Rantz: Tacoma radicals hold Fife motel hostage, call on activist army for defense
BY JASON RANTZ
DECEMBER 30, 2020 AT 6:10 AM
The fringe progressives behind THN paid for 16 rooms for one night on Christmas Eve at the Fife Travelodge. They housed approximately 40 homeless people.
But they refuse to leave and they’re not paying. They’ve since taken two more motel rooms, and KIRO 7 TV reports the group’s intent is to force the county or city to turn the motel into housing for the homeless.
“We paid for the first night and now we’re demanding that the city and county pay for the other nights we’ve been here,” THN spokesperson and local Socialist leader Rebecca Parson defiantly told KING 5.
Fife Police Chief Pete Fisher even acknowledges the lawlessness, but won’t do much about it.
“We’re trying to see if we can work out a resolution without having to take law enforcement action,” Fisher told the Tribune.
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