East Precinct commander: No crackdown on Pike/Pine bars

Earlier this week, we covered the brouhaha whipped up by this Stranger cover story about City Attorney Tom Car and Pike/Pine's nightclub scene in typical CHS fashion: by digging into the Hill's crime stats. The takeaway there: East Precinct shouldn't be focusing all of its energies on Pike/Pine -- there are plenty of other Hill crime hotspots including an increase in assaults in areas you might not have expected like northern Capitol Hill. (more)