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Washington police arrested at least 12 people who occupied an Olympia hotel in an alleged attempt to forcibly take over the hotel and demand local authorities provide housing for homeless individuals during the coronavirus pandemic, according to local reports.
Olympia police arrested at least a dozen homeless activists who are said to be from the group Oly Housing Now, local news station King 5 reported. The group of approximately 45 people barged into the Downtown Olympia Red Lion Hotel around 11 a.m. local time Sunday armed with items such as hatchets, batons, knives and had gasmasks, helmets and goggles apparently in preparation for a confrontation, the city announced in a subsequent press release.
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On Sunday, a group of homelessness activists who dressed up in antifa-style black bloc, armed with batons and knives, entered the lobby of the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia, Wash., demanding the hotel open rooms for homeless people. Antifa agitators allegedly assaulted an employee while other employees hid in a basement room for more than six hours. The police eventually secured the hotel, but in the skirmish, agitators chanted, “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon,” a death threat against cops.
Hotel employees first called the cops at about 11 a.m. Sunday. The staff said a “mob of people wearing black” armed with hatchets, batons, and knives had entered the lobby and demanded the hotel open rooms to them, KIRO7 reported. The antifa agitators wore gas masks, helmets, and goggles, apparently preparing for a battle.
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By Bill Galluccio
Feb 1, 2021
A group of homeless activists were arrested after they took over the first two floors of a hotel in Olympia, Washington, on Sunday (January 31). Authorities said that about 45 people, who were members of the group Oly Housing Now, stormed inside the lobby armed with items such as hatchets, batons, knives and had gas masks, helmets, and goggles, and demanded the hotel open its rooms for homeless people.
Authorities said that the group had booked 17 rooms at the hotel for homeless people and demanded that city officials tap into money provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the rooms until the coronavirus pandemic is over.
By Bill Galluccio
Feb 1, 2021
A group of homeless activists were arrested after they took over the first two floors of a hotel in Olympia, Washington, on Sunday (January 31). Authorities said that about 45 people, who were members of the group Oly Housing Now, stormed inside the lobby armed with items such as hatchets, batons, knives and had gas masks, helmets, and goggles, and demanded the hotel open its rooms for homeless people.
Authorities said that the group had booked 17 rooms at the hotel for homeless people and demanded that city officials tap into money provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the rooms until the coronavirus pandemic is over.