The blue city crime crisis is once again making headlines after yet another violent repeat offender struck in Seattle, just weeks after a shocking light rail murder in Charlotte. Police say 44-year-old Jose Francisco Garcia stabbed a man in the stomach in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District in what authorities called a “seemingly unprovoked attack.”
Surveillance video shows Garcia riding a bicycle before suddenly plunging a knife into his unsuspecting victim. Court records reveal a criminal history dating back to 1997, with convictions ranging from assault to firearm charges, drug offenses, and even resisting arrest. Despite this rap sheet, Garcia remained free to terrorize the community.
Seattle police officers captured him within nine minutes, recovering a knife from his waistband. Garcia now faces first-degree assault charges, which could carry a life sentence. The victim, a 40-year-old man, was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.
Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan said the cycle of crime and release stems from political pressure to appease activists instead of protecting the public. “This is another example of soft-on-crime policies and laws that impact the community at large,” Solan warned.
The Seattle attack comes on the heels of another tragic case in Charlotte, where repeat offender Decarlos Brown Jr. fatally stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train last month. Solan captured the broader frustration, saying, “It’s an unreasonable activist push to reform the criminal justice system that put most of blue cities in this predicament that, to me, is sad and needs to be corrected, really quick.”
