DON'T
DON'T HAVE ANY MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS
WE LEARN MORE DETAILS TONIGHT.
PROTESTS CONTINUE AS THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TRIES TO CLEAR OUT
CAL ANDERSON PARK AS THE CITY
WENT IN TO REMOVE HOMELESS
PEOPLE FROM THE PARK.
PROTESTERS SHOWED UP.
FIRES WERE SET.
EVEN A LASER FLASHED AT OUR
HELICOPTER.
KING-SIZE KILA LAFFERTY JOINS
US LIVE NOW.
SO KAYLA, WHAT'S THE LATEST
THERE?
WELL, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE IN
THIS PARK TENTS SET UP.
THEY HAVE STRUCTURES GOING ON
THERE AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
PEOPLE LIVING IN, ANDERSON,
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
CITY OF SEATTLE TODAY AND A
MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER TO TRY AND
STOP THEM FROM CLEARING OUT THE
PARK.
A HEARING WAS HELD AND A JUDGE
DECIDED NOT TO GRANT THAT
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
INSTEAD MAKING A FINAL DECISION
WHICH WE ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN
ABOUT TOMORROW.
WE ALSO TALKED WITH SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION ABOUT
THEIR PLAN.
WE ASKED THEM ABOUT WHEN THEY
PLAN TO CLEAR OUT THE PARK.
WELL, WE DID NOT GET A STRAIGHT
ANSWER.
>> MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH PEOPLE
LIVING IN CAL ANDERSON PARK
WERE MET BY THIS FLIER FROM THE
CITY OF SEATTLE TELLING THEM
THEY HAD TO BE OUT WITH ALL
OF THEIR BELONGINGS BY SEVEN 30
WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION WAS SET TO
CLEAR THE PARK.
A GROUP OF PROTESTERS GATHERED
SETTING A BARRICADE AND AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THE SKY KING VIDEO,
A FIRE WAS SET.
PARKS AND RECREATION NOW SAYS
IT'S ASSESSING THE SITE AND IT
CREATED MULTIDAY INTENSIVE
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING PLAN.
WE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ON
THE MULTI DAY PLAN AND IF
THEY'RE POSTPONING THE CLEARING
OF THE PARK WE DIDN'T GET A
STRAIGHT ANSWER AND THEY
DECLINED AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW
.
INSTEAD THEY REPEATEDLY SEND US
THE SAME STATEMENT SAYING WHILE
SOME MAY BE LOOKING TO PROTEST
OR RESIST THESE EFFORTS, THE
CITY'S GOAL REMAINS THE SAME.
BRING INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS INSIGHT INTO SAFER
SPACES INCLUDING HOTELS AND A
PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
REOPEN THE PARK.
NOW A PERSON LIVING IN
CALLENDAR SAN FILED A COMPLAINT
AGAINST THE CITY FOR THEIR WORK
TO CLEAR THE PARK.
IT SAYS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
PARK ARE PART OF A PROTEST
ENCAMPMENT.
THE COMPLAINT STATES CLEARING
THE PARK WILL CAUSE CHILLING
OF POLITICAL SPEECH,
DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY, INCREASED DANGER
OF EXPOSURE JACOBY 19.
AMONG OTHER THINGS NOW JUST
AFTER THAT JUDGE ENDED THE
HEARING ON THE TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER, WE DID GET A
STATEMENT FROM THE LAW FIRM
REPRESENTING THE PLAINTIFF IN
THAT LAWSUIT.
>> THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE
CONFIDENT THAT THE CITY WILL
RESPECT AWAITING THAT DECISION
FROM THE JUDGE ABOUT THE
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO CLEAR OUT
THE PARK.
LIVE IN SEATTLE CABLE FREDDIE
KING 5.
KAYLA, THANK YOU.
>> THE PILOT AND PHOTOGRAPHER
BOUGHT GUY KING RECEIVED A
SCARE THIS MORNING WHILE FLYING
OVER THE PARK.
SOMEBODY POINTED A LASER AT THE
HELICOPTER TWICE.
IT'S NOT DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT
CAN TEMPORARY TEMPORARILY BLIND
A PILOT.
IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL.
WE SPOKE WITH PILOT MIKE
CANTRELL ABOUT THE INCIDENTS
AND HE'S THANKFUL IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN AT NIGHT.
>> SHE GOT 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
ANYTIME DURING A FLIGHT.
>> SKY CAN'T GET A GOOD SHOT
OF TWO PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE VIEW
KOPPA IF CAUGHT THEY COULD FACE
FELONY CHARGES.
>> AND AS WE MENTIONED, POLICE
ARE ON STANDBY TONIGHT IF THE
SECURITY SITUATION BECOMES
TENUOUS.
EARLIER TODAY WE SPOKE WITH
KING 5 LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST
CARMEN VEST WHO RECENTLY
RESIGNED AS SEATTLE'S POLICE
CHIEF.
AND WE ASKED HER HOW DANGEROUS
IS THE SITUATION?
>> YEAH, CLEARLY THERE'S ALWAYS
THE POTENTIAL FOR THINGS TO GO
AWRY.
SAFETY CONCERNS AS I SAID
EARLIER, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER
OF CASES INCIDENTS OF OUTREACH
TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE.
SO THOSE WHO ARE LEFT REMAINING
ARE THOSE WHO ARE LESS LIKELY
TO LEAVE WITHOUT BEING COERCED
IN SOME WAY.
SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL AGAIN.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VERY
HOPEFUL THAT GOES PEACEFULLY
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO
STANDBY IN CASE THINGS GO,
CARMEN ADDS POLICE DEPLOY
OFFICERS BASED ON A CASE BY
CASE BASIS.
IN THIS INSTANCE THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT MADE THE REQUEST FOR
BACKUP TO ENSURE ITS EMPLOYEES
ARE SAFE DURING THE SWEEP.
AND WE'LL KEEP TRACKING THE
SITUATION FOR YOU AS IT UNFOLDS
AT CAL ANDERSON PARK.
AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE LATEST