Mayor John Whitmire proposed an ordinance that would create a distance from homes targeted by protesters, but activists call his rhetoric dangerous and 'an extension of a personal vendetta.'
Houston Mayor John Whitmire is proposing an ordinance to keep protestors 200 feet away from his home, claiming they were paid by Iran.Houston Mayor John Whitmire accused some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators staging outside of his home in recent months of being paid protestors for Iran.
Nishu Siddique, who has been participating in some of the Al-Awda organized protests outside Whitmire's home as a founding member of Houston for Palestinian Liberation, told ABC13 the accusations are not true and that the rhetoric is dangerous. Siddique told ABC13 that if the law passes, the group will set up down the block. She said she feels the ordinance is a personal attack from the mayor.
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