The retired FBI agent who protesters have been lobbying to have brought back onto the ongoing investigation into the 2017 slaying of a Humboldt State University sophomore is disputing the implication that he declined the city’s invitation to return.
Protesters effectively shut down Arcata City Council meetings Wednesday and Thursday, occupying city council chambers and disrupting the council’s attempts to impose order with loud clapping and chanting as they continue to demand justice for 19-year-old David Josiah Lawson, who was fatally stabbed at an off-campus party April 15, 2017. The protesters’ primary demand has been consistent: Bring back Tom Parker.