Posted on 03/01/2024 12:19:35 AM PST by Libloather
A Washington Councilwoman was caught on camera having a heated exchange with unhoused people earlier this month.
'Y'all need to move because you're trespassing,' Burien Councilwoman Linda Akey can be heard telling a group of unhoused people outside her condo building in footage taken on February 10.
Akey and her husband can be heard telling the group outside their tents of the city ordinance prohibiting camping on public property between 7 pm and 6 am.
'I live here and you do not belong here. You are trespassing right now,' Akey tells one individual in front of the Burien Town Square Condominiums.
'Living 20 feet above a tent encampment is an experience in itself,' Akey later told Fox 13.
'I have been calling the police pretty regularly for trespassing,' said Akey.
'I have been told a couple of times by the police to trespass them myself, which is what happened that night.'
Akey alleged that the exchange happened after nearly a week of seeing open drug use, drug deals and a fire lit next to the building.
'I recognize I may look angry, and I apologize for raising my voice' she added.
In a later statement the Councilwoman added: 'While I deeply empathize with the struggles faced by individuals experiencing homelessness, it's crucial to find solutions that balance compassion with upholding the safety and well-being of our entire community.
'We need a collaborative approach involving residents, social service providers, law enforcement, and community leaders to address the root causes of homelessness and addiction and find long-term solutions.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Unhoused person
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Homeless vagrant
....why, dontcha know, this is “Newspeak” in its finest form....formerly known as “homeless” the new phrase is “unhoused”.....and I saw on one of last night’s teevee news [sic] shows, illegal aliens are now “newcomers” to America....how about that...??
Vagrants and addicts that prefer feral living to normalcy.
In Baltimore, the annoying and dangerous squeegee kids who will scratch or dent your car if you don't give them a few bucks for an unwanted windshield wash at a stoplight are now routinely referred to by the press as "squeegee workers."
Then it will be “Future Citizens”.
Shouldn’t it be Legal to camp on Public Property if it is withing 500 feet of the personal residence of any Public Employee or Officer of the Court??
Mighty white of her.
Just maybe the “unhoused newcomer outdoorsmen” should invade the lib nitwits’ house and take it as international reparations? It would only be “equitable”.
Oh, you're way behind the times. They're now to be called "newcomers".
Don't be disrespectful. You're supposed to capitalise "Newcomers".
She’s an idiot going downstairs and getting in their faces. A couple of “anonymous” bricks, dropped from her window, would move them right along.
The video also used the word “campers”...like its a KOA campground.
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