SEATTLE — Businesses owners and residents gathered in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood to discuss public safety.
Politicians and police fielded their questions at the event organized by the Taproot Theatre Company.
“I think tonight is about listening more than anything. It’s about hearing why it is that this problem exists, why it takes so long to deal with it and how we can deal with it safely,” said event organizer and Taproot Theatre employee Karen Lund.
Monday’s event was billed as a public meeting and drew a capacity crowd but at the last moment, media cameras were not allowed in and the press was asked to exit the theater. That media blackout lasted for 48 minutes, where at that point, reporters were allowed to listen in but not record until the meeting ended at 7:30 p.m.
Inside the town hall, a Seattle Police Department (SPD) lieutenant, Seattle Council Member Dan Strauss, Representative Noel…