ICE in West Seattle again today; protest planned Sunday 23%

8/1/2026, 4:52:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Anecdotal, and Bandwagon, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.9% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 246 faulty-reasoning hits from 144 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.3% and a BS Rank of 23% (19,926 of 25,732 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 77.40% of the article peer group.

Two notes regarding ongoing ICE operations in our area: 
That photo is from one of multiple readers who messaged us about ICE officers detaining someone in Arbor Heights around 10 am. 
This was reported to be near 39th SW and SW 107th. 
One witness says, “They just took someone without asking any questions.” 
The officers were in vests marked POLICE/IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT and were masked and in unmarked vehicles. 
No information so far on the person they are reported to have taken away. 
This happened not far from where another arrest was reported in June. 
Meantime, a protest is planned in The Junction tomorrow over the recent West Seattle arrest (reported here) of local contractor Eduardo Aguirre Esparza. 
Organizers have sent this flyer for the event, 10 am-2 pm Sunday near the Farmers’ Market. 
Confirmation Bias
8.3%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
15.3%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
9.7%
Framing Effect
27.8%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
29.9%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
6.3%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
0%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
16%
Appeal to Emotion
0%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
8.3%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
22.9%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
7.6%
Quote-first Misdirection
7.6%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
11.1%

144 words analyzed.

Analysis

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