Because everyone has a right to live anywhere they darn well please!
SPOKANE — The city of Spokane faces a second federal lawsuit over its handling of a homeless encampment and demonstration outside city hall last winter.
Attorney Denisa Buljubasic of the nonprofit Center for Justice filed the lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of Richard Dahl, a homeless man who lived in the tent city dubbed “Camp Hope” until police cleared it out in early December. The camp brought together homeless people who protested the city’s lack of shelter space and an ordinance that bans sitting and lying on downtown sidewalks.
The lawsuit names the city and the Spokane Police Department as defendants, as well as Mayor David Condon, police Chief Craig Meidl and police Capt. Dave Singley, who oversaw eviction proceedings.