‘Clueless’ socialist Mayor Katie Wilson in hot seat after video of 77-year-old beaten in downtown Seattle goes viral
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“a 77-year-old man was seen on video being beaten by two individuals in a crime that was captured by closed-circuit television cameras”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a 77-year-old man was beaten in downtown Seattle and that the incident was captured on camera.
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— Two men are suspected of beating a 77-year-old Seattle man in a random attack. That man, who did nothing more than get off a bus to walk home, was jumped by Ahmed Abdullah Osman and a second suspect. …
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/05/ahmed-ab…
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— In it, a 77-year-old man is walking slowly down Third Avenue. He has just stepped off a bus.Left to Seattle's mayor, the cameras that captured this footage would have ceased operations long ago. The c…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/77-old-man-beaten-gettin…
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— The 77-year-old man suffered a broken arm, a broken knee, and a gash on his forehead, documents stated. He was in the hospital for at least a week after the attack. “When you break a bone as a young p…
https://mynorthwest.com/crime-blotter/77-year-old-attack-sea…
https://mynorthwest.com/crime-blotter/77-year-old-attack-sea…
“Ahmed Abdullahi Osman, 29, was later arrested and charged with second-degree assault”
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Multiple sources identify the suspect as Ahmed Abdullahi Osman (or Ahmed Abdullah Osman), age 29, and state he was charged with second-degree assault.
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— Two men are suspected of beating a 77-year-old Seattle man in a random attack. That man, who did nothing more than get off a bus to walk home, was jumped by Ahmed Abdullah Osman and a second suspect. …
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/05/ahmed-ab…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/05/ahmed-ab…
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— The other suspect, Ahmed Abdullahi Osman, 29, was arrested the night of the April 19 attack and later released from custody without bail. He now has a warrant out for his arrest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/tip-leads-to-arrest-…
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— The primary suspect, **Abdullahi Osman** (also referred to as Ahmed Abdullah Osman), age 29, was charged with second-degree assault. Police are still searching for the second attacker.
https://defiantamerica.com/new-footage-ahmed-abdullah-osman-…
https://defiantamerica.com/new-footage-ahmed-abdullah-osman-…
“Osman was reportedly booked into jail the night of the assault and then released back onto the streets before a bail hearing.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that Osman was arrested the night of the attack and released from jail before his bail hearing.
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— UNBELIEVABLE: Abdullahi Osman, who was arrested the same night as the attack, was released from jail before his bail hearing.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/05/ahmed-ab…
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— Osman was arrested the same night as the attack but was **released from jail before his bail hearing**. He has now gone missing, and a judge has issued a warrant for his arrest. This is what happens w…
https://defiantamerica.com/new-footage-ahmed-abdullah-osman-…
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— KOMO News reported that the suspect arrested is 29-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi Osman of Bellevue, Washington. He has been charged with second-degree assault.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/horror-two-thugs-br…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/horror-two-thugs-br…
““Turning on more cameras won’t magically make our neighborhoods safer, but it will certainly make our neighborhoods more vulnerable,” Wilson said in 2025 after Seattle City Council’s approval of expanding the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) CCTV pilot program”
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The provided web search results for '2025' are general calendar/Wikipedia entries and do not contain the specific quote or action attributed to Mayor Katie Wilson regarding the RTCC program.
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— 在 充满争议的选举 引发的 持续的危机 中，现任 委内瑞拉总统 尼古拉斯·马杜罗 宣誓就任总统，开启第三任期。 [24]
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025年
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025年
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— 2025年是公历平年，共365天，53周，作为45的平方，成为21世纪的“完美平方年”。 公历较农历乙巳年（蛇年）少19天，农历闰六月，共384天，为双春年。 联合国大会宣布该年为国际和平与信任年。 国际冰川保护年启动。
https://baike.baidu.com/item/2025年/7710344
https://baike.baidu.com/item/2025年/7710344
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“the program used to capture the video of this specific crime, according to KOMO News”
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One source mentions that police identified the suspect thanks to street video cameras, but the specific link to the 'RTCC CCTV pilot program' as the source of the video is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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— “Ahmed Abdullah Osman beat a 77-year-old in Seattle,” conservative influencer account End Wokeness posted on X in a clip that has been viewed over a million times. “Police ID’d him thanks to street vi…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/us-news/clueless-socialist-may…
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— The condition of the 77-year-old victim has not been publicly disclosed. The disturbing incident has reignited concerns over public safety in downtown Seattle, particularly along Third Avenue, which h…
https://vidmax.com/video/237947-shocking-moment-two-men-rand…
https://vidmax.com/video/237947-shocking-moment-two-men-rand…
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“the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Washington and the Church Council of Greater Seattle said in a letter last year [that the expansion of these tools will create an infrastructure where federal agencies can more readily target vulnerable communities, including immigrants and refugees]”
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One source mentions Mayor Wilson amplifying concerns from local activist groups that CCTV puts refugees at risk, but the specific letter from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, CAIR-Washington, and the Church Council is not detailed in the evidence provided.
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— Mayor Wilson: ‘CCTV puts refugees at risk.’” Wilson has amplified concerns from local activist groups that CCTV cameras will pose a threat to illegal immigrant communities.
https://usa-times.news/seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-faces-back…
https://usa-times.news/seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-faces-back…
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— Victory for immigrant rights. Wagafe is a class action on behalf of individuals whose naturalization applications or adjustment of status applications are subject to CARRP ("Controlled Application Rev…
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— [Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Attorney Aaron] Korthuis said he’s worried that detained immigrants without lawyers, or with out-of-state lawyers unaware of the class-action ruling, will not reali…
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“The victim in the incident spent a week in a hospital after suffering a broken arm, knee and facial injuries”
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The evidence confirms the victim suffered a broken arm, broken knee, and a gash on his forehead and was in the hospital for at least a week.
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— Feb 15, 2026 · The Movie Database (TMDB) is a popular, user editable database for movies and TV shows.
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— Kubo and the Two Strings is currently available to rent and buy in the United States.
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— Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to …
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“Wilson’s office directed Fox News Digital to a March press release in which she outlined her position on the cameras, saying she is leaving the current cameras on but “pausing expansion of the pilot” program”
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Multiple sources confirm Mayor Katie Wilson announced a pause on the expansion of the CCTV pilot program while keeping existing cameras on, with one source specifically mentioning a March 19 date.
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— Seattle’s socialist mayor Katie Wilson is facing criticism over her previous condemnation of CCTV cameras, which helped authorities arrest a suspect in the beating. (Credit: King County Prosecuting At…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clueless-socialist-mayor-ho…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clueless-socialist-mayor-ho…
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— Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Thursday announced changes to the city’s surveillance pilot program, including a pause on expansion and adjustments to cameras already in use.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/seattle-mayor-katie-wils…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/seattle-mayor-katie-wils…
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— Mayor Wilson, Police, Privacy March 19, 2026March 19, 2026. Wilson “Pauses” Police Camera Surveillance Expansion But Keeps Existing Cameras On.
https://publicola.com/2026/03/19/wilson-pauses-police-camera…
https://publicola.com/2026/03/19/wilson-pauses-police-camera…
“the Redmond, Washington Police Department announced the second suspect, Jes’Sean Tyrell Elion, was arrested with the help of Seattle police officers.”
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No evidence was provided or found in the search results regarding the arrest of a second suspect named Jes’Sean Tyrell Elion.
“Osman is on the run and “currently wanted on a $200,000 warrant””
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One source mentions that Osman has a warrant out for his arrest and is missing, but the specific amount of $200,000 is not corroborated by other sources in the provided evidence.
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