Jon Scholes’ latest editorial (“Why turning off Seattle’s safety cameras will do more harm than good,” Feb. 18, Opinion) in favor of increasing surveillance throughout town is crammed with dangerous concepts, however none so absurd as his photographs at actions looking for to defund the police. He desires us to think about that better scrutiny of how a lot Seattle spends on policing created all kinds of recent issues and overlook about the whole lot that occurred earlier than 2020. On the similar time, as Scholes admits, crime is down, whether or not regardless of or due to these actions. He might need to dwell below the watchful eye of Large Brother, however a few of us nonetheless treasure our civil liberties.
Josh Cerretti, Bellingham
