COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER, IT
IS 2:02 P.M., WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT AND LET THE
RECORD REFLECT, LET'S EXCUSE
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK UNTIL SHE
GETS HERE, THERE ARE NO
PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY AND AT
THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO OPEN
IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT, LIMITED
TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO
WE HAVE SIGNED UP?
>> WE HAVE 23 IN PERSON AND TWO
REMOTE.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE IS GOING
TO GET TWO MINUTES TODAY, CLERK
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
YOU TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS
AND I WILL CALL ON THE
REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
ORDER WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED,
WE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN
IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS,
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
10-SECOND'S IS LEFT, THEIR
MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF
THEY DO NOT AND WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME, WE WILL CALL ON
THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE WILL BEGIN
WITH OUR IN PERSON COMMENTERS.
>> AND IT IS A TRADITION OF THIS
BODY TO CALL ON EITHER CURRENT
OF ACTIVE SPEAKERS OR FORMER, I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT
IS HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE
WILL CALL UP SPEAKERS ONE BY
ONE. FIRST PERSON AND LET THE
RECORD REFLECT WE ARE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FIRST UP WE
HAVE KURAN, FOLLOWED BY YVETTE,
AND THEN JUSTIN BAYER.
>> HI, DOES THIS WORK?
>> OKAY, YOU ARE GOOD.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS IN PARTICULAR
EDDIE LIN, OUR LOCAL
COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU DO . WE, CLIFF AND
I ARE SEATTLE RESIDENTS ON THE
SOUTH SIDE, WE ARE DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE MASTER
PLAN IS FOR WHEN ICE MOBILIZES
TO OCCUPY OUR CITY, PLEASE BE
PROACTIVE IN COORDINATING A
UNIFIED AND POWERFUL COALITION
TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES AND ALL SEATTLE
RESIDENTS. WE WANT YOU TO BE IN
A ROOM OR ZOOM CALL WITH OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR WILSON,
CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR KETTLE,
POLICE CHIEF BARNES, GOVERNOR
FERGUSON , AS WELL AS SENATORS
MURRAY AND CANTWELL AND
REPRESENTATIVE SMITH. DO NOT
WAIT, DO NOT WAIT, DO IT THIS
WEEK AS WE HAVE SEEN IN
MINNEAPOLIS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS MOVING AT
LIGHTNING SPEED. I.C.E. IS
EXECUTING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS
, VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO HUNT
IMMIGRANTS. THEY ARE
ESTABLISHING FASCIST RULE BEFORE
OUR EYES. WE ARE IN THE NIGHT OF
THE LONG KNIVES, WHEN HITLER
CONSOLIDATED POWER BY
ELIMINATING RESISTANCE TO HIS
REGIME. TRUMP IS DOING THE SAME
UNDER I.C.E. AND THEY WILL KILL
US AND STRIP US OF OUR RIGHTS.
IF WE DON'T ACT NOW, THIS MAY
BE THE INFLECTION POINT OF NO
RETURN. WHERE WE AS AMERICANS
LOSE THE CHOICE TO FURTHER
RESIST AND DEFEAT THIS
REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT. DO NOT
WAIT. ACT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, KAREN. MISS
YVETTE, FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER DEAN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
CONGRATULATIONS, KUDOS TO DAN
STRAUSS , WHO IS ALSO ON THE
BOARD OF TRANSIT, SO YOU ARE A
VERY BUSY GUY. [INDISCERNIBLE]
SHE SAID SHE HAD NOTHING BUT
HIGH REGARD FOR YOU,
CONGRATULATIONS, I ALSO WANT TO
GO AHEAD AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
REGARDING, I SAW AN ARTICLE
RECENTLY FROM THE SEATTLE CITY
TIMES THAT IN 2024, THE PARK,
THE STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED BY
HEAVY WIND AND THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT NOT GETTING IT REPAIRED
UNTIL [INDISCERNIBLE] QUITE
FRANKLY, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MANY
THINGS GOING ON, WE NEED TO GET
THIS MOVING ALONG TO GET THE
PROPER FUNDING, I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. ALSO, SINCE 2021,
A COUNTY PURCHASE PROPERTY,
WHICH IS SHOCKING PEOPLE, WAS
PURCHASED [INDISCERNIBLE] SO WE
CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT AS FAR
AS GETTING THIS PAID FOR, LET'S
GET THIS MOVING. AND ALSO, A
SEAHAWKS FAN, HE HAS DONATED HIS
ENTIRE 5 MILLION AND IS BUILDING
A SERIES OF HOMELESS SUPPORT
CENTERS, SURELY WE CAN MATCH
WHAT HE IS DOING. AND I THINK
LASTLY, I HAVE OTHER IDEAS
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THANK YOU, FOLLOWING WE HAVE
ALEXANDER DEAN, THEN JUSTIN
FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW.
>> HI ROB, HI ALEXIS, I HAD SOME
PREPARED THING BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT, WHEN ARE THE POLICE GOING
TO DO THEIR JOB AND STOP
ARRESTING MOTHER FUCKERS, CAN I
GET A SHOW OF HANDS IN THE
ROOMS, WHO HERE ACTUALLY LIKES
THIS, I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS,
WHO WOULD LIKE SOME BASIC
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BE TAKEN ABOUT
A VERY ACTIVE LARGE-SCALE
VIOLENCE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY
TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES, LIKE,
ANYBODY WANT THAT? ANYBODY? YES,
LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON,
LIKE THEY NEED WARRANTS, THEY
NEED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES,
THAT IS BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROCEDURES, LIKE WHAT THE
ACTUAL, I KNOW I'M SWEARING A
LOT BUT THIS IS REAL BULLSHIT,
WE HAVE ARMED THUGS GRABBING
PEOPLE OUT THE STREET, Y'ALL
CAN TELL THE POLICE TO ENFORCE
THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE
BOOKS, RIGHT, THAT IS ACTUALLY
YOUR JOB AND THEIRS. LIKE, I
DON'T GET IT, MAN, I AM
GENUINELY VERY CONFUSED WHY NO
ONE IS DOING THIS. HAS ANYBODY
BEEN ON A CALL WITH THE SPD AND
BEEN LIKE HEY, MAYBE CHECK THAT
THEY HAVE A WARRANT AND IT'S NOT
JUST SOME GUY IN A MASK, A WOMAN
GOT ARRESTED, ABDUCTED IN NEW
YORK BY SOME GUYS TENDING TO BE
I.C.E. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THAT
HAS BEEN HAPPENING, THEY NEED TO
BE CONFIRMING THIS STUFF AND THE
ONLY WAY TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS
ACTUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A
BADGE AND WARRANTS, THAT'S WHAT
THEY ARE THERE FOR. IF THEY
DON'T HAVE A BADGE OR WARRANT,
IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT? I'M
SERIOUS, THIS IS A REAL
QUESTION, CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER
IT? IS IT STILL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IF THEY VIOLATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROCEDURE?
>> THANK YOU MR. DEAN. NEXT WE
HAVE JUSTIN FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW
AND FOLLOWED BY SONIA. HELLO,
JUSTIN.
>> I'M JUSTIN, RESIDENT OF
QUEEN ANNE AND A MEMBER OF
RESIDENTS STRIKE BACK AND ALSO
THE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND
POLITICAL OPPRESSION, TRUMPS
I.C.E. AGENTS ARE MURDERING
PEOPLE, MAYOR WILSON AND THE
CITY COUNCIL COULD DECLARE TODAY
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
STOPPING ALL COLLABORATION WITH
I.C.E. , PERIOD. THE CITY
COUNCIL CAN CREATE MUNICIPAL
IDEAS TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS
ACCESS SERVICES WITHOUT
TRIGGERING I.C.E. BUT ALSO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS
FROM ROUTINE STOPS ACCORDING TO
THE IMMIGRATION CENTER, THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CREATED AND
FUNDED AND EXPANDED I.C.E. LIKE
ADAM SMITH , HE ALSO SENT TENS
OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
WEAPONS FROM THE GENOCIDE IN
GAZA . IN SEATTLE, DEMOCRATS
EXPANDED THE BUDGET AND ADDED
THIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR SHOULD
IMMEDIATELY SHUT THAT DOWN. WE
NEED INDEPENDENT WORKING-CLASS
LEADERS LIKE KSHAMA SAWANT WHO
LED THE MOVEMENT TO LIMIT A BAN
ON POLICE TO USE CROWD CONTROL
WEAPONS IN 2020, THAT WAS LATER
OVERTURNED BY DEMOCRATS ON THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, SHE HAS
CALLED FOR SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E.,
THAT'S WHY I ELECTED HER . WE
NEED MASS PROTEST AND STRIKE
ACTIONS NATIONALLY, WE NEED
STRIKES LIKE THE ONE JUST
ANNOUNCED BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT
IN MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 3rd, I
URGE THE LABOR COUNCIL TO ALSO
CALL A STRIKE AND SHUT DOWN
JANUARY 3rd AND MOBILIZE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF UNION MEMBERS, IF
YOU ARE A UNION MEMBER AND EVEN
IF YOU ARE NOT, MEMBERS CAN
STRIKE BACK AND HELP US
ORGANIZE. SHUTDOWN I.C.E. ,
SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN
I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. ,
SHUTDOWN I.C.E., SHUTDOWN I.C.E.
, SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN
I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E. ,
SHUTDOWN I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN
I.C.E. , SHUTDOWN I.C.E.
