Activists form 'wall' to protect belongings of homeless outside Spokane City Hall
At 9:30 am Monday morning, activists and homeless individuals joined hands outside Spokane City Hall, forming a "wall" to protest the city's plans to clean up the camp that was formed there to demand more resources for the homeless.
"This is what community looks like!" shouted Alfredo LLamedo to the group of dozens of people holding hands.
Yet city code enforcement didn't show up at 9:30 am, when the campers thought the city would come clear out the camp. Instead, city spokeswoman Marlene Feist says code enforcement officers will be out there today for "litter control," but she says they won't take any personal items from the campers.
LLamedo is an activist and social worker who has been staying outside City Hall for weeks. It started as a hunger strike in an attempt to get Spokane City Council to suspend an ordinance that barred people from sitting or lying on downtown sidewalks during the day. City Council did so last week, but he's continued his protest outside City Hall to demand additional beds and warming shelters. He's been joined by homeless individuals who have formed a camp outside the front doors.
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