Left-wing militants turn WA motel into a squatter house, Police Chief refuses to take action

On Christmas Eve, left-wing militants booked sixteen rooms at a motel in Fife, Washington. Then they filled the rooms with forty people they claim are homeless. The occupants have never paid for a single night and are refusing to leave. The left-wing militants have been demonstrating in front of the motel, which prevents any paying customers from booking a room. The leader of the group, who goes by “Arrow,” is demanding that the entire motel be turned into free public housing.

The motel is owned by Shawn Randhawa, an immigrant from India who employs ten people. It is a franchise of Travelodge. The actions of these militants threaten to put Randhawa’s motel out of business and his ten employees out of work. The motel, like most other motels and hotels in the USA, is already hurting because of lockdown measures during 2020.

The local police Chief Pete Fisher has flat out refused to take action. In fact, Chief Fisher told the local Channel 7 News that there was “a silver lining” to the illegal squatting. He said that forty people are squatting in the motel, so now the community knows who needs help. City Manager Kim says she allegedly negotiating with the militants. Local media are aggressively portraying the militants as benevolent community activists.