Seattle woman flails wildly on sidewalk and speaks gibberish… but the city’s woke socialist mayor has stayed silent

Published: 05:22 EDT, 6 October 2026 | Updated: 05:22 EDT, 6 October 2026

Horrifying footage showing a woman flailing manically on a busy Seattle sidewalk while shrieking in gibberish has sparked new concerns about the liberal city.

The homeless woman was captured in footage taken by journalist Jonathan Choe and could be seen flying into a frenzy in Seattle’s Chinatown district, which the journalist described as ‘like a scene out of a horror movie.’

Witnesses of the incident suggest the woman had likely ingested a cocktail of fentanyl and psychoactive drugs, and Choe said some men were ‘trying to take advantage of her’ before paramedics responded and she was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Horrific scenes: Shocking footage captured by a journalist shows a ‘demon possessed’ woman flailing wildly in a drug-induced episode on the streets of Seattle

Footage of the woman’s public episode has racked up over two million views in less than two days, as viewers labeled the scenes indicative of the fentanyl crisis across the U.S..

Choe accused Seattle socialist mayor Katie Wilson of allowing the city’s Chinatown district to ‘devolve into the city’s human dumping ground and containment zone.’

He said despite documenting the chaos on Seattle’s streets, he has not heard a ‘peep from Wilson or other elected officials in this city’ over the crisis.

Sad sight: The homeless woman was seen in footage taken by Jonathan Choe in Seattle’s Chinatown district

Choe called for Seattle residents to contact lawmakers and ‘tell them to do something about it before more lives are lost to the streets’, amid mounting scrutiny on Wilson’s mayoralty in recent months.

Wilson has been accused of failing to crack down on Seattle’s crime wave while also being accused of driving out businesses with her pledges to hike taxes.

In July, Wilson also faced backlash for her handling of a fatal shooting which killed three people, as her own police force accused her of bungling the response before she fired the police chief amid the fallout.

Another problem: The shocking video comes amid mounting scrutiny on the mayoralty of socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson

Following the July mass shooting at the Bite Of Seattle food festival, residents criticized authorities for a confused response that caused incorrect information to be shared with the public.

With several suspects still at large at the time, a press conference over the shooting was delayed for several hours, which Wilson initially blamed on the city’s police department.

She fired Chief Shon Barnes for the response to the shooting and paid him a $700,000 taxpayer-funded severance package.

But in September, a hearing with the Seattle City Council’s public safety committee saw several Seattle officials hit out at Wilson for her response to the tragedy.

Mishandled tragedy: In July, Wilson faced backlash for her handling of a deadly shooting which killed three people

Assistant Chief Tyrone Davis and Interim Chief Andre Sayles offered a starkly different account of the reason for the public information delay than Wilson did.

Davis, who was the acting police chief at the time of the shooting, told the council he was ready to give a press conference at 7.30pm, about 90 minutes after shots first rang out.

Davis explained that he had notified Deputy Mayor Brian Surratt of his intention to start a conference but was told not to speak with the media without Mayor Wilson present.

It would take another three-and-a-half hours before Wilson spoke to reporters, flanked by Governor Bob Ferguson, Representative Pramila Jayapal, and Davis.

Chucked out: Wilson fired her police chief Shon Barnes (together) after she was criticized for her handling of a mass shooting in July

Davis told the city council: ‘What I shared in the 20-minute press conference at 11.00pm would have been the same exact information I would have provided at 7:30 – nothing changed.

‘That’s how stable the situation was. That’s how well run our officers were. That’s how well prepared detective Pritchard and our media folks were.’

Last month, text messages between the top officials were also released, which revealed chaotic internal communications among Wilson’s police leadership.

The texts showed Chief Operations Officer Sarah Smith first alerted leadership that there was a mass shooting at 6.39pm, and asked nine minutes later: ‘Is there a conference call on this?’

Assistant Chief Tyrone Davis responded at 6.49pm: ‘I hope not. Let the incident stabilized [sic] 1st please.’

An internal briefing was scheduled for 8.30pm, and another for Wilson and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson at 9pm.

Declining city: Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and Museum of Pop Culture were blighted by tent encampments when the Daily Mail visited earlier this year

A press conference was then scheduled for 9.45pm, but at 9:42pm texts show that mayoral public safety director Alison Holcomb told police leadership that Wilson was not on time.

Fox13 reported that Holcomb told the group minutes before the press conference: ‘Mayor’s on her way. Please wait for her.’

At 10.22pm, the messages show Smith was telling Barnes the briefings were still being ‘delayed, because they were waiting for the mayor to arrive.’

Minutes later, Smith added: ‘Sigh. Now they are waiting for the Governor to show up before they do it. So it’s gonna happen, but they’re still just waiting for him now.’