Seattle City Council votes to repeal loitering laws, but groups say much more is needed

Two years after a workgroup convened by the city recommended that Seattle drop its drug traffic and prostitution loitering laws, the Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously voted to strike the ordinances from the books.  Seattle City Council members celebrated the Monday vote as a step away from a criminal justice system that disproportionately targets people of color, but community groups and public defenders are now asking city leaders to take a step further and decriminalize most […]