A Seattle ordinance that targeted minorities in the sex industry was repealed. | Morguefile
A Seattle ordinance that targeted minorities in the sex industry was repealed. | Morguefile
The Seattle City Council has repealed a city ordinance it identified as unfairly targeting communities of color in wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
The ordinance targeted regard prostitution loitering, according to a press release from the city of Seattle. The Seattle Reentry Workshop Final Report in 2018 indicated the minorities are more likely to be targets of law enforcement in the commercial sex industry. The city’s attorney office reported there have been no cases filed since the report and it supported the council action.
Three council members, Alex Pederson, Tammy Morales and Andrew Lewis, requested the action, which was unanimous.
“I’ve committed to preventing disproportionate impacts on communities of color by police interactions and this is just one fix to our city laws,” Pederson said in the city press release.
The repeal will help bring relief to a part of Seattle that is high risk to exploitation along with physical and drug abuse.
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