SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for a man forced to sleep outside after Seattle police had the truck he was living in towed are asking the Washington Supreme Court to declare such impoundments unlawful. Steven Long was living in his pickup truck in 2016 when police warned him that he had parked it illegally in a city-owned, gravel lot. When he failed to move it within a week, the truck, which contained his tools and belongings, was impounded and he was fined $547. His lawyers told the justices Thursday that violated the state Constitution and homestead law. The city argues that while homelessness is an urgent problem, it must be allowed to enforce its parking laws.
Washington justices weigh towing of vehicles of homeless
