaning other vandals work off walls. You’ll have a record. I won’t hire anyone that disrespects the community. Why would I.

[@Daniel-kt2kx]

Better to have graffiti instead of all the colorless buildings you have here... seriously the whole city is painted grey to match the constant grey sky... wtf? I swear seattle is a place where no new culture is born only repackaged and sold

[@areaapparel5066]

And the clean up and feed the homeless

[@AmmiHernandez-n9c]

They started graffiting the 99 tunnel. It looks awful.

[@notanindianscammer7594]

It actually looks pretty Urban and cool to be honest

[@Sumak8710]

Keep writing . Graffiti the world!!!

[@areaapparel5066]

Isla vista jail house EXP

[@dubshire7345]

Wow 10 years late! What is going on? What made the sleepy Seattle city workers go at this? So sick of graffiti! Keep it up.

[@gizzyguzzi]

more like 40 years late

[@christopherp8319]

Chaka

[@TRUTHRULES777]

Graffiti is not nice. Your Crime and drug/ homeless problem is out of control. Care and do something for YOUR People.. You are OUT of Touch. Graffiti is not nice, but taking care of humans and caring and having people on site to help and Change the trajectory of this city is of the upmost. Dont be a Gruesome Newsom. Time for Big Change. Help the People. The Summer of Love was a sickness. Get Over It. For the People. All people of all Colors for Once. God Willing. Inshallah.

[@22lyric]

Graffiti leads/vauses so many problems! And it takes everything else down with it. No second chances for the culprits!

[@giant133]

😂

[@spangerthings3738]

Crappy art critics

[@cornyhorsecornhorsington7522]

lol

[@hood_nation_tv]

Msp !!!!

[@MichaelSturgis-g1j]

Finally. Enough already. They’ve destroyed our beautiful city

[@-_-----]

The rampant graffiti comes AFTER the ACTUAL destruction, by about 30 years. But your whole generation isn't ready for that discussion.

[@George-rf3nf]

if you think that city was ever beatiful you need to get out and travel more

[@Rambler-mj3io]

Advertisements ruined the beauty not graffiti

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@George-rf3nf Yeah George Seattle and Puget Sound is ugly. Gtfo of here. Stupid F.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@Rambler-mj3io Right. Love how advertisers paint dicks on freeway columns. Stfu clown.

[@Ken-q8z]

About time. I’m sick of seeing graffiti’s all over the city. It’s not pretty to look at and 100% of the time I have no idea what it says or who it is. 😂

[@taylorl7368]

The grafitti stretches down I5 smh it’s a waste of Tax dollars tryna clean that sht up. Fix the problem first which is with economy , the people , solutions, and peace! Seems we are far from it though. No Rest for the weary!

[@mikewashburn1207]

Graffiti makes the city look like slums! Slums attract Trump supporters!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@mikewashburn1207 and Fetanyl addicts and homeless. Doesn’t attract tourism and kids. Ahole

[@JonathanLaSalle]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYKWZY2vobGZeK8si=ZvNdKisKNN5Y0fpH There is nothing more frustrating than having to mitigate this crime. The cost to repair or fix this is labor intensive, and the cost is astronomical if you have more than just multiple episodes. The total disregard and disrespect for private property is appalling. They need to be held accountable for the damage they cause. Do better, Seattle. Being soft on crime is by far a betrayal to constituents, taxpayers, and property owners. This is a total back stabbing to everyone who is a victim. This video is just a small example of what someone has to go through to eradicate this problem. Da P8NTRMAN 🎨

[@coachfive9656]

It’s not cool