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Residents urge action after downtown attack; others urge caution as council hears competing views on motive and tree canopy concerns
Summary
Public comment at Renton’s council meeting included testimony about a violent attack on a trans woman and calls for queer protections, a resident urging restraint on labeling the incident a hate crime, and concerns about downtown tree loss tied to park renovations.
Residents told the Renton City Council on Tuesday about a recent violent attack near the downtown transit center and raised other neighborhood concerns, prompting a mix of calls for policy change and for caution.
Gabriel Diaz told the council a trans woman was “brutally beaten, stomped, and choked by 3 teens and 1 adult” near the downtown metro station and said all four suspects have been arrested. He said attackers shouted homophobic and transphobic slurs during the assault and urged the council to adopt or enforce queer protections in response. "When the people in the community are telling you something is needed, it is not your job... to sell us that we don't need it,"…
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