Seattle Can’t Fix Broken Windows with More Cops

PHOTOS: MIKAELA WINGARD-PHILLIPS. DESIGN: ANTHONY KEO.

Ashley Nerbovig | Jul 21, 2023 at 9:00 am

At the end of January, Capitol Hill vegan restaurant Life on Mars started cataloging on Instagram the woes of existing as a small business in Seattle. A random passerby had thrown a rock through their window. Someone lit a fire on their patio. Someone else threw a rock through the restaurant’s door. There was graffiti, drug use, and even stolen plants.

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