Six people were charged with trespassing after a protest last month. Dozens called on the city to do more to help asylum seekers.
Dozens of protesters filled the Feb. 22 meeting, calling on the city to do more to help asylum seekers with housing.said protesters were asked to lower their voices and were given warnings before the police were called to remove them.
“We had a disturbance in chambers and the only way to go on with the business of the people was to finally have people removed by ,” Nelson said.“It is more than loud. It is a physical threat to the safety of each of us on this council and it is a threat to the operation of our city and our institution,” Moore said during the meeting, according to KIRO 7. “I want the record to be clear, I felt threatened.
“Seattle has endured a permissive public safety environment for too long, including in council chambers,” Kettle said in the statement. The Seattle Times reported, Morales called the arrests “callous.” She added they “could cause long-term harm, upending the protesters’ lives. Seattle has a long history of public dissent; charging protesters for dissenting in the people’s chamber is undemocratic.”Sending a clear message that the Seattle City Council won’t allow this tactic anymore, six people have been charged by the City Attorney with Criminal Trespass in the First Degree.
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