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Police arrest twelve activists demanding housing for the homeless in Olympia, Washington
On Sunday, Olympia police forcibly evicted 45 homeless activists from the Red Lion Hotel, and 12 people were arrested on burglary and trespassing charges. According to the police, the homeless activists had “forcibly occupied” and attempted to “take over the hotel” and an employee was said to have been assaulted when they tried to close the door.
The activist group Oly Housing Now (OHN) had booked 17 rooms for the homeless and said they would stay there until Thurston County arranged for permanent housing. The activist group demanded that Thurston County Health Department apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to shelter the county’s homeless.
Hundreds with paintball guns blocked traffic near the Red House for a week Occupiers descended on home after police tried to evict family
Home was owned by the Kinneys, who lived there since the 1950s
But lenders foreclosed on the home after the family defaulted on loan payments
The Kinneys took out a loan in 2002 after their son, William II, was arrested
He was charged with manslaughter after 83-year-old man died in hit-and-run
Kinneys paid the mortgage for more than 13 years until late 2016
Family said they would not pay as they belong to sovereign citizens movement Sovereign citizens are extremists who claim they are not bound by US law
Portland Black and Indigenous family, ‘red house’ protesters’ aura of success could prompt more occupations over home foreclosures, Mayor Ted Wheeler concedes
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But it remained unclear when the final remnants of the tense six-day occupation in support of the so-called “Red House on Mississippi” and its longtime owners, the Kinney family, would recede from the home’s property or the large vacant lot next door.
Family members said in a statement Monday that they have not reached a deal to buy back the home or heard directly from the developer who has owned it since October 2018.
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