The unanimously passed bill adds firefighters to the list of protected public officers under Seattle city law, making it a gross misdemeanor to obstruct their work.
The Nike store, which has been operating in downtown Seattle for 26 years on Sixth Avenue and Pike Street, shut down on Friday, as the city contends with high crime and homeless deaths.
The attacks, which the city s fire union says began in May, have seen the officials repeatedly targeted while responding to fires started at the city s growing number of homeless encampments.
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