Posted on 03/15/2022 9:53:44 AM PDT by blam
The tech giant’s office is located at 300 Pine Street, about a half-mile from its main headquarters on Seventh Avenue in Seattle, and roughly 1,800 Amazon employees are working there.
“Given recent incidents near Third and Pine, we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office space elsewhere,” an Amazon spokesman said in an emailed statement to The Seattle Times. “We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so.”
It is unclear how many of the 1,800 are being relocated, given that many have been working remotely from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Epoch Times has contacted an Amazon spokesperson for comment.
Amazon’s decision to relocate employees comes after a string of violent crimes in the area, including one that claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy on March 2. Police are still searching for the suspect and have appealed to the public for help identifying the attacker.
Since Feb. 21, there have been at least three shootings, two stabbings, and one carjacking in the area, according to information from the Seattle Police Department’s Twitter account.
Amid the uptick in violence, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz announced on March 3 that the police department would be “launching an initiative to curb the violent criminal behavior in the area surrounding 3rd Ave., between Pike and Pine St.”
Commenting on Amazon’s decision to relocate, a spokesperson for Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell told KOMO News that his office is “working every day to make downtown a safe and thriving neighborhood for residents, workers, and businesses.”
“While it will take time to reverse longstanding safety issues, Mayor Harrell’s early efforts are critical first steps to address crime and improve safety through dedicated SPD officers, a mobile SPD precinct, and additional environmental changes. Mayor Harrell will continue to develop a comprehensive approach to public safety in collaboration with police and safety advocates, community members, service providers, and businesses, including Amazon, to activate, revitalize, and restore downtown for all,” the spokesperson said.
Amazon’s decision comes just weeks after fast-food chain McDonald’s was also forced to temporarily close its restaurant located at 1530 Third Avenue due to the rise in crime, with franchise owner and operator David Santillanes citing the company’s inability to keep its workers safe in a statement to KOMO News.
According to the Seattle Police Department’s year-end crime report, overall citywide crime increased by 10 percent (+4,209) in 2021 compared to 2020. Meanwhile, the city saw a decade-high number of aggravated assaults—3,925—last year.
Exactly! They did their part to perpetuate this BS. Now they’re running away. Typical.
Yes, and their sanctuary city status is also helping, I’m sure.
People say “you can’t blame the victim” - but in reality, the people of Seattle are to blame for their own problems.
They will continue to be leftist sheep, and they will continue to be “woke,” until everything crashes down around them.
They could solve this once and for all tomorrow if they would simply get off their asses and finally vote some democrats into positions of power
Seatroit.
In three weeks. Hmm... Need more social workers.
Leftist cycle of idiocy:
(1) support Marxist causes and implement corresponding policies
(2) watch crime increase and general QOL decrease
(3) scratch head and wonder why that happened
(4) repeat (1)
These leftist couch surfers and basement dwellers better get a van to livein this summer the Soros summer SJW camps are getting old.
C’mon man…there’s too many police targeting poc or something…hire more tranny social workers or something….
Seattle (1000 cops) and Boston (2,000 cops) are about the same size and population.
Amazon has almost 1,000 private security folks. Many of the larger firms have private guys cruising/walking the area around their buildings. (Amazon has numerous buildings covering 2-3 city blocks.)
All of these places (including NYC) have normals who are undeserving of this; these issues thin their numbers considerably, but there are still decent people there. If you watch “Seattle is Dying”, you’ll see older homeowners and middle-aged cops give up in despair because it wasn’t the Seattle they signed up for years before, or voted for since.
On the other hand, I’m OK with the majority of voters reaping what they’ve sown.
““While it will take time to reverse longstanding safety issues,”
standard leftist Democrat mayor happy talk ... mayor could fix this in a week IF HE REALLY WANTED TO! ... just saturate the area with police 24x7, sweep out the tent cities and bums squatting on public property and arrest everyone committing minor infractions ... problem solved ... Rudi did it in NYC ... other mayors could too IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO ...
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