A number of elected Spokane leaders have issued a statement strongly opposing the presence of armed individuals during protests in downtown Spokane.
The statement, which is signed by a number of officials including Mayor Nadine Woodward, City Council President Breean Beggs and Senator Andy Billing, reads as follows:
“We, as elected leaders from the Spokane community, declare that we oppose the presence of armed vigilantes’ roaming the streets of our city.