Harsher punishments could face those attacking people sleeping outdoors
A new protective measure for Seattle’s streets might be on its way. In response to the growing number of violent attacks on homeless individuals nationally, the Seattle Human Rights Commission is looking to revise the city’s current malicious harassment ordinance to include the homeless as a protected population.
If the commission succeeds, any individual who has allegedly targeted someone who is homeless would be charged with malicious harassment as an additional, separate crime. ...