Occupy Seattle: Community college OK with camp

Published 7:41 pm Saturday, October 29, 2011

SEATTLE — Organizers of Occupy Seattle say Seattle Central Community College will tolerate protesters camping on campus.

Occupy Seattle released a memo attributed to SCCC president Paul Kilpatrick saying that legal ambiguities allow the encampment.

The college’s administration had previously warned against camping on campus, saying it would disrupt students and a farmer’s market. They had said they could call authorities.

An email to a college spokeswoman was not immediately returned Saturday.

Occupy Seattle plans to move its camp from Westlake Park to the college on Saturday, followed by a Halloween party.