bus tunnel victim

i am restarting my blogging career with this commentary on the fate of aisha steward-baker who was beaten and robbed in the seattle bus tunnel earlier this year.

it is unfortunate that king county metro decided to have 'security guards' whose job description apparently involved watching crimes being committed while collecting a salary, rather than actual prevention of crimes or helping the victims of crimes, which are included in the more traditional concept of being a security guard. it is hard for most of us to understand how this would constitute a job and why the county thought this was an adequate defense of public safety. that said, the victim in this case is a rather flawed individual who shortly before this attack was by all accounts the perpetrator of a similar crime and apparently several others. she is working with attorneys to try and get rich off her misfortune. more power to her, the unspoken 11th amendment of the bill of rights is the right to sue and get wealthy off lawsuits. she probably deserves to win and us taxpayers will shell out for another bad decision by our leaders (what's new there).

however, i encourage tamie cox who was beaten and robbed by the aforementioned aisha steward-baker to file a civil suit against the perpetrator. her pain and suffering is no less than steward-baker's and probably more because she by all accounts has not chosen to live a life of crime and violence. i hope that tamie cox collects collects every penny that steward-baker is given by the county and city (although her case against the city seems tenuous at best).