Uh oh, they're mostly used by African and middle eastern immigrants, so it's obviously race why they want them closed.
more: Seattle unveils crackdown on hookah lounges The Seattle Times
Seattle unveils crackdown on hookah lounges
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Monday the city was taking steps to shut all 11 of the city’s hookah bars, the indoor smoking lounges that public officials say are operating illegally and that recently drew attention after the fatal shooting of Donnie Chin in the Chinatown International District.
Murray, emotional at times, acknowledged it took too long for him to act on a problem that existed before he took office in 2014.
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He said he became intimately aware of the issue when he met last year with a mother whose son was fatally shot outside a hookah lounge in the International District.
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