>> THANK YOU, JUSTIN. NEXT WE
HAVE MATTHEW FOLLOWED BY SONIA
AND WILLOW. HELLO MATTHEW,
WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR COMING
TODAY.
>> MY NAME IS MATTHEW, I'M ALSO
A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK,
AS JUSTIN SAID, I.C.E. AGENTS
ARE TERRORIZING THE CITIES,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING
GRABBED OFF THE STREET AND RIGHT
NOW A PEACEFUL ACTIVIST WAS JUST
MURDERED BY AGENTS IN
MINNEAPOLIS, WE URGENTLY NEED
MASS PROTESTS AND STRIKE ACTION
NATIONALLY, WE NEED THE STRIKES
LIKE THE ONE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED
BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN
MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 23rd. IF
YOU ARE A RANK-AND-FILE UNION
MEMBER AND EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT,
JOIN US AND HELP US TO GET
ORGANIZED. AS JUSTIN SAID THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS ALL
DEMOCRATS, KATIE WILSON IS ALSO
A DEMOCRAT, I SEE MULTIPLE
ARTICLES ABOUT HOW THE NEW MAYOR
AND THE CITY ARE PROGRESSING. IF
THAT IS TRUE, YOU NEED TO SHOW
THAT AN ACTION, NOT ABSTRACT
PURPORTED POSTURING. MAYOR
WILSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL
COULD DO A LOT RIGHT NOW AND
I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT JUSTIN
JUST SAID, THE CITY COUNCIL
COULD DECLARE TODAY THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS STOPPING ALL
COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. ,
PERIOD. MAYOR WILSON AND THE
CITY COUNCIL CAN CREATE
MUNICIPAL I.D.S WHICH ARE LOCAL
CARDS TO HELP IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS
SERVICES WITHOUT I.C.E., IT CAN
HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
ARRESTS FROM ROUTINE STOPS, AS
JUSTIN SAID ACCORDING TO THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RESOURCE
CENTER. I.C.E. ROUTINELY USES
DRIVER LOCATION DATA AND CAMERAS
TO TRACK PEOPLE WITH THE HELP OF
LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
SEATTLE IS HUGE ON POLICE
SURVEILLANCE WITH NEW CAMERAS
AND A REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER
RECENTLY BEING APPROVED BY THE
FORMER MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL DESPITE OPPOSITION AND
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PRIVACY AND MISUSE OF DATA. EVEN
THOUGH THE KEEP WASHINGTON
WORKING ACT PROHIBITS SHARING
SURVEILLANCE DATA WITH I.C.E.,
THEY HAVE A SYSTEMATIC HISTORY
OF GIVING DATA TO I.C.E. AND
USING IT TO SPY ON POLITICAL
GROUPS, THIS IS WHY I'M FIGHTING
FOR CATHY MOORE INDEPENDENT
CAMPAIGN WHICH IS CALLING FOR
SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW.
>> NEXT WE HAVE SONIA FOLLOWED
BY WILLOW, SAM WHITE AND
MAGDALINA.
>> HI, I'M SONIA, I'M A MEMBER
OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK, I'M
TALKING TO ALL THE PEOPLE
WATCHING AT HOME. WE KNOW THIS
CITY COUNCIL IS ALL DEMOCRATS
AND THE MAYOR, KATIE WILSON IS A
DEMOCRAT AND I KEEP SEEING HOW
IN THE PAPERS HOW YOU ARE VERY
PROGRESSIVE AND I WANT TO KNOW,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW THAT
YOU ARE PROGRESSIVE? ARE YOU
GOING TO DO ACTION OR JUST YOU
KNOW, SAY THINGS THAT SOUND
GOOD? FOR EXAMPLE, AS HAS
ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, YOU CAN
TAKE ACTION, YOU CAN DECLARE THE
CITY IS STOPPING ALL
COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. RIGHT
NOW, PERIOD. AND TO MAYOR
WILSON, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTS TO YOU DIRECTLY, YOU CAN
PUBLICLY PROHIBIT THE POLICE OR
ANY CITY DEPARTMENT FROM SHARING
ANY OF THE DATA YOU ARE
GATHERING WITH I.C.E. THE THING
IS, WORKING PEOPLE REALLY NEED
THE LEADERSHIP AND THE FIGHT
BACK THAT WE HAD WHEN KSHAMA
SAWANT WAS IN OFFICE, FOR A
DECADE SHE WON THE NATION'S
HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGE AND TAX ON
AMAZON, THE WEALTHIEST
CORPORATION IN THE HISTORY OF
THE WORLD. HER OFFICE LED THE
MOVEMENT TO WIN A HISTORIC FIRST
EVER FAN OF POLICE, USE OF CROWD
CONTROL WEAPONS IN 2020,
UNFORTUNATELY A BAN THAT WAS
OVERTURNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS HAVE
FAILED TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST
TRUMP , IN FACT SOME OF THE
MEMBERS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL
ATTEMPTED TO UNDERMINE OUR
WORKERS MINIMUM WAGE VICTORY
BACK IN 2024, AND TO UNDERMINE
OTHER RIGHTS BY WORKING-CLASS
RENTERS IN KSHAMA SAWANT'S
OFFICE. WHAT WE NEED IS A NEW
PARTY , THAT'S WHY I'M A
MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE
REPUBLICANS OR THE DEMOCRATS --
>> NO WORRIES, THANK YOU, SONIA.
NEXT WE HAVE WILLOW, SAM WHITE
AND MAGDALENA.
>> WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS WILLOW,
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF WORKERS
STRIKE BACK AND I'M ALSO HERE
TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND
WATCHING ONLINE ABOUT WHAT
REALLY IS NEEDED TO FIGHT I.C.E.
IN OUR COMMUNITIES, I THINK
EVERYONE HERE IS EXTREMELY
CONCERNED, SOMEBODY ALREADY
ASKED US TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS,
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS
ROOM RIGHT NOW IS HAPPY WITH
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND EVERYONE
IS HERE BECAUSE THEY SHARE THIS
CONCERN AND I THINK IT'S NOT
ENOUGH TO JUST SAY THAT WE STAND
WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, IT
IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY HAVE
THESE BIG GESTURES OF SUPPORT.
THERE IS CONCRETE ACTIONS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR KATIE
WILSON HAVE THE POWER TO DO AND
TO ACT ON TO PROTECT THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
RIGHT NOW AND I THINK ANYTHING
SHORT OF THE KINDS OF ACTION
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LISTED IS
ABSOLUTELY AN ABDICATION OF DUTY
AND FAILURE TO TAKE THAT STAND
AND REALLY JUST PLAYS INTO THE
HANDS OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE
RIGHT WING IN THIS COUNTRY. SO,
I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE
JOINING WITH KSHAMA SAWANT ,
CALLING FOR GETTING ICE OUT OF
THE COMMUNITIES, ABOLISHING
I.C.E., SHUTTING DOWN THE
DETENTION CENTERS AND I THINK
THAT CONCRETELY, FIGHTING FOR
YOU KNOW, PROHIBITING THE POLICE
IN THE CITY FROM SHARING ANY
DATA WITH I.C.E. FROM STOPPING
THE USE OF THIS SURVEILLANCE
DATA AND CAPTURING THIS
INFORMATION ON CITIZENS, TO BE
USED AGAINST PEOPLE. SO, IN
CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THANK YOU, WILLOW. NEXT WE
HAVE SAM FOLLOWED BY MAGDALENA.
HELLO, SAM, WELCOME. IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU.
>> MY NAME IS SAM, I'M A
RESIDENT IN SEATTLE AND I HAVE
VOLUNTEERED WITH KSHAMA
SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN, AND I'M A
MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK,
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
THAT IT IS NOT EMPTY TALK, THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
WHO ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP
IN THE VARIOUS CITIES, MANY OF
WHOM ARE LED BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POLITICIANS TO SHOW IT'S NOT
JUST TALK WHEN THEY SAY SHUT
DOWN I.C.E. WHEN YOU HAVE JACOB
FREI OF MINNEAPOLIS TELLING
I.C.E. TO GET THE FUCK OUT, PUT
YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS,
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS CITY
COUNCIL CAN BE DOING, I THINK
THAT IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF
THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT
WORKING PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
AND THE LEGACY OF KSHAMA
SAWANT'S COUNSEL OFFICE, THE
LAST TIME THERE WAS A WAVE OF
THESE PROTESTS AND IT'S NOT
JUST SAYING THE SLOGANS BUT
MOBILIZING WORKING PEOPLE, I
THINK EVERYBODY WHO IS COMING
OUT TODAY AND PARTICIPATING,
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, WORKING
PEOPLE TO ORGANIZE AND FIGHT FOR
THINGS LIKE THE BAN ON CROWD
CONTROL WEAPONS, IF YOU ARE
PROGRESSIVE, YOU NEED TO SHOW IN
ACTION YOU ARE FIGHTING TO STOP
THE COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. ,
IT IS ONE THING TO SAY IT AND
ANOTHER THING TO SHOW
RESISTANCE. SO I ECHO THE CALL
THAT MAYOR WILSON AND THE CITY
COUNCIL TODAY SHOULD DECLARE
TODAY THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IS STOPPING ALL COLLABORATION
WITH I.C.E. , PERIOD, TO STOP
USING THESE LOCAL SURVEILLANCE
DATABASES, TO STOP ANY SORT OF
ILLUSION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S WELL
INTENTIONED PROGRESSIVES IN THE
CITY COUNCIL, THERE SHOULD BE NO
TRACKING OF DRIVER LOCATION
DATA, OF USING THESE CAMERAS TO
TRACK PEOPLE, TO HAND THAT
INFORMATION OVER TO THE SAME
POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE HAD
PROTEST MOVEMENTS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN SO THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT
NOW.
