While you’re at it, file a civil suit too
It is unfortunate King County Metro decided to have “security guards” whose job descriptions apparently involve watching crimes being committed while collecting a salary rather than actually preventing crimes or helping victims. It is hard for most of us to understand how this could constitute a job and why the county thought this was an adequate defense of public safety. [“Girl beaten in tunnel to be tried for robbery,” NWTuesday, April 6.]
That said, the victim in this case is a rather flawed individual who, shortly before this attack, was by all accounts the perpetrator of a similar crime and apparently several others. She is working with attorneys to try and get rich off her misfortune. More power to her; the unspoken 11th Amendment is the right to sue and get wealthy off lawsuits. She probably deserves to win and taxpayers will shell out money for another bad decision by our leaders.
However, I encourage Tamie Cox, who was beaten and robbed by the aforementioned Aiesha Steward-Baker, to file a civil suit against the perpetrator. Her pain and suffering is no less than Steward-Baker’s and probably more because she, by all accounts, has not chosen to live a life of crime and violence. I hope Tamie Cox collects every penny Steward-Baker is given by the county and the city —although her case against the city seems tenuous at best.
— Nic Rossouw, Seattle