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Updated: Massive Sweep of Bitter Lake Homeless Encampment Underway

Jonathan Choe
August 26, 2022
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Massive Sweep

Spent most of day covering Bitter Lake homeless encampment removal behind Home Depot and Puetz Golf off Aurora Ave N. This camp was being blamed for tons of crime. Wanna guess where FAR LEFT activists moved homeless? I got details in FULL recap coming up.

Activist Demands

I stuck around Bitter Lake camp way longer than usual because Stop The Sweeps Seattle volunteers threatened a sit in. But they ended up moving on without incident. Look at this list of demands on behalf of homeless.

That’s a Wrap

2 day sweep at massive N.Seattle homeless camp in Bitter Lake now over. @MayorofSeattle says many took shelter options, but more than HALF moved to NEW spots across city. Some RV’s now parked near Jewish cemetery causing new concerns.

Latest Q2 Update

Currently on the dashboard, there are only public stats for “offers of shelter.” But that does not mean the homeless camper took the shelter. And it’s unclear who’s tracking progress. This is the only data point on offers I could find.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.