The incident happened on February 10th. Akey, along with Burien Mayor Kevin Schilling, are responding to the video.
BURIEN, Wash. — A Feb. 10 confrontation between Burien City Council Member Linda Akey and people planning to sleep in tents outside her condo building is the latest issue surrounding homelessness in the city of a little more than 50,000.
Two videos, recorded by an unhoused individual and given to KING 5 by a community activist, show Council Member Akey telling the group “You are trespassing if you’re up against the building.” She goes on to repeat twice “I have authority,” before telling a man “I live here
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