>> THANK YOU, SAM. I UNDERSTAND,
AND WE ALL AGREE AS WELL.
THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT
DISAGREES, NOW WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AFTER THE
STATEMENTS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE, SO I HEAR YOU. NEXT WE
HAVE MAGDALENA. YOU ARE GOOD,
THANK YOU MR. DEAN, MAGDALENA,
WELCOME.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MAGDALENA,
I'M FROM CAPITOL HILL AND I'M
A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS OF THE WORLD. REGARDING
I.C.E., I REMIND THIS BODY THAT
HELL IS HOT, ICE MELTS, ALL COPS
ARE FESTERS AND NO ONE IS
ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND, YOU HAVE
A DUTY TO RETURN AS MUCH OF THIS
LAND TO THE NATION AS POSSIBLE
AND HISTORY WILL JUDGE YOU ON
YOUR CAPACITY TO DO SO AND TO BE
GOOD ALLIES AND NEIGHBORS TO THE
ORIGINAL PEOPLE BECAUSE AFTER
AMERICA IS LONG GONE, THE NATION
WILL STILL BE HERE. REGARDING
VETERANS IN THE CITY, WE ARE IN
A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND A
NATIONAL VA AND ADMINISTRATIVE
BODIES HAVE ABANDONED US AND ARE
RUN BY FASCISTS. OUR DOCTORS AND
VETERANS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED,
YOU MUST ADVOCATE FOR MORE
MENTAL RESOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES FOR SEATTLE'S
VETERANS. THIS COMMENT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE LEFT WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, UNFORTUNATELY I
RECEIVED A TRANSFER PICK HATE
SPEECH FROM AN EMPLOYEE NAMED
SHELLEY. THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE
AND MUST BE DEALT WITH. I WALKED
HERE ALONE, NEXT TIME I WILL
WALK HERE WITH 20 TRANS WOMEN,
TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT I WILL WALK
HERE WITH 100 TRANS WOMEN,
TRANSPHOBIA WILL NOT BE
TOLERATED FROM ANY OF YOU OR
SOCIALIST FEMINIZATION, WE
BROUGHT YOU HERE AND WE WILL PUT
YOU BACK INTO PRIVATE LIFE.
PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS DO NOT
HAVE THE CONVENIENCE OF ASTRO
TURF INC. OR LARGE DOLLAR
DONATIONS AND THE FACT THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS NOT PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTARY AND TO
ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE LIKE ME IS
UNCONSCIONABLE AND IS A BETRAYAL
OF THE CLASS INTEREST OF PEOPLE
WHO ELECTED KATIE WILSON. SO I
EXPECT KATIE WILSON TO DO WHAT
SHE CAN TO OPEN UP THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND I EXPECT THE REST OF
YOU TO FIGHT FOR VETERANS AND
TRANS PEOPLE IN THE CITY OR
ELSE.
>> THANK YOU MAGDALENA, NEXT WE
HAVE LONG FOLLOWED BY JASON. AND
JUST ONE SECOND, YOUR TIME
WON'T START UNTIL I SAY OTHER
PEOPLE'S NAMES, JASON,
GWENDOLYN. WELCOME.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS
STRIKE BACK, DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POLITICIANS HAVE COMPLETELY
FAILED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP.
IN FACT, DEMOCRATS HAVE AIDED
AND VETTED TRUMP 115 DEMOCRATS
IN THE U.S. HOUSE INCLUDING
WARMONGERING AND GENOCIDAL
DEMOCRAT ADAM SMITH JUST VOTED
TO AUTHORIZE OVER $900 BILLION
IN U.S. SPENDING ON WEAPONS AND
WAR. ADAM SMITH, MARIA CANTWELL,
PATTY MURRAY ALL VOTED TO CREATE
I.C.E. AND REPEATEDLY VOTED TO
FUND I.C.E., ALSO VOTING FOR
TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA, ADAM SMITH
HAS BANKROLLED THE DYSTOPIAN
CORPORATION THAT CONTRACTS WITH
I.C.E. , SMITH AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE PAVED THE
WAY FOR TRUMP'S ATTACKS ON
IMMIGRANTS AND WORKING PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHY I'M A VOLUNTEER
WITH KSHAMA SAWANT'S
INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST WAR
CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS AGAINST
ADAM SMITH, SHE IS CAMPAIGNING
TO STOP ALL DEPORTATIONS AND
SHUT DOWN I.C.E. , INCLUDING THE
U.S. ATTACKS ON VENEZUELA, TO
END ALL U.S. MILITARY AID TO
ISRAEL, SHE IS FIGHTING FOR FREE
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL BY TAXING THE
RICH AND CANCELING STUDENT
MEDICAL DEBT, WE NEED TO SEND
THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY
SOCIALIST TO CONGRESS AND TURN
POLITICS ON HIS HEAD IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., ELECT KSHAMA
SAWANT FOR U.S. CONGRESS. ALL
OF THIS RIGHT NOW IN MINNESOTA,
LEADERS FROM UNIONS, FAITH
GROUPS, COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE
LEADING THE FIGHT FOR A MASSIVE
STRIKE ACTION IN MINNESOTA AND I
THINK THAT LEADERS IN THIS
COMMUNITY SHOULD FOLLOW IN THAT
LEAD AS WELL. WE NEED TO SHUT
THINGS DOWN, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE BILLIONAIRES ARE
TERRIFIED OF US WORKING PEOPLE,
WE NEED TO CALL ON STRIKE ACTION
AND ORGANIZE FOR A MASS
WORKING-CLASS PARTY. AND THAT IS
WHY I'M WITH KSHAMA SAWANT'S
CAMPAIGN, STOP THE DEPORTATION,
SHUT DOWN I.C.E., STOP THE
DEPORTATION, SHUT DOWN I.C.E. ,
STOP THE DEPORTATION, SHUT DOWN
I.C.E.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE JASON
FOLLOWED BY GWENDOLYN AND
ROBERT. WELCOME, JASON.
>> MY NAME IS JASON AND I'M A
MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK
AND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE
INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN
FOR U.S. CONGRESS, I.C.E. IS
TERRORIZING OUR CITIES, THEY ARE
KIDNAPPING OUR FRIENDS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY BRUTALLY
MURDERED RENE GOOD, A PEACEFUL
MOTHER JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM
WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED
ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO, THE MAYOR
OF SEATTLE, KATIE WILSON AS
OTHER PEOPLE UPSET IS ALSO
DEMOCRAT AND CALLS HERSELF A
PROGRESSIVE. MANY MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL CALL THEMSELVES
PROGRESSIVE BUT WHAT THE FUCK IS
PROGRESSIVE ABOUT HELPING
I.C.E., YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT
HOW EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNSEL
AGREES WITH THAT BUT IF YOU MEAN
WHAT YOU SAID, THIS TRANSIT
WOULD HAVE CUT I.C.E. OUT OF
THIS CITY. LAST YEAR WHEN THE
RAIDS STARTED, YOU WOULD HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE
DEPORTATIONS AND YET INSTEAD OF
THAT, IN 2024, JULIE
HOLLINGSWORTH IS THE ONE WHO PUT
THE ATTACK ON MINIMUM WAGE,
THERE WAS ONE ON WORKING PEOPLE
IN THIS CITY, THEY TRIED TO
CREATE A SUB MINIMUM WAGE FOR
2000 WORKERS IN THIS CITY, AS
OTHERS HAVE SAID, WILSON AND THE
CITY COUNCIL CAN IMMEDIATELY
STOP COOPERATION WITH I.C.E.
AGENTS, THEY CAN HAUL ANY USE OF
SPD RESOURCES, SURVEILLANCE, ET
CETERA FOR I.C.E. RATES, SO
IMMIGRANTS CAN ACCESS CITY
RESOURCES, MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY
CAN BE USING THEIR OFFICES AND
PLATFORMS TO START TO BUILD THE
NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT IS NEEDED
TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E. AND THE
DETENTION CENTERS, THEY SHOULD
BE CALLING FOR MASS STRIKE
ACTION IN THE CITY AND
NATIONALLY, WE URGENTLY NEED
STRIKE ACTION, WHAT HAS BEEN
CALLED IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT
OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED. THE CITY
COUNCILMEMBER SHOULD BE CALLING
FOR THE SAME THING IN SEATTLE,
WE SHOULD BE SHUTTING THE CITY
DOWN AND MAKING SEATTLE AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO
NATIONALLY AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE
DOING. STOP DEPORTATIONS, SHUT
DOWN I.C.E., STOP THE
DEPORTATIONS, SHUT DOWN I.C.E.
WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THANK YOU, JASON. NEXT WE
HAVE GWENDOLYN FOLLOWED BY
ROBERT AND OLIVE LACEY.
