There have been a couple of different civil rights issued raise over the course of the COVID-19 saga. Trying to keep up with which rights are under assault currently is nearly impossible, and I believe that is intended. It is intended to wear you down and out and get you to simply submit and comply. But, we refuse to do so, and we've even been able to push back a bit here and there.
This section is designed to arm you with the resources you need to know and understand your rights under the law. Tyrants, while they have no problem in simply violating whichever laws they see fit, also depend on public ignorance of the law to make their efforts easier. Far too often we know that our rights are being violated, but we lack the legal knowledge to show that fact beyond a few Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. Don't get me wrong, knowing those and that document as a whole is vital, but we need to be more fully equipped than that.
Nearly every single right that is broadly protected by our Federal and State Constitutions are also protected in greater detail through Federal and State Statutes. By becoming more familiar with these we will have far more successful interactions with people when standing on our civil rights. We may not always be able to win the battle in that moment for any given encounter, but at least we will know how to conduct ourselves, according to law, so that we might be able to win the war.
This section is a work in progress and will be rather dynamic as different assaults to our freedoms materialize. The files available below provide some good starter information, and we will be building up this section with more resources shortly.
RCW 49.60 is "Washington's law against discrimination." The first four sections of this chapter define and explain the civil rights you enjoy when you engage in public activity. It is important to know how the law defines "public," especially when it comes to businesses.
In a nutshell, any business where you can walk in off the street and utilize the goods or services, in exchange for money or not, is considered a "public accommodation." Under this law, members of the public who are there to legitimately transact business have the right ("privilege") to be there. And by this law, the owner/manager of that business cannot deny you service.
RCW 9A.52 setions 070-090 and 105-115 specifically deal with trespassing, and make very clear that you must be someplace "unlawfully" in order to be cited or removed. Section 010 defines that as: "A person "enters or remains unlawfully" in or upon premises when he or she is not then licensed, invited, or otherwise privileged to so enter or remain."
Crossreferencing with RCW 49.60, and by the definitions in that statute and this one, if you are in a business that is a public accommodation, you cannot be trespassed unless you are breaking some other law. Contrary to popular belief, the business does NOT have the right to refuse service for any reason.