Directors of the Capitol Hill Pride March announced Friday that their event scheduled for this weekend will take place despite not being permitted by the city’s special events office.
According to the event’s directors, the march is not being permitted because the Seattle Police Department has declined to provide traffic control, citing low staffing levels.
“We are stunned as we have been always [been] informed by the city that police are required to provide traffic control for marches per Seattle code 11.25.110 which requires police to conduct traffic control for safety,” said Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson, directors of Capitol Hill Pride, in a statement. “And even with low
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