>> I'M GWENDOLYN, I ALREADY
HEARD PEOPLE TALK TODAY ABOUT
WHAT STEPS CITY AND COUNSEL
MAYOR SHOULD BE TAKEN, SO WHAT
SHOULD WORKING PEOPLE DO ABOUT
THIS OURSELVES? IN MINNESOTA,
RENE GOOD WAS KILLED, WE NEED
MORE OF THIS TYPE OF ACTION AND
WE NEED MASS PROTEST AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE DEPORTATION MACHINE
AND SHUT DOWN I.C.E. , I CALL ON
MLK LABOR COUNSEL TO TURN OUT
THOUSANDS OF UNION MEMBERS ON
THE 23rd AS WELL AND LABOR
LEADERS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN
DOING THIS BACK WHEN A UNION
MEMBER WAS ABDUCTED BY I.C.E.
AND WORKING PEOPLE, WE CARE FOR
OURSELVES IN THE MERCY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THAT IS WHY
I'M ON KSHAMA SAWANT'S
CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, YEAR
AFTER YEAR, TO CREATED AND
EXPAND IT, 1500 HOUSE DEMOCRATS
JUST VOTED TO APPROVE A $900
BILLION WAR BUDGET INCLUDING OUR
OPPONENT, ADAM SMITH, THAT
FUNDED THE COUP IN VENEZUELA,
I'M GLAD THE CITY COUNCIL SAYS
THEY AGREED THAT THE LAST CITY
COUNCIL ATTACKED MINIMUM WAGE
AND ATTACKED OUR RENTERS RIGHTS
AND FAILED , WORKING PEOPLE
REMEMBER THOSE ATTACKS, REMEMBER
WHO WAS BEHIND THEM, WILL
REMEMBER WHAT YOU DO OR DON'T DO
TODAY. WHEN WORKING PEOPLE ARE
UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT
NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT
NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW . I.C.E. OUT
NOW. I.C.E. OUT NOW. I.C.E. OUT
NOW.
>> SOLIDARITY.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
GWENDOLYN, NEXT WE HAVE ROBERT,
THEN FOLLOWED BY OLIVE, AND
JONATHAN. HELLO ROBERT.
>> I'M ROBERT ENGEL, I'M A
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE
AGAINST RACISM AND POLITICAL
OPPRESSION, I WAS BORN IN THE
CITY AND RAISED IN THE CITY, I
LOVE THIS CITY AND I LOVE THE
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, THAT'S WHY
I'M EXCITED TO SEE A NEW MORE
PROGRESSIVE COUNSEL. WE WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCILMEMBER, ALEXIS
RINCK'S OFFICE FOR OPEN
OPPOSITION TO THESE TERRORIST
I.C.E. ATTACKS ON OUR PEOPLE .
WE THINK OUR OPEN LETTER IS NOT
CONTROVERSIAL, WE ARE ASKING
THAT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS SIGN
ONTO THE LETTER IMMEDIATELY AND
WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED A RESOLUTION LAST MAY, WE
ARE REAFFIRMING THEIR SUPPORT
FOR OUR STATUS AS A WELCOMING
CITY. I THINK THAT COULD BE
STRONGER. I THINK WE COULD
REAFFIRM THAT POSITION AT THE
VERY LEAST AND WE CERTAINLY NEED
VOCAL SUPPORT TO THESE DEMANDS,
IF WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT HERE,
WE FIND OUR DEMANDS PRETTY
UNCONTROVERSIAL, AND WE THINK WE
ARE PAST TIME FOR A WELCOMING
CITY, WE DON'T WELCOME I.C.E.
AGENTS IN OUR CITY, WE WANT
SAFETY FOR OUR PEOPLE, WE WANT
JUSTICE FOR RENE NICOLE GOOD AND
IT LOOKS LIKE I.C.E. OUT OF THE
CITY FOR GOOD. I.C.E. OUT NOW ,
I.C.E. OUT NOW, I.C.E. OUT NOW ,
I.C.E. OUT NOW THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ROBERT. NEXT WE
HAVE OLIVE FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN
AND CLEO, HOPEFULLY I SAID YOUR
NAME CORRECTLY, NO DISRESPECT.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT BAD AT
READING HANDWRITING. OLIVE,
JONATHAN, CLEO, FOLLOWED BY
KEVIN AND FORMER COUNCILMEMBER
KSHAMA SAWANT AND BRETT. ANY
MICROPHONE IS GOOD, WELCOME.
>> MY NAME IS OLIVE AND I'M AN
ORGANIZER IN SEATTLE, LAST TIME
I WAS HERE I WAS WITH MY
ORGANIZATION, THE SEATTLE
ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND
POLITICAL OPPRESSION, I'M HERE
AGAIN WITH THE SEATTLE ALLIANCE,
THIS TIME DEMANDING I.C.E. OUT
OF SEATTLE , I.C.E. OUT OF
SEATTLE . THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A WELCOMING CITY,
THERE IS NOTHING LESS WELCOMING
THAN HAVING THEM HITTING UP YOUR
FAMILY MEMBERS, YOUR FRIENDS,
UNDER THE GUISE OF KEEPING OUR
CITY SAFE FROM CRIMINALS, THE
REAL CRIMINALS ARE THE ONES
ABDUCTING, ASSAULTING AND
MURDERING OUR NEIGHBORS, WE JUST
WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN PEACE.
THIS IS SO WRONG. WE NEED I.C.E.
OUT OF OUR CITY. I.C.E. OUT OF
SEATTLE .
>> I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE .
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, OLIVE. NEXT WE
HAVE JONATHAN FOLLOWED BY CLEO
AND KEVIN. JONATHAN, CLEO,
KEVIN. WELCOME, JONATHAN.
>> EITHER MICROPHONE WORKS,
WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE
WITH.
>> MY NAME IS JONATHAN. I'M THE
BRANCH CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE
ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND
POLITICAL OPPRESSION, AND LAST
NIGHT WE SENT AN EMAIL, IT LAID
OUT A NUMBER OF THINGS AND THEY
WERE ALL CENTERED AROUND ONE
FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT, HOW WE KEEP
THE STREETS OF SEATTLE SAFE FROM
I.C.E. WHEN I WOKE UP THIS
MORNING, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
A LATE START BUT WHAT I HAD
EXPECTED WAS TO SEE THAT ALL OF
THESE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD HAVE
REPLIED TO THIS EMAIL, IT IS
YOUR JOB, IT'S THE ONLY THING
THAT WE ASK OF YOU. AND TO MY
SURPRISE, THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD
REPLIED WAS ALEXIS MERCEDES
RINCK, SO TO HER UNTHANKFUL AND
TO THE OTHERS I SAY WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? WHILE OUR STREETS ARE
BEING TERRORIZED, YOU ARE HERE
IN CITY COUNCIL AND WE HEAR
NOTHING FROM YOU, I HAVE TALKED
TO A FEW OF THE CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE AND I SAID
AS WELL THAT THEY NEED TO GO
VISIT THE VIGIL OF CHRISTIAN
NELSON BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN
THEM THERE. THEY STAND HERE AND
THEY DO NOT INTERACT WITH PEOPLE
WHO MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY. AND
IN THAT EMAIL WE DEMANDED THAT
YOU DEFEND SANCTUARY CITIES AND
YOU AND ICE RAIDS IN THE CITY
AND HE STOPPED I.C.E. AND
PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES AND WE
WANT I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE AND
FOR THAT WE WANT YOU TO SIGN
ONTO THIS LETTER THAT WE SENT
FOR YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WE
DEMAND TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT
WHAT STEPS WE WILL BE TAKING
RIGHT AWAY TO KEEP I.C.E. OFF
THE STREETS OF THE CITY. AND THE
NEXT WORDS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
ARE NOT, WHAT ARE YOUR
AVAILABILITY FOR MEETING TO
ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. I WILL
SAY IT AGAIN, I.C.E. OUT OF
SEATTLE I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE
I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE .
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN, NEXT WE
HAVE CLEO FOLLOWED BY KEVIN AND
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS CLEO,
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST
AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, LIKE
OTHERS WE HAVE SENT AN EMAIL
LAST NIGHT TO EVERY MEMBER OF
CITY COUNCIL ASKING YOU ALL TO
IMMEDIATELY SIGN ON TO OUR
DEMANDS TO STOP I.C.E. AND AND
ALL COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E.
INCLUDING IMMEDIATELY REMOVING
THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT
WERE INSTALLED SO THAT FEDERAL
AGENTS CANNOT USE THEM AND
I.C.E. AGENTS CANNOT USE THEM
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW AND WE HAVE
SEEN THAT I.C.E. DOES NOT CARE
ABOUT THE LAW , SO ANY
SURVEILLANCE THAT IS BEING USED
AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE,
WE HAVE TO ASSUME I.C.E. WILL BE
USING AGAINST OUR IMMIGRANT
FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND COWORKERS
AND THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL CAN
DO MORE AND MUST DO MORE AND YOU
HAVE SEEN THAT YOUR CITY WANTS
YOU TO DO MORE, MASS
MOBILIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
HAPPENING AROUND SEATTLE SINCE
RENE GOOD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN
COLD BLOOD ON JANUARY 7th AND
SHE IS ONE OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN
SEATTLE AND TACOMA AT THE
NORTHWEST DETENTION CENTER WHO
HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HAVE DIED
IN CUSTODY AT THE HANDS OF
I.C.E. , ICE IS ESCALATING THEIR
ATTACKS AND THAT MEANS WE MUST
ESCALATE THE FIGHT BACK AND WE
ARE LOOKING TO YOU ALL AS
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE TO HELP US LEAD THAT
CHARGE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE
LEADING THAT CHARGE AND YOU ALL
NEED TO MEET US WHERE WE ARE AND
TO DEMAND THAT I.C.E. STOPS
KILLING US, KILLING OUR
NEIGHBORS . YOU CAN DO THAT, WE
NEED YOU TO SIGN ONTO THAT
LETTER NOW, DO ACTIONABLE THINGS
RIGHT NOW AND STOP COLLABORATION
WITH I.C.E. I.C.E. OUT OF
SEATTLE, I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE ,
I.C.E. OUT OF SEATTLE. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE
KEVIN, FOLLOWED BY FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT .
