City officials are seeking to create areas where people with drug and prostitution-related arrests are not allowed to go. The proposals have drawn strong pushback.
SEATTLE — Controversial proposals to ban those with drug and prostitution-related arrests from certain areas of Seattle passed out of the Public Safety Committee after a tense meeting on Tuesday.
The Seattle City Council reported a “loud disruption” in the meeting when the committee attempted to move on from public comment, causing an extended recess. After a series of disruptions from audience members, several people were asked to leave. Officials later discovered some vandalism on city hall property by those who
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