INSANE Leftists Take Over Hotel With Weapon In Washington, Move Homeless In, Even Hold Hostages

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Seven people were taken into custody on Sunday as law enforcement rushed in and swept the Red Lion Hotel in downtown Olympia filled with a group who attempted to seek pandemic housing in an apparent takeover.

Homeless activists with a group called Oly Housing Now occupied the hotel after advocates booked 17 rooms and demanded Sunday that Thurston County continue to pay for the room with Federal Emergency Management Agency funding.

The group said they paid for one night in the rooms and moved 33 homeless people in and had plans to stay indefinitely.

“We’re just ready to stand our ground. We don’t mean any harm. We actually want this hotel to get business,” said Emma Veite with Oly Housing Now. “So they’re going to get the FEMA funds. And the rooms are going to be occupied by people who need them. So it’s a win-win. The funds are there; the county just has to apply for it.”

At about 11 a.m. Sunday, police said they started receiving calls from hotel employees who said a “mob of people wearing black” with batons and knives had entered the lobby and demanded them to open rooms.

One employee was assaulted while trying to stop part of the mob from entering the lobby while about seven to eight other employees hid in a basement room, police said.

After authorities got a search warrant, police, along with multiple other agencies, entered the hotel to free the trapped employees who remained in the hotel for more than six hours.

After police started sweeping the hotel rooms of the homeless activists’ group, officials released a statement and said employees reported that some members of the group were armed with hatchets, batons, knives and had gas masks, helmets and goggles; the group also appeared to be in preparation for a confrontation.