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Good evening, today's announcement here in downtown Seattle extends a trend when it comes to public safety. Seattle City Attorney Ann Davidson blames the past for the present. There's been a long amount of time on an average of 334 days before a response from this office was given to that to that action. That criminal activity and that, to me, is how we have gotten to where we are, where public safety has eroded and people don't feel safe walking down the street. That's why today citing this independent report by former US Attorney Brian Moran, she announced a plan to cut a 5000 case backlog. It involves a hiring spree in the criminal case division and prioritizing prosecution of cases involving crimes against people like domestic violence and assault, weapons, crimes, DUI's, and people with multiple pending charges. But it also means throwing out or declining to prosecute nearly 2000 other cases like those involving property destruction. Theft or trespassing in order to bring back rea