NOWADAY?
NOWADAY? BREAKING NEWS OFFICERS ARE NOW SURROUNDING SEATTLE'S CAL
ANDERSON PARK.
HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE PARK FROM
JOURNALISTS WITH CONVERGED MEDIA. THIS COMES AFTER A JUDGE RULED
THE CITY CAN KICK OUT HOMELESS
CAMPERS FROM THE PARK WHERE
THEY'VE BEEN LIVING FOR MONTHS.
KING5 WSE KEIRRA ELFALAN IS
LIVE IN SEATTLE THIS MORNING.
KARA, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS SITUATION.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE RIGHT
NOW?
WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING
SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE IN CAL
ANDERSON PARK BEING KICKED OUT.
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE BEING
DISPERSED.
IT WAS ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO
WHEN WE CAME TO YOU GUYS AND
TOLD YOU THAT WE WERE HEARING
POLICE OVER A LOUDSPEAKER
ORDERING PEOPLE TO DISPERSE.
THEY WERE GIVING THEM FIVE
MINUTES.
FIRST IT WAS FIFTEEN, THEN IT
WAS 10.
THEN IT WAS FIVE.
SO BY NOW WE KNOW THAT POLICE
ARE STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE
PARK.
WE CAN ALSO SEE POLICE ARE ON A
CLAIBON NEAR CAL ANDERSON PARK
AS WELL.
WE SAW MULTIPLE POLICE CARS
GOING IN.
SO WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME
VIDEO THOUGH WHEN POLICE OR
WHEN CITY CREWS INITIALLY HAD
GONE IN TO MOVE HOMELESS
CAMPERS OUT OF THE PARK.
THAT IS WHEN A GROUP
OF ACTIVISTS HAD TAKEN OVER A
HOME NEARBY AN EMPTY HOME.
SO ONE OF THEM SPOKE TO THE
MEDIA SAYING THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HOUSE
PEOPLE.
THE ACTIVIST DEMANDED AN END TO
ALL SWEEPS AND ALSO DEMANDED
PERMANENT HOUSING FOR ALL.
A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES NEARBY
INTERRUPTED THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH ACTIVISTS
SAYING SHE UNDERSTANDS THE
HOMELESS AND MENTALLY ILL NEED
HELP.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT
PARK AND VIDBOX LIVE IN IT AND
LET US BRING OUR CHILDREN IN
WITHOUT GETTING FIRED AND
DESTROYING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> GET OUT.
>> THOSE ACTIVISTS SAY THEY
HAVE NO PLANS TO LEAVE ANYTIME
SOON AGAIN UNTIL A LIST
OF DEMANDS ARE MET.
AGAIN BACK OUT HERE LIVE.
WE ARE SEEING SOME PEOPLE WHO
WERE INSIDE THAT ENCAMPMENT AT
COUDLN ANDERSON PARK MOVE OUT
OF THE AREA.
WE KNOW POLICE ARE HERE.
OVER LOUDSPEAKER AGAIN, WE
HEARD THEM ORDERING PEOPLE TO
DISPERSE.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE AND
SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN FIND OUT.
WE'LL BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST
RIGHT HERE ON KING5 NEWS.
LIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL, KEIRRA
ELFALAN KING5.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, KEIRRA.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GET BACK TO THAT
LIVESTREAMED THIS MORNING.
THIS IS FROM CONVERGE MEDIA.
IT'S A GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZEN
JOURNALISTS NOW STREAMING THIS
LIVE ON TWITTER GIVING A LITTLE
BIT CLOSER LOOK INSIDE.
THIS IS ALL FOR SAFETY THAT
CURIOUS POSITION WHERE SHE IS.
IT'S A VERY VOLATILE LOCATION.
CITIZEN JOURNALISTS GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT BETTER LOOK INSIDE
AT TIMES LIKE THIS YOU CAN SEE
JUST FRANKLY WHAT A MESS THE
NORTH END OF CAL ANDERSON PARK
HAS BECOME.
>> THE CITY CITY LEADERS THE
POLICE HAVE LET A LOT OF THE
HOMELESS BEGIN BUILDING LARGER
CAMPS IN THE NORTH END OF THIS
PARK DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT
HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
FOR COROANVIRUS REASONS OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND REMINDER THE CDC ITSELF HAS
RECOMMENDED THAT CITIES LIKE
SEATTLE STOP CLEARING HOMELESS
CAMPS BECAUSE OF COROANVIRUS
CONCERNS.
BUT THINGS HAVE TAKEN ON A
DIFFERENT FEEL AT THE VERY
POPULAR CALENDARS IN PARK.
ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE JUST TO
WRAP UP WHAT CAROL WAS SAYING.
THIS IS ALL BECAUSE A FEDERAL
JUDGE RULED AGAINST PEOPLE IN
THE PARK YESTERDAY SAYING IT IS
OK FOR THE CITY AND POLICE TO
CLEAR THE PARK OUT ONCE AND FOR
ALL SO THAT FEDERAL JUDGE
YESTERDAY CLEARING THE WAY FOR
THIS TO HAPPEN.
