Reports: Kshama Sawant to represent herself in disorderly conduct trial
Feb 19, 2015, 5:13 PM | Updated: 5:46 pm
Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant has reportedly requested to represent herself in a disorderly conduct trial.
Q13 reports Sawant’s bail was exonerated during arraignment Thursday afternoon. She also took part in a minimum wage rally just 15 minutes before her court appearance.
Sawant was among several people arrested in November at Alaska Airlines headquarters in SeaTac during a demonstration protesting the company’s failure to pay workers $15 an hour.
“It’s not about me. It’s about the workers who have been fighting for $15 an hour,” Sawant told KIRO Radio’s Brandi Kruse as she was led away in handcuffs.
Along with Sawant, two other airport workers and a church reverend were arrested during the protest.
KIRO Radio’s Brandi Kruse contributed to this report.
