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Seattle<\/a> Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell said during a mayoral debate Thursday night he has “no desire” to put repeat criminal defenders in jail, and he doesn’t know how to answer the question on whether the city is “too lax” on repeat offenders.<\/p>\n

“<\/strong>So, let me make something very clear. I was the one that sponsored the \u2018Ban the Box\u2019 legislation when everyone opposed it because the criminal system has had a disparate impact on Black and Brown communities, let me lead with that,” Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a mayoral debate Thursday night when asked a follow-up question about repeat offenders in the city.<\/p>\n

Harrell\u2019s “Ban the Box” proposal in 2013 prevented employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal history on applications up front.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harrell then said, “When this person is committing six or seven crimes, I don\u2019t know his or her story. Maybe they were abused as a child. Maybe they\u2019re hungry. But my remedy is to find their life story to see how we can help. First, I have no desire to put them in jail, but I need to protect you, and that\u2019s the calibration that we have.<\/p>\n

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“I put police officers on the stand. I\u2019ve cross-examined them. So, whether they commit seven or eight crimes, to me, is not the issue. The issue is, why are they committing these crimes? And so we have a health-based strategy.”<\/p>\n

Repeat offenders have been a part of the national conversation with respect to crimes in recent weeks after several high-profile murders carried out by suspects with lengthy criminal records, including in North Carolina where Ukrainian\u00a0Iryna Zarutska was\u00a0stabbed to death<\/u><\/a> on a train by a suspect with a long history of arrests going back more than a decade, including charges of felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year in South Carolina, 22-year-old\u00a0Logan Federico was\u00a0robbed and executed<\/u><\/a> during a home invasion by a suspect who had 39 charges on his record.<\/p>\n

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Harrell was asked by a debate moderator if the city is “too lax” on repeat offenders who are “driving” most of the crime in the city. The mayor responded by calling it an “interesting question.”<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know how to answer that question. \u2018Too lax,\u2019 I don\u2019t know how you gauge that.”<\/p>\n

Harrell explained that he knows it\u2019s “necessary” to “catch criminals in the act doing bad things” and talked about the need for more police officers” along with “constitutional arrests.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not going to give an opinion on the attitude of my officers. I look at them, and I tell them this is my vision. George Floyd was murdered, purely and simply, and I need you to recruit culturally competent officers, and we created the CARE Department, which is an unarmed response, the largest city in the country to do this. So, whether they\u2019re lax or not for me, all due respect, is not the question. It’s are they effective? And they are very effective. I just need to get my numbers up because the defund movement demoralized the police department.”<\/p>\n

Seattle Red talk show host Jason Rantz, who first posted<\/a> about Harrell’s debate response, told Fox News Digital that the mayor’s “governing philosophy” was on display.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Harrell says he has \u2018no desire\u2019 to jail an eight-time criminal. Well, the feeling\u2019s mutual, because criminals in Seattle clearly have no desire to stop offending,” Rantz said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This is what happens when your mayor governs like a progressive therapist instead of a leader. And this wasn\u2019t a gaffe. It\u2019s his governing philosophy to protect repeat offenders and abandon public safety. If you\u2019re a law-abiding Seattleite, Harrell made it clear that we\u2019re on our own.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Harrell’s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n

Harrell, who received criticism on social media for his comments, is running for re-election in a November election where he faces off against longtime progressive activist Katie Wilson, who has\u00a0faced criticism<\/u><\/a> from the mayor for past calls to lower police staffing.<\/p>\n

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Widely known for her role in helping establish and continuing to lead the left-wing Transit Riders Union, Wilson champions progressive positions such as minimum wage increases, better access to public transit and affordable housing. She has also pledged to “Trump-proof” Seattle and has been\u00a0likened to New York City’s Zohran Mamdani<\/u><\/a> by political pundits.<\/p>\n

When asked about her plan for addressing repeat offenders, Wilson touted the city\u2019s “diversion” program “where if someone is arrested they have the opportunity instead of going through that booking and jail process to be diverted” into case management processes for drug treatment and shelter.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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