Seattle Handed Out Free Crack Pipes With MLK’s Picture
"Judge them not by the color of their skin, but the contents of their crack pipes."
July 31, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield 1 Comment
“Judge them not by the color of their skin, but the contents of their crack pipes.”
The Atlantic, the last liberal magazine, which still occasionally runs good articles questioning leftist insanity, has an article that touches on the consequences of leftist pro-crime policies and features insane moments like this one.
Nelson also asked pointed questions about what had become the received wisdom in Seattle, such as why the county government paid millions of dollars to supply kits to addicts with tinfoil, pipes, and instructions on how to smoke fentanyl. (Incongruously, these kits came emblazoned with an image of Martin Luther King Jr., the namesake of King County.) What harm was reduced, Nelson asked at a 2023 council hearing, by helping addicts get high? Amber Tejada, an employee of a health nonprofit that had partnered with the city, raised her hand to answer. “I know it can be a little controversial,” she told the councilwoman, “but one of the key tenets of harm reduction that I see is that we want to be able to facilitate and champion autonomy of people who use drugs.” Tejada added, “There are folks for whom abstinence is not something by which they measure their success in life.”
Nothing says progress like crack pipes with King’s picture on them. Somehow I don’t think he would have been thrilled.
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