HELLO, YOU ARE GOOD. ANYTIME YOU
START, THE TIME WILL START, TAKE
YOUR TIME. GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO, OKAY, HELLO MY NAME IS
KEVIN ROSEWOOD AND I'M A
TEACHER AND ALREADY AT MY JOB IT
IS MY MAIN CONCERN TO KEEP THE
CHILDREN THAT I TEACH SAFE AND I
HAVE ALREADY HAD TO KEEP THEM
SAFE FROM LOCKDOWNS IN THE PAST
YEARS THAT I'VE HAD TO WORK, AT
THE PLACE I WORK WITH, AND WITH
EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD
RIGHT NOW WITH I.C.E. COMING
INTO OUR CITY AND TERRORIZING US
, THAT'S JUST MORE ON MY PLATE
AND WITH YOU CLAIMING THAT WE
ARE A SANCTUARY CITY, I FIND
THAT'S JUST LIP SERVICE WITH
I.C.E. COMING IN AND TAKING
PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY,
DESPITE YOU SAYING WE ARE A
SANCTUARY CITY. I WORK WITH
PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF
BACKGROUNDS AND I HAVE CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES FROM ALL SORTS OF
BACKGROUNDS AND I'M TIRED OF
LIVING IN FEAR THAT ONE DAY MY
CLASSROOM IS JUST GOING TO BE
RATED AND I'M TIRED OF LIVING
IN FEAR AND I'M WAITING FOR YOU
GUYS TO LIVE UP TO YOUR PROMISE
THAT WE ARE A SANCTUARY CITY.
SO, WE WANT SAFETY, WE'LL TELL
YOU HOW, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY
CITY NOW, WE WANT SAFETY, WE
WILL TELL YOU HOW, DEFEND OUR
SANCTUARY CITY NOW. WE WANT
SAFETY, WE WILL TELL YOU HOW.
THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME.
>> TRUMPS I.C.E. AGENTS ARE
TERRORIZING OUR CITIES,
THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS AND
PEOPLE BEING GRABBED OFF THE
STREETS AND NOW PEACEFUL
ACTIVIST AND MOTHER RENE GOOD
WAS JUST MURDERED IN
MINNEAPOLIS, A VIOLENT COUP HAS
HAPPENED AGAINST VENEZUELA AND
GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE, WE NEED MASS PROTEST AND
STRIKE ACTION URGENTLY, I URGE
THE LABOR COUNCIL LEADERSHIP TO
CALL A PROTEST JOINTLY WITH THE
LABOR MOVEMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS
WHO HAVE ORGANIZED A STRIKE
ACTION, STATEWIDE STRIKE ON
JANUARY 23rd. THE BITTER TRUTH
HOWEVER IS THAT THE LABOR
LEADERSHIP HAS MOSTLY UTTERLY
FAILED TO LEAD ANY STRUGGLE,
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS MASSIVE
HUNGER AMONG MILLIONS OF WORKING
PEOPLE, TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST
TRUMP AND THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS,
WHETHER IT IS SHUTTING DOWN
I.C.E., STOPPING THE ATTACKS
AGAINST IMMIGRANTS , TO END THE
GENOCIDE IN GAZA, TO TAX
BILLIONAIRES, TO BRING ABOUT
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, THE
MAJORITY OF THE WORKING CLASS IS
STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE
ISSUES YET NO LEADERSHIP HAS
BEEN PROVIDED, WHY? IT'S
BECAUSE THE LABOR LEADERSHIP IN
AMERICA IS TIED TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE PROBLEM
IS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
NOT A FOREGONE LESSER EVIL, IT
IS ALONG WITH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ONE OF THE TWO MOST
POWERFUL PARTIES OF GLOBAL
CAPITALISM. AND THE REASON THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS
HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO FIGHT
AGAINST TRUMP IS BECAUSE THEY
ALSO REPRESENT THE AGENDA OF
WALL STREET AND WAR, AND DO NOT
MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING
LOCAL DEMOCRATS ARE ANY
DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME
PARTY IN THE SAME AGENDA, THAT
IS WHY I'M RUNNING AS AN
INDEPENDENT ANTIWAR
WORKING-CLASS SOCIALIST FOR U.S.
CONGRESS, MY OPPONENT ADAM SMITH
IS BACKED BY PEOPLE LIKE
ALEXANDER -- THESE ARE THE
WONDERFUL GUYS THAT ADAM SMITH
IS BANKROLLED BY, I HAVE
PLEDGED, IF I'M ELECTED --
[INDISCERNIBLE] AND IMMEDIATELY
LAUNCH A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN AND
MOVEMENT TO SHUT DOWN I.C.E. AND
WORK FOR FREE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
[INDISCERNIBLE] DOWN WITH THE
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, WE
NEED A PARTY FOR THE WORKING
CLASS.
>> WE NEED A PARTY FOR THE
WORKING CLASS.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE MR.
HOWARD GILL FOLLOWED BY M.
SMITH, GOOD TO SEE YOU, HELLO
MR. HOWARD GILL. I'M SERIOUS,
IT IS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE.
>> I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING
THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BEING GRACIOUS
WITH THE TIME AND ALSO BEING
GRACIOUS WITH RESPECTING THE
PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU. I'M NOT
GOING TO GO THROUGH, I MADE A
LOT OF COMMENTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY
THIS MORNING AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE, I DO WANT TO REITERATE
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID. WHAT
IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT
SUFFICIENT ONLY ASK SPD OFFICERS
[INDISCERNIBLE] AFFIRMATIVELY
HELP PEOPLE FACING FIRST AND
FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS, IF
NOT EVEN A QUESTION OF
IMMIGRANTS, IT'S A QUESTION OF
ANYONE AT THIS POINT. HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES ARE
UNDER THREAT AND ATTACK. I WANT
TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO. IN THE
SOUTH, A RIGHT-WING YOUTUBER
WENT KNOCKING ON DOORS OF SOMALI
DAY CARES PANICKING AND
THREATENING PEOPLE. HERE'S THE
POINT, WHEN THE POLICE SHOWED
UP, THEY ACTUALLY SAID HEY DUDE,
REALLY LIKE YOUR YOUTUBE
CHANNEL. IF THAT WASN'T BAD
ENOUGH, WHEN A SOMALI MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNITY TOLD THE POLICE
THAT A GUN WAS SHOWN IN DISPLAY
AS AN ACT OF INTIMIDATION AND
THE POLICE ASKED THE RIGHT WING
PROVOCATEUR ABOUT THAT, HE
CLAIMED HE SIMPLY LEANED BACK
REVEALING HIS GUN. AND THE
POLICE EXCEPTED THAT THAT
HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO . IN
SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE A LOT OF
VIDEOS ONLINE, WHEN THE SAME
PROVOCATEUR WAS IN SEATTLE AND
PEOPLE WERE FEARFUL THAT HE WAS
AN I.C.E. AGENT, WHAT WAS THE
POLICE RESPONSE ? TO SIMPLY SAY
I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT, THESE
ARE ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW. SO FOR
MY 60 SECONDS LEFT, THE
DEMOCRATS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED
A RESOLUTION TO DEMAND POLICE
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE
FROM FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENT
VIOLATIONS, EVERY ONE OF YOU GOT
THAT RESOLUTION FOUR MONTHS AGO.
IT NEEDS TO BE ACTED UPON AND TO
BE CLEAR, THIS IS --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THANK YOU MR. GILL. THANK
YOU, MR. GILL. BEFORE, I
ACTUALLY SKIPPED OVER BARRETT, I
APOLOGIZE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SPEAK? I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T
CALL YOUR NAME. BENNETT, I'M
SORRY, BENNETT. YOU WERE LOOKING
AT ME LIKE I'M STUPID, AND I AM
STUPID BECAUSE I CALLED YOU THE
WRONG NAME. I'M SORRY. I KNEW
YOU NAME WAS BENNETT, WELCOME.
>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT
WAS, IS THAT ME? OKAY, HERE WE
ARE. SO IN ADDITION TO
REITERATING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS SAID ABOUT GETTING I.C.E.
