Washington residents threatened after naming open businesses, as protesters gather at Capitol to assail coronavirus closures
OLYMPIA, Wash. — As demonstrators of Washington’s stay-at-home order to slow the new coronavirus converged Saturday on the Capitol campus to again protest the restrictions, opposition has taken a darker turn online.Two Facebook pages this week posted names, emails and phone numbers of state residents who had complained to the state about businesses allegedly violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order. Some of the complainants say the Facebook posts have generated threats of violence and harassment against them.One group publicizing the names, the Washington Three Percenters, has promoted t...
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