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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson reportedly built a wall to mitigate violent crime in her city.<\/p>\n

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Seattle built barriers along Aurora Avenue in response to shootings and sex trafficking in the area, The Seattle Times reported Thursday. The new effort began amid backlash from locals over the mayor\u2019s crime policies. (RELATED: Seattle\u2019s New Socialist Mayor Goes Full Communist, Says She Won\u2019t Allow Private Grocery Stores To Close<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOftentimes it requires that we ask a survivor to come and do one of the hardest things in their life, to come into a courtroom and sit across the table on the witness stand from the person who caused them irreparable harm,\u201d King County senior deputy prosecutor Alexandra Voorhees reportedly said. \u201c[The average age of those entering] commercial sex work is between 12 and 15 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m so tired of the B.S.,\u201d car repair shop owner Adam Elhaj said after an arsonist torched three cars at his shop last April, according to The Seattle Times. He also reportedly said \u201c[suspects] get out the next day\u201d even after being arrested.<\/p>\n

There were seven reported shootings in the area last April and eight the following month, The Seattle Times reported May 29. Police reportedly said many such shootings are tied to the sex trade. Residents responded by placing planters along several side streets that May, while Wilson discussed looking for more permanent solutions.<\/p>\n

The city later replaced those planters with concrete traffic barriers \u2014 a solution that received mixed responses from local business owners, according to The Seattle Times.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can\u2019t drive in a straight line anywhere anymore,\u201d Rich\u2019s Custom Upholstery owner Moe Pilgrim reportedly said. Meanwhile, Greenwood Radiator Services owner Ron Linson reportedly said that one customer recently asked concerning crime in the area, \u201cShould I wear a bulletproof vest?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wilson has been under fire for her handling of public safety and homelessness, Fox 13 Seattle reported June 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll say people come into homelessness from all kinds of different directions. And people who are struggling with substance use disorder, drug addiction, everyone has their individual situation and what works for one person doesn\u2019t always work for another. And that is part of why it\u2019s really important that we have a variety of shelter options, and that we have a variety of service models,\u201d Wilson told Fox in the interview.<\/p>\n

The self-described socialist mayor recently announced plans to add 1,000 new homeless shelter beds by the year\u2019s end, the DCNF reported May 29. Her homelessness advisor resigned that same morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking about doing a quick assessment of what it would look like to more permanently block off certain streets, but they need to study emergency access, we need to be able to get emergency vehicles into the neighborhood. So that is what\u2019s going on, and so we\u2019re going to have more information very soon, and we also have emphasis patrols that SPD is doing right now, greater presence, we\u2019re stepping up the Gun Violence Reduction Unit in the area,\u201d she reportedly told Fox when asked about Aurora Avenue\u2019s apparent rise in human trafficking and prostitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the immediate fixes, no illusion that things like this are solving the longer term problem, but we are trying to take immediate action to improve conditions in the neighborhood because it\u2019s unacceptable,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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