THE HELL OUT OF SEATTLE, ABOUT
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE A
NUMBER OF EXTREME RIGHT WING
ANTI-LGBT GROUPS APPLYING FOR
PERMITS TO HOLD CONCERTS AND
RALLIES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. TO BE
CLEAR, THEY DO HAVE THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO RESERVE A
SPOT TO HAVE THEIR VIEWS
EXPRESSED, I FIND THEIR VIEWS
IMPORTANT AND TO BE CLEAR, THESE
ARE NOT FRIENDLY PEOPLE
DUCHESSES HAPPEN TO HAVE MILD
LGBT VIEWS, THE RALLY WAS CALLED
HANDS OFF OUR KIDS, ACCUSING
TRANS PEOPLE OF BEING CHILD
MOLESTERS, WHAT THEY STAND FOR
IS APPALLING, THEY DO HAVE A
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BOOK
PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR EVENTS
HOWEVER, THE ARRESTS AND THE
CLASHES THAT WERE CAUSED LAST
YEAR WERE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY
DID NOT WANT PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT
ALIGNED WITH THEIR BELIEFS TO
COME TO THE EVENT AND DOCUMENT
WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. SEVERAL
OF THEM WERE, I THOUGHT, I'M
NOT GOING TO START FIGHTS WITH
THEM BUT I WANT IT ON PUBLIC
RECORD WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AT
THESE RALLIES, I WANT TO GO
RECORD AND THEY WERE SAYING NO.
AND THE SPD OFFICERS ON HAND
SAID WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO
WHAT THE PEOPLE ORGANIZING THIS
GATHERING TELL US. THEY
SHOULDN'T HAVE, THEY SHOULD
HAVE SAID IF IT IS ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY, ANYBODY THAT IS NOT
STARTING VIOLENCE IS ALLOWED TO
GO AND RECORD WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING. AND THE ONE EVENT THAT
WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, THE
THIRD ONE, THEY FINALLY GOT IT
RIGHT, THEY SAID OKAY, THERE'S
GOING TO BE AN AREA RIGHT HERE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN PROTEST, IF YOU
ALSO WANT TO GO TO THE EVENT AND
RECORD, YOU COULD DO THAT, THAT
WAS THE EVENT THAT WENT OFF
WITHOUT ANY ARRESTS BECAUSE
PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO DO
PROTEST AND REPORT WHAT WAS
GOING ON. I THINK THAT IS THE
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU ARE ALL ON THE SAME
SIDE AS FAR AS CONSIDERING WHAT
THEY STAND FOR, BUT WE SHOULD
HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCESS IT
BECAUSE IF THEY WANT TO REGULATE
WHAT WE DO IN THE SACK, WHAT DO
WE DO?
>> STAND-UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> NEXT WE HAVE M, THEN M
MURPHY, THEN SUMMER. WELCOME.
>> I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS
STRIKE BACK IN SEATTLE, WE NEED
TO DRIVE I.C.E. OUT OF OUR
CITIES AND STOP THESE
DEPORTATIONS, WE URGENTLY NEED
STRIKE ACTION TO SHUT DOWN
I.C.E. AND STOP THE
DEPORTATIONS, DRIVE THEM OUT OF
SEATTLE, KSHAMA SAWANT HAS BEEN
CALLING FOR THIS, WHICH
DEMOCRATS ON THIS COUNCIL ARE
USING THEIR OFFICES TO CALL FOR
PROTESTS WHICH ON THIS TREND
ZERO ARE CALLING -- TREND ZERO
WHICH ONE OF YOU HAVE ENDORSED
THE CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, IF
YOU AREN'T WILLING TO FIGHT
AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IF
YOU AREN'T WILLING TO FIGHT
AGAINST PRO-GENOCIDE DEMOCRATS
LIKE ADAM SMITH WHO VOTED TO
CREATE I.C.E. , WE ARE NEVER
GOING TO STOP THESE DEPORTATIONS
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING
TO DO THIS, WE NEED WORKING
PEOPLE HERE TO GET ORGANIZED
TOGETHER TO DO THIS TO PUT MASS
PRESSURE ON THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TO FORCE THEM TO CHANGE BECAUSE
THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO DO THIS
ON THEIR OWN. WE SHOULD HAVE
STRIKE ACTION MONTHS AGO WHEN
THE GENOCIDE ACTIVISTS WERE
ABDUCTED BY I.C.E. , WE NEED
STRIKES LIKE THE ONE THAT WAS
ANNOUNCED BY THE LABOR MOVEMENT
IN MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 23rd
AND WE NEED TO GET ORGANIZED. IF
YOU ARE A RANK-AND-FILE UNION
MEMBER, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT,
JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK AND
HELP US GET ORGANIZED. WE ARE
SEEING A TAX ON ALL OPPRESSED
COMMUNITIES AND THE SOMALI
COMMUNITY HAS FACED VICIOUS
ATTACKS FROM THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND THE RIGHT
WING, KSHAMA SAWANT'S CAMPAIGN
FOR CONGRESS ARE HOLDING A
MEETING IN SOLIDARITY THIS
SUNDAY AT 7:00 P.M., GET IN
TOUCH WITH US, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
MEETING TO GET ORGANIZED
URGENTLY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST
THIS. BUT WE HAVE TO GET
ORGANIZED INDEPENDENTLY OF THESE
TWO CORPORATE PARTIES OF WHICH
HAVE BUILT THIS DEPORTATION
MACHINE, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE
BUILT THIS WAR MACHINE AND WE
HAVE TO FIGHT BACK AND BUILD A
MOVEMENT TO WIN THESE DEMANDS WE
ARE FIGHTING FOR. IT IS THE BARE
MINIMUM THAT THE DEMOCRATS ON
THIS -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THANK YOU.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE REFRAIN
FROM INTERRUPTING. WELCOME.
>> I'M MURPHY AND I THINK ALL
FUNDING FOR I.C.E. NEEDS TO BE
ENDED, I REMEMBER LEARNING ABOUT
I.C.E. IN THE EARLY 2000'S, I
THINK IT WAS AROUND 06 , I WAS
WONDERING WHY AREN'T PEOPLE
ORGANIZING NOW BECAUSE OF THE
DEGREE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE
INHUMANITY OF SNATCHING CHILDREN
UP FROM THEIR PARENTS, YOU KNOW,
WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO SCHOOL,
THEY WERE BEING DROPPED OFF.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT CRIMINALS,
THE CRIMINALS ARE I.C.E., THE
WAY THEY THINK , THE WAY THE
U.S. MILITARY THINKS IS CRIMINAL
AND ALL THAT MONEY AND RESOURCES
COULD GO TO FUNDING EDUCATION,
COULD GO TO BUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIETIES SO
PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH
OTHER IN A HUMANE WAY AND NOW
THIS IS BRUTAL, IT IS PSYCHO,
I'M READING ABOUT THEY ARE
ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO ARE
CITIZENS. THEY ARE KILLING
PEOPLE NOW, THAT DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING. AND THERE IS SUCH A
LONG RECORD OF THE SEVERITY OF
I.C.E. , THAT I HAVE HEARD
ABOUT. AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF
PLACING SOMEBODY IN A TINY CELL
, AT A DETENTION CENTER AND
SHIPPING THEM OFF AND THEY
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, THEY
ARE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE, THEY
ARE TRYING TO GO TO WORK, HAVE A
FAMILY, THEY ARE WORKING FOR
LOWER WAGES AND THEY ARE
EXPLOITED FOR THAT REASON, FOR
THEIR VULNERABLE POSITION AND
THAT IS THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE
CAPITALIST SOCIETY, EASILY
EXPLOITING WORKERS. IF THEY ARE
MORE LABOR UNITED WITH EACH
OTHER, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE
THE MORE HUMANE VISION, I'M
READING ABOUT VENEZUELA AND
ACTUALLY THEY HAVE A SERIES OF
COMMUNES, 1400 TO 4500 COMMUNES
AND THEY GET TO CONTROL THE OIL
RESOURCES, AND CENTRALIZE THE
MONEY FROM THE OIL, DECIDED BY
THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S NOT
HOW AMERICA IS RUN AND IT COULD
BE, AND OIL IS EVEN SO OUTDATED,
IT IS SO DISGUSTING TO KEEP
PUTTING OIL IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE
SUMMER MILLER AND FOLLOWED BY
MR. ALEX TSIMERMAN, GO AHEAD
SUMMER.
>> MY NAME IS SUMMER MILLER,
I'M A MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE
BACK IN SEATTLE, THERE IS ZERO
REASON WHY THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS
COUNCIL CAN'T ACT TODAY TO END
ALL COOPERATION WITH I.C.E. TO
CREATE MUNICIPAL I.D. CARDS FOR
IMMIGRANTS AND REPEALING
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND TAKING
REAL ACTION TO DRIVE I.C.E. OUT
OF SEATTLE. THAT IS THE BARE
MINIMUM YOU SHOULD DO AND YOU
SHOULD IMMEDIATELY VOTE ON THOSE
THINGS TODAY. DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POLITICIANS HAVE COMPLETELY
FAILED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMPED
AND IN FACT, DEMOCRATS HAVE
AIDED AND VETTED TRUMP, ADAM
SMITH IN WASHINGTON, WHO KSHAMA
SAWANT IS RUNNING TO DEFEAT IS
BANKROLLED BY PELLETIER, A
DYSTOPIAN CORPORATION THAT
RECEIVES TENS OF MILLIONS IN
CONTRACTS WITH I.C.E. BARACK
OBAMA STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
DEPORTATIONS , SMITH AND THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE PAVED THE
WAY FOR TRUMP'S ATTACKS ON
IMMIGRANTS AND WORKING PEOPLE,
THIS IS WHY AM A VOLUNTEER WITH
KSHAMA SAWANT'S INDEPENDENT
SOCIALIST ANTIWAR CAMPAIGN FOR
CONGRESS TO DEFEAT ADAM SMITH
AND TAKE ON BILLIONAIRE BACKED
PARTIES WHO HAVE BUILT TRUMP'S
DEPORTATION MACHINE, WORKING
PEOPLE NEED TO BE THE KIND OF
LEADERSHIP AND FIGHT BACK, WHICH
KSHAMA SAWANT BROUGHT IN HER
DECADE. WE NEED LEADERS THAT
WILL CALL FOR MASS PROTESTS AND
MASS STRIKE ACTION TO STOP THESE
ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS AND
WORKING PEOPLE. WE NEED LEADERS
TO BUILD MOVEMENTS TO WIN THE
THINGS WORKING PEOPLE NEED, NOT
JUST SHUTTING DOWN I.C.E. BUT
FIGHTING FOR FREE HEALTHCARE,
TAXING THE RICH, AND ENDING ALL
U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL, WE
NEED TO SEND THE FIRST
REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST TO
CONGRESS AND TURN POLITICS ON
ITS HEAD IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
COME TO THE MEETING TOMORROW IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF SEATTLE
AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH TO
STOP DEPORTATIONS AND DISCUSSED
THE MASS STRIKE ACTION
DESPERATELY NEEDED TO STOP THESE
ATTACKS. AND AS I SAID, THIS
SUNDAY AT 7:00 P.M. WE ARE
HAVING A MEETING IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE SOMALI COMMUNITY THAT
IS UNDER ATTACK BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THANK YOU SUMMER, MR. ALEX
TSIMERMAN .
