"Protect people over predators": a rally cry heard across a Thurston County community Wednesday due to outrage over Washington state's plan to house sex offenders on a property in Maytown, near Tenino. On Wednesday, state officials' plans to move the first offender into the home were postponed. Meanwhile, community members protested outside the property. "We have kids around here," said Kathy Taylor, a protester who lives nearby. "There's a bus stop right across the street... these are sexual deviants, these are not normal people that would say, 'Hey, I shouldn't do that.'" The home will house five "sexually violent predators," as defined by the court: former inmates who have served their sentence and will transition from total confinement at the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island to the home near Tonino. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/sex-offender-housing-delayed-thurston-county/281-336cd02f-d865-4e40-8798-240d483849ce