A city council meeting in Seattle became so unruly with far-left activists that councilmembers had to take several recesses and a handful of people wound up in handcuffs.
On Tuesday, hundreds of activists, many of them wearing face masks, marched outside Seattle City Hall and flooded the chamber inside, demanding that local leaders allocate more resources toward immigrant housing rather than fund "Racist" police equipment.
The protestors included members of far-left groups such as Stop the Sweeps Seattle and Comunidad Sin Fronteras.
As the council attempted to conduct business - such as honoring Washington's first black state senator - activists continued to disrupt the proceedings, shouting loudly and banging on the windows with such force that some feared they might break.
Following the incident, the city council released a statement, reiterating that immigrants were not to blame for the ruckus.
"To be clear - that disturbance was caused by a group of protesters and not refugees, who the City of Seattle has been working with to provide shelter," the statement read in part.
The office of Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell told Choe that the city "Will pay for a temporary stay of three additional weeks ... at a hotel in response to the homeless migrants that requested assistance in Seattle."
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