Wait, Are Those Tears? Seattle's Socialist Mayor Cracks As Even the Lefty Media Turns on Her

It's been eight days since two gunmen opened fire at the Bite of Seattle food festival on July 26, killing two and injuring four others, including a toddler.  - Teri Christoph

In the immediate aftermath, serious questions were raised about

•  the city's response to the attack, 
• specifically about the fitness of its socialist mayor, Katie Wilson, and 
• the whereabouts of its AWOL police chief, Shon Barnes.

As RedState has previously reported, crime is so bad under Wilson's watch that residents have begun putting up walls and other kinds of barriers to keep criminals out of their neighborhoods. And they're getting precious little protection from the police...

One of the gunmen was killed in the gunfire and the other, 15, is facing assault and firearms possession charges.)
Police Chief Barnes, it turned out, was often not in the city, opting to spend a significant amount of time in Chicago