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Resident alleges city staff kicked tents, photographed encampment belongings
Summary
Ian Cordova Morales told the council a member of the city manager's staff entered a protest encampment at Old City Hall, opened tents and photographed occupants' property; speakers said they have video and sought council follow-up and investigation.
Ian Cordova Morales, president of the local advocacy group Where Do We Go?, told the council that on Oct. 1 a member of the city manager's staff entered a protest encampment at Old City Hall and opened tents while taking photographs of personal property. "She took pictures of my property without my permission. She violated my privacy," Cordova Morales said, adding that the group has video of the incident and urged the council and new city manager to follow up.
Mayor Jesse Arreguin asked to see the video and requested Cordova Morales send it to the city for follow-up. Civil-rights attorney Andrea Henson, who said she had reviewed the footage, described the staff action as using "law enforcement tactics" and warned that if staff kicked occupied tents it could constitute battery. "As long as I've been doing this, I've never seen police go to tents and kick to see who was inside," Henson said, and she said she planned to advise affected people about administrative and legal remedies.