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR MY LOVELY, I
COME TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SO
BEAUTIFUL, THE LAST TIME YOU
TALK ABOUT RESPECT, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS, THE
WORD RESPECT. [INDISCERNIBLE]
THIS IS A PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING
FOR 30+ YEARS, WE DON'T HAVE
LAW IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE FASCIST
, WHY WE NEED I.C.E., WHY IS IT
WE NEED DEMOCRATIC MAFIA? WHY,
WE HAVE A LAW, CONSTITUTION,
THAT HAS EXISTED FOR 250 YEARS
AND I TALK TO YOU ABOUT 30
YEARS, GUYS, USE SOMETHING, WHAT
EVERYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAW WORKING,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
BY THIS LAW, THERE IS A PROBLEM
WITH THIS. THERE IS ONE MAN WHO
COMES AND IS TALKING AND WANTS
TO BRING AMERICA BACK, I
REMEMBER THIS AMERICA, I
REMEMBER EVERYBODY DOING BY THE
LAW AND CONSTITUTION. YOU ARE
NOT, WHY? IT IS A PROBLEM, ALL
PROBLEM COME FROM YOU BECAUSE
YOU ARE A CROOK AND I HAVE SEEN
THIS FOR 30 YEARS AND IT
DOESN'T CHANGE, YOU ARE ALL
IDENTICAL, YEAR BY YEAR.
YEAR-BY-YEAR, SAME CROOK, SAME
CLOWN, SAME CRIMINAL. YOU
UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
LAW, YOU ARE REAL
[INDISCERNIBLE] SO THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
THE LAW AND CONSTITUTION. WE
NEED AN AMERICAN RESOLUTION,
STAND UP.
>> NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO ONLINE
SPEAKERS. WE ARE JUST GOING TO
GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. WE STILL
HAVE ONLINE SPEAKERS, JUST REAL
QUICK, WE HAVE ROSE FOLLOWED BY
DAVID HAYNES, PRESS *6 , ROSE.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSE, I'M
SOMEONE THAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCHER, I'M HERE BECAUSE
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT I.C.E.,
LAST JUNE I TALKED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING ATTACKED
IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND AT
THE TIME THE CITY COUNCIL
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT,
THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T TAKE
ANY ACTION, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK
WAS VERY KIND TO SHOW UP ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE BUT CITY
COUNCIL DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO
MAKE SURE THESE DIDN'T
CONTINUE. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY,
YOU WILL HAVE A UNIQUE DECISION
TODAY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
THE COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO
COWER IN FEAR OR WHETHER WE HAVE
ACTUAL CHANGE THAT HAPPENS. IT
IS NOT A PIE IN THE SKY THINK
TASK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY
THAT WE NEED TO BAN THINGS LIKE
THE CAMERAS, EVERYONE IN
WASHINGTON, THIS IS NOT SOLELY
JUST A PROBLEM, NOT AS IF I
SHOULD SAY THAT BY ITSELF, BUT
EVERY SINGLE PERSON FINDS IT
UNDESIRABLE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE TRACKED BY
I.C.E. RIGHT NOW, THAT IS
EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE MAYOR, THAT IS ALL OF US .
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN USING
LOCATION DATA FROM OUR PHONES,
WE SHOULD BAN THESE THIRD-PARTY
SALES OF LOCATION DATA, THERE'S
NO REASON WHY THAT SHOULD
HAPPEN. THERE SHOULD BE NO
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND I.C.E., IN FACT
I.C.E. NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED BY
SPD WHEN THEY BREAK THE LAW. THE
MAYOR HAS SAID, THE POLICE CHIEF
SAID THEY WILL ARREST PEOPLE IF
THEY BREAK THE LAW IN
PHILADELPHIA. WHY ARE WE NOT
EXPECTING THE SAME HERE? IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT IF WE ARE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE LAW OR HOW
IMPORTANT THINGS ARE THAT WE ARE
HAVING TO [INDISCERNIBLE] MAKE
THEM MATTER.
>> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE
MR. DAVID HAYNES.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES, AN
INNOCENT MIGRANT HAS A RIGHT TO
LIVE IN PEACE AND PRE--- BE
PROVIDED SANCTUARY AND THE SAME
GOES FOR AN INNOCENT HOMELESS,
YET SOMEHOW WE HAVE A
MISCONSTRUED OF WHAT CONSTITUTES
A CRIMINAL AND CUSTOMS VIOLATOR
THAT MAKES IT UNSAFE FOR AN
INNOCENT MIGRANT IN A CERTAIN
REGION, AND WE SAY THAT SAME
VIOLATIONS ARE GOING ON IN OUR
STREETS, WHETHER IT IS FOREIGN
OR DOMESTIC. AND THERE SEEMS TO
BE A PRIORITY THAT BRUCE HARRELL
LEFT BECAUSE HE CAME TO THE
INTEGRITY OF POLICE REFORM AND
SHIFTED THE PARADIGM AWAY FROM
IMPROVING THE WAR ON THE DRUG
PUSHERS AND NOW THE PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATS ARE USING ALL THESE
DRUG ADDICTS AND REPEAT
OFFENDERS TO BE PRIORITIZED FOR
HOUSING, TAKING ALL THE CAPACITY
OF HOMES THAT INNOCENT MIGRANTS
NEED. AND THERE SEEMS TO BE ALL
THESE EMPTY LIVES, MISERABLE,
SAD PEOPLE IN SEATTLE LIVING
VICARIOUSLY, THAT TAKES OVER THE
AGENDA AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
THAT DON'T HAVE MUCH ON THEIR
AGENDA TO IMPROVE THE POLICIES
THAT BRUCE HARRELL LEFT OVER, TO
KEEP EXACERBATING THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CRISIS IN THIS INNOCENT
COMMUNITY AND I HATE TO SAY THIS
BUT THE DRUG PUSHERS, THE HUMAN
TRAFFICKERS, WHETHER THEY ARE
FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC, THEY NEED
TO BE SHUT DOWN. IF THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY POLICING WANTS TO HELP
SAVE THE COMMUNITY FROM
CONTINUOUSLY IMPLODING INSTEAD
OF DISPERSING PEOPLE AROUND THE
CORNER AND MANIPULATING THE
CRIME HOTSPOTS, WHILE USING THE
EXCUSE OF STAFFING AS THEY HAVE
PLENTY OF COPS WHO WORK OVERTIME
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO
SHUT DOWN THE PREDATORY DRUG
PUSHERS --
>> THANK YOU, ANYMORE REGISTERED
SPEAKERS?
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND THE
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
JONATHAN, THE FIRST THING YOU
SAID , IT IS JONATHAN, RIGHT?
YOU SAID THE FIRST THING YOU
WANTED TO KNOW IS OUR
AVAILABILITY TO MEET SO WE ARE
HERE EVERY TUESDAY, YOU KNOW
THAT BUT I HAVE ALEX WHO IS MY
OFFICE STAFF IN THE BACK WHO
WILL GIVE YOU MY SCHEDULE SO WE
CAN SIT AND CONNECT, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU HEAR ME AT ALL, I
KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN BUT
I'M LOOKING AT YOU, MY FRIEND.
AND I WILL CONNECT WITH YOU
ONE-ON-ONE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH WHOEVER YOU
WANT TO BRING AND WE WILL MEET
IN PERSON AND WHEREVER YOU WANT
TO IN SEATTLE SO WE CAN TALK
ABOUT THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT
WHICH I READ AND I ALSO READ ON
YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST AS WELL
AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
BECAUSE I HAVE READ THE BOOK, I
HAVE READ THE BOOK BY FRANK
CHAPMAN JUNIOR FROM ST. LOUIS
AND HIS BOOK THAT HE HAD AND
TALKED ABOUT A REVOLUTION FOR
COMMUNITIES AND I ALSO SAW THE
VALUES THAT ARE ONLINE AS WELL
AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE FIGHTING
FOR. THANK YOU, I WALKED IT
BACK, AND IT WAS A MISTAKE. AND
I KNOW YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO
REMIND ME AND I GET IT AND I
HEAR YOU AND I WILL LISTEN AND I
WILL STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH YOU
AND HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
EVERY SINGLE TIME. OKAY. THANK
YOU. SO, THE NEXT PIECE HERE .
