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As I’m approaching the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia where @OlyHousingNow bought rooms earlier, two SWAT teams and a massive group of Oly PD passed me.
“In the middle of a pandemic, the blood is in your fucking hands!” Shouts a passerby in front of the Red Lion hotel where over 30 house less folks are about to be evicted.
SWAT team moving through lobby now. Sign hung from the window reads, “why doesn’t Inslee care?” I’ve seen one person leave so far.
State Patrol removing signs that read “stop raids” and “housing is a human right” as police attempt to forcibly remove house less people who paid for rooms at the Red Lion Hotel.
One person brought out in cuffs as police continue to evict people. For reference, there are MANY more police officers here than the day far-right rioters stormed the WA state Governor’s mansion, just blocks up the road.
Cops have moved the line back and are now arresting protestors who have come to support the house less people being evicted from the Red Lion Hotel
At least 30 police vehicles including undercover cars, two SWAT vans and a mobile command unit are staged behind the Red Lion Hotel.
Large boom just heard from inside the Red Lion Hotel
A house less mother and her children are now being forcibly removed from the Red Lion Hotel. Everyone around me is visibly upset.
Multiple flash bangs just went off inside the hotel
Stretcher now being brought in the hotel. Minutes ago officers deployed flash bangs inside.
