Attempted takeover of Olympia hotel by homeless activists ends in 10 arrests Alfred Charles, KOMONews.com Executive Producer
Attempted takeover of Olympia hotel by homeless activists ends in 10 arrests UP NEXT
Ten homeless activists were arrested in Olympia on Sunday after the group allegedly occupied a downtown hotel, assaulting at least one employee and prompting guests and staffers to shelter in place for several hours, authorities said.
Olympic Police Department Lt. Paul Lower told KOMO News that employees of the Red Lion Inn & Suites, located at 621 Capitol Way South, began calling for help at 11 a.m. after several people, one of whom was wielding a hatchet while others brandished batons and knives, entered the facility, saying they were taking the hotel over.
Alexis Krell: Lawsuits allege records of Michael Reinoehl s death were improperly withheld
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/30/2020 Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 29 A public records activist s lawsuits allege records about the death of a man fatally shot by a U.S. Marshals task force earlier this year in Lacey were improperly withheld.
Arthur West has sued Lakewood, Thurston County and the state Department of Corrections for records about the death of Michael Reinoehl.
Reinoehl was the suspect in a shooting that killed a right-wing activist at a Portland rally Aug. 29. The task force killed him Sept. 3 outside an apartment complex near Lacey, in the Tanglewilde neighborhood.
Mon, Dec 21st 2020 3:37pm
Tim Cushing
A controversial shooting that resulted in another controversial shooting is generating even more controversy.
Earlier this year, self-proclaimed antifa supporter Michael Reinoehl allegedly shot and killed far right counter-protester Aaron Danielson during a protest in Portland, Oregon. Reinoehl claimed the shooting was self-defense. Other witnesses claimed the shooting was unjustified. Neither assertion ever had a chance to be proven. Reinoehl was killed by US Marshals four days later an extrajudicial killing praised by President Trump as good and lawful.
“We sent in the U.S. Marshals for the killer, the man who killed the young man on the street. He shot him… just cold blooded killed him,” Trump said. “Two and a half days went by, and I put out ‘when are you going to go get him?’ And the U.S. Marshals went in to get him, and they ended up in a gunfight.”