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> I WILL WORK AROUND YOUR
SCHEDULE, JONATHAN. 11:00 A.M.,
PUT IT IN YOUR CALENDAR, I'M UP
EVERY DAY AT 5:00 A.M. AND I
LEAVE THIS OFFICE AT 9:00, PUT
IT IN YOUR CALENDAR. NO, IT IS
NOT ON THE CALENDAR FOR US BUT
I'M WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO, NEXT, SO NEXT, AND I HEAR
YOU. THERE IS NO I.C.E.
COLLABORATION, LET ME SPEAK
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT ,
CAN I SPEAK?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> HOLD ON, I'M GOING TO TAKE A
POINT OF PRIVILEGE, CAN I SPEAK
REAL QUICK?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> I CAN'T BRING IT UP RIGHT
NOW. CAN I SPEAK? JONATHAN, CAN
YOU BE RESPECTFUL AND LET ME
SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES QUESTION
MARK YOU HAD TWO PEOPLE ON THIS
COUNCIL WHO ARE INDIGENOUS FOLKS
WHOSE LAND WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM
THEM, LET ME FINISH, LET ME
FINISH, LET ME FINISH. THIS
ISN'T TOKENISM, THIS IS REAL,
LET ME TELL YOU, I HAVE PEOPLE
ON THIS COUNCIL, MY LAST NAME IS
THE NAME OF PEOPLE ON THIS
COUNCIL. I LET YOU ALL SPEAK FOR
TWO MINUTES SO WE COULD HEAR
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LET ME
SPEAK, WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THIS
CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE FAMILY
THAT WERE IN THE JEWISH
HOLOCAUST -- KNOW WE ARE NOT,
EVERYONE -- MY ACTION RIGHT NOW
IS TO TELL YOU ALL WHAT WE ARE
DOING, OKAY? OKAY, THANK YOU,
I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH YOU
HUMAN ONE-ON-ONE AND I'M TRYING
TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE
COMING FROM AN HOUR PERSPECTIVE
AS A HUMAN AND AS A CITY
COUNCIL. SO THE SECOND PIECE --
OKAY, THANK YOU. I HEAR YOU.
THANK YOU MR. DEAN, I HEAR YOU,
SECURITY WE ARE GOOD, STAND
BACK, WE DO NOT NEED IT, WE ARE
JUST HAVING CONVERSATION, WE ARE
GOING TO ADD TO THE DIALOGUE AND
NOT THE DYSFUNCTION OR THE
DIVIDE AT ALL. SO GO AHEAD AND
STEP ASIDE, IF YOU JUST STEP
ASIDE, ALL THE WAY BACK, NO
AGGRESSION AT ALL.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> I UNDERSTAND. SO WHERE WE ARE
AT RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS, IF YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO LET US CONTINUE
OUR COUNCIL BUSINESS, I HAVE TO
STEP AWAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND I'M
HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
AFTER COUNCIL, SO WILL YOU LET
US CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS ? WILL
YOU LET US CONTINUE OUR
BUSINESS? WILL YOU LET US
CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS AS A
COUNCIL ? AND I WILL TELL YOU
OUR PLAN AFTER THE MEETING, WILL
YOU LET US CONTINUE OUR
BUSINESS? OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, SO
RIGHT NOW, MR. DEAN, MR. DEAN,
RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING INTO
RECESS, WE ARE GOING INTO A 10
MINUTE RECESS TO COOL IT OUT AND
I WILL SEE IF WE CAN COME BACK.
IF NOT, WE WILL FINISH THE
COUNCIL BUSINESS IN MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH .
>> THANK YOU, WE ARE GOING TO
RETURN BACK AND WITH THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ ,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ,
COUNCILMEMBER LIN ,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES, HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU COME COUNCIL
MEMBERS, WE MIGHT HAVE STARTED A
LITTLE BIT EARLY FROM RECESS,
THEY ARE EXCUSED UNTIL THEY
RETURN AND JUST A BRIEF PIECE
AFTER THIS MEETING FOLLOWING
THIS MEETING, I'M HAPPY TO MEET
WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO, WE
CAN MEET IN THE SAM ROOM TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE AND WE
CAN GET TO A COMMON GROUND,
OKAY? MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONNECT
AND MEET WITH YOU, SO I WILL
WAIT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES TO SEE
IF YOU COME AND MEET WITH ME, AS
LONG AS YOU ARE RESPECTFUL AND
WE CAN HAVE A DIALOGUE AND THAT
IS ALL I WANT, A DIALOGUE I
DON'T WANT TO ADD TO THE
DISCONNECT. OKAY. DOWN HERE,
WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND GO TO
THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND THE SAM
SMITH OFFICE IS RIGHT THERE, SO
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED,
HEARING NO OBJECTION, LET THE
RECORD REFLECT THAT WE ARE
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
OH MY BAD, AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
MY BAD. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, ALL NINE OF
US, SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION
, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. WE
ARE GOING TO NOW CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS
OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE
THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 6, 2028,
121148, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS,
ANY ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR
?
>> COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA JUAREZ,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS , COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE FIX THE
MINUTES AND CONSENT ON MY
BEHALF, AND PLEASE READ THE NEXT
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
FLOODPLAINS, 10th EXTENSION OF
INTERIM REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED
BY ORDINANCE 126113, AND AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 126536, FOR
AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS, TO
ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO RELY ON
UPDATED NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
RATE MAPS TO OBTAIN FLOOD
INSURANCE THROUGH THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY'S
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE
THE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS THE 10th
EXTENSION OF OUR INTERIM
FLOODPLAINS REGULATIONS , AND
MANY OF YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE
WITH THESE THAN I DO BECAUSE OF
THE MANY EXTENSIONS GOING BACK
TO 2020, BUT JUST FOR THE
PUBLIC, THESE ARE REQUIRED, SO
THAT FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO GET
FLOOD INSURANCE INCLUDING
HOMEOWNERS AND MY COMMITMENT AS
LAND-USE CHAIR IS THIS WILL BE
THE LAST EXTENSION BEFORE WE
DEVELOP FINAL REGULATIONS THAT
WILL BRING FORWARD SO THAT WE
CAN STOP WITH THESE INTERIM
EXTENSIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM OTHERS?
ABSOLUTELY, I UNDERSTAND.
>> USING ENERGY FOR THE
FLOODPLAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS TO ADD TO THIS ? WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ,
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ,
COUNCILMEMBER LIN ,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ,
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? NINE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? NO
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR AND NOT A RESOLUTION
FOR INTRODUCTION OR ADOPTION
TODAY, ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME TO THE COUNCIL
?
>> YES, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, I WOULD
LIKE TO PLEASE BE EXCUSED FROM
NEXT WEEK'S COMMITTEE BECAUSE I
HAVE AN ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT
I WILL BE ATTENDING.
>> THANK YOU, ANY OBJECTIONS?
YOU ARE EXCUSED, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
>> THANK YOU, SAME REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED NEXT WEEK AND I HAVE
ANOTHER TOPIC IN JUST A SECOND.
>> ANY OBJECTIONS? YOU ARE
EXCUSED COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
SECOND TOPIC.
>> WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE
WILL HAVE CITY ACTION DAYS, I'M
NOT SURE IF ANYBODY IS ABLE TO
ATTEND, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
YOU JOIN, NOW MY SECOND TOPIC,
DURING YESTERDAY'S BRIEFING, I
DISCUSSED THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSING
DEVELOPER, WE ARE STILL ON TRACK
TO HAVE THAT NEXT TUESDAY, HEARD
IN THE FINANCE AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE, I HAVE
REQUESTED TO HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS
ON IT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT
BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFIRM AND
RATIFY CLAUSE IN THE
LEGISLATION, WHEN WE SPOKE
YESTERDAY I WAS STILL OPERATING
UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE
NEEDED 30 DAYS PASSAGE AHEAD OF
TIME SO I WAS OPERATING ON A
TIGHTER TIMELINE THAN WHAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE AND I THINK IT'S
BETTER TO HAVE EVERYONE COME UP
TO SPEED THAN TO JUST RUSH
THROUGH IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
? THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL, THIS IS JUST A
REMINDER, ANYONE WHO WANTED TO
SPEAK DURING THIS, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS FOR COMING DOWN, IT
IS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT
TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST EVERY
SINGLE TIME, SO THANK YOU ALL
FOR COMING DOWN, THAT IS
SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO
UPHOLD AND PROTECT AT THIS
COUNCIL, I ALSO ASK THAT YOU LET
US DO THE BUSINESS OF THE BODY
AS WELL. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO
MEET WITH ANYONE AT ANY TIME AS
I TOLD JONATHAN BEFORE, I WAKE
UP AT 5:00 AND I'M NOT GOING TO
TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TIME I
LEAVE THE OFFICE, USUALLY AROUND
8:00 OR 9:00 P.M. EVERY DAY,
THEY ALL WORK INCREDIBLY HARD
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT, BUT
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET
WITH THE FOLKS IN THE SAM SMITH
ROOM AFTER THIS TO DISCUSS WHAT
THEIR DEMANDS ARE. I READ THE
LETTER AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY
TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION. SO RIGHT NOW IS
THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? IT
IS 3:33 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.