WE'LL KEEP WATCHING HERE AS
THESE POLICE OFFICERS MAKE
THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CAMP AND
BEGIN THE CLEANUP HERE ON YOUR
FRIDAY MORNING MICHELE.
THANKS, JAKE .
>> WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE RELEASED A
STATEMENT ABOUT THE SITUATION
AT CAL ANDERSON PARK AND IT
SAYS IN PART HERE MAYOR DURKIN
BELIEVES OUR CITY CAN HAVE
MUTUALLY SHARED VALUES.
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS SHOULD BE IN SAFER
SHELTERS AND SPACES AND OUR
PARKS SHOULD NOT BE PLACES WITH
ILLEGAL FIRES, BARRICADES AND
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THREATENING
CITY WORKERS.
>> SO THE PILOT AND
PHOTOGRAPHER ON SKY KING THAT
RECEIVED A SCARE WEDNESDAY
MORNING ARE DOING OK.
THEY'RE BACK IN THE AIR THIS
MORNING.
THIS HAPPENED WHEN WE TOLD YOU
SOMEONE POINTED A LASER AT THE
HELICOPTER.
OUR SKY KING PILOT THIS
HAPPENED TWICE.
IT'S NOT ONLY DANGEROUS BUT IT
CAN TEMPORARILY BLIND THE PILOT
.
IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL.
WE SPOKE WITH PILOT MIKE
CANTRELL ABOUT THE INCIDENTS
AND HE'S THANKFUL IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN AT NIGHT.
>> YOU GET HIT BY A BRIGHT
LASER AT NIGHT TEMPORARILY
BLINDS YOU AND AND I'VE I'VE
THERE'S THERE'S DEBATES OUT
THERE WHETHER IT CAN HARM YOUR
EYES OR NOT.
BUT THE FACT IS IT WILL BLIND
PILOT TEMPORARILY.
AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE BLIND
AT ANY TIME DURING FLIGHTS.
WE ALL SAY WELL, SKY KING GOT A
GOOD SHOT OF THE TWO PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE.
>> IF CAUGHT THEY COULD FACE
FELONY CHARGES.
WE DO KNOW THE FBI IS AWARE
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO MICHELLE, AT LONG LAST.
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THERE ON
CAPITOL HILL STARTING TO GET
SOME CLEANUP THERE AND YOU
KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT IN SEATTLE
OVER THE PAST EIGHT OR NINE
MONTHS.
THE CLEARING OF THESE HOMELESS
CAMPS BECAUSE OF CONFVIEWID
FEARS AND FRANKLY IF YOU'VE
BEEN IN SEATTLE AT ALL, IF
YOU'VE IF YOU'VE BEEN ANYWHERE
NEAR SEATTLE ON THE FREEWAY,
YOU KNOW JUST WHAT A MESS SOME
OF THESE LOCAL CORNERS AND
PARKS HAVE BECOME AND THIS IS
JUST ONE WAY TO CLEAN IT UP.
>> RIGHT.
AND IT CERTAINLY IS
CONTROVERSIAL IF YOU GO BACK
AGAIN TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING THAT THAT
THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THINGS
BEING FEVENT FEELING MUTUAL.
RIGHT.
SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MAYOR
BELIEVING THAT THE CITY CAN'T
HAVE MUTUALLY SHARED VALUES.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS NEED TO HAVE
SHELTER, NEED TO BE IN SAFER
SHELTERS AND THEN AT THE SAME
TIME THE PARK SHOULD NOT BE
PLACES WITH ILLEGAL FIRES OR
BARRICADES OR PEOPLE WHO ARE
THREATENING CITY WORKERS.
SO THIS IS A VERY HARD TIME
OF COURSE BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
UNSHELTERED RIGHT NOW AND
FACING A LOT OF INSECURITIES,
NOT JUST FOOD INSECURE
SECURITY, THE HOUSING
INSECURITIES.
AND SO THIS ONCE AGAIN IS A
DUST UP THAT WILL CONTINUE I
THINK FOR A WHILE AS LONG AS
THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THAT
THAT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING
THAT WE WILL SEE FOR A WHILE AS
WE LOOK LIVE AGAIN AT A STREAM
ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
FORGIVE FORGIVE US FOR SOME
OF THE SOME OF WHAT YOU MIGHT
SEE IN THIS LIVESTREAMED THAT
WE'RE NOW STREAMING HERE FROM
SOME CITIZEN JOURNALISTS ON THE
GROUND THERE.
CLEARLY A POLICE PRESENCE HAS
BEEN GROWING AT CAL ANDERSON
PARK.
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS
SIMILAR INSTANCES LIKE THIS.
WE'RE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH
THIS OVER THE PAST NINE OR 10
MONTHS IS THAT YOU START TO SEE
MORE PEOPLE GATHER AS POLICE
ARRIVE.
SO WE'RE HOPING OF COURSE FOR
THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE
INVOLVED, POLICE AND CITIZENS
ALIKE AND OUR CREWS, EVERYBODY
THAT