A tense moment unfolded at Wednesday’s meeting of the Anchorage Assembly’s Housing and Homelessness Committee when a public testifier accused Assembly Chairman Chris Constant of mouthing “Fuck you” at her moments before her testimony.
Amber Brophy King, an Anchorage resident and vocal critic of the city’s homelessness policies, took to the microphone during the public comment portion of the meeting. As she approached the podium, Chairman Constant was seen leaving the room. Before that, however, video from the official Assembly livestream appears to show Constant turning toward Brophy King and mouthing the insulting profanity.
We have the receipts: A brief clip of the end of her testimony is here, followed by a clip from the municipality’s official video, when Constant mouths the profanity at her. Her full testimony is in a video at the bottom of the page.
Brophy King addressed the incident directly at the end of her remarks, stating on the record:
“I’d like to get one thing more on the record — how unprofessional it was for Mr. Constant to get up and leave while I was speaking, but also how unprofessional it was for him to turn around and mouth ‘F-U’ to me on the floor when I was sitting right there.”
Her main testimony criticized the city’s approach to homelessness, highlighting personal experiences and systemic failures. She described intervening in a drug overdose near the Dimond Center a month ago and being advised by 911 dispatchers to leave the woman and not administer Narcan. She said she saved the woman’s life with Narcan anyway, and an ambulance never came.
Brophy King also referenced a break-in at her home that took Anchorage Police three hours to respond to, citing it as an example of how the city’s response systems have broken down — not only for the housed, but for the homeless population itself. She criticized the Assembly for spending more than $250 million on homelessness with “no real outcomes,” pointing to a rise in tents, overdoses, and crime.
“What we lack is accountability and results,” she said. “Where is the data showing how many people have successfully exited homelessness to regain stability?”
She also accused the city of awarding “lucrative contracts to friends” and failing to implement proven solutions seen in other cities. Calling for a public audit and a uniform standard of enforcement and intervention, she concluded by saying.
“This isn’t just a public safety crisis — it’s an economic, social, and moral one.”
The confrontation with Chairman Constant drew visible reactions from members of the public in attendance, though the committee did not immediately address Brophy King’s claim on the record.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Chairman Constant has not issued a public response regarding the allegation or the video footage.
Alternate view of longer video for those on mobile devices:
The Anchorage Assembly has been under increasing scrutiny over its management of homelessness and public safety, especially with recent proposals involving sanctioned “parking lot” encampments, emergency shelter policy, and contract allocations.
Brophy King’s comments add fuel to a growing chorus of criticism demanding transparency, measurable results, and competent leadership from city officials.
I’m sorry, but I am beating a dead horse. The people we have representing us in this city are disgrace. And we, the people do not show up to vote them out of office. It breaks my heart.
Don’t be sorry, your frustration’s righteous.
.
How do you know for a fact people don’t “show up to vote” when those who count votes work for vermin like what’s pictured?
.
What part of Anchorage’s election process is so free and fair that voters should trust it without question?
.
Remind again why Assembly members forced mail-in voting on residents?
.
Speaking of dead horses, look at that portrait again ..could that be the face of someone who’s known for some time that he doesn’t have to worry about elections because the people who”count” votes work for him?
What an insufferable twit! Anchorage, why do you elect these losers?
Because Anchorage is full of dumb people who either vote these losers in by voting or not voting at all.
All we know about voter turnout, mail-in ballot numbers, and election results is what we’re told by the unelected officials who work for Constant.
Please, never, ever allow any of the Assembly elected be allowed to run for State legislature, what a class of clowns their public perception, decisions, and persona present. Too, same for the voters who allowed these misfits to be elected, guilty by association, one could say.
Constant hates women.
One Quarter Billion dollars.
Nothing will come of this from the Assembly members to discipline Mr. Chairman and expletive pointed at Brophy King. Business as usual in the chamber. Keep sticking it to Assembly, Brophy King. Everything you state is true and factual and Constant has no answer to this as “The Chair” and has to head straight to the gutter as he departs with his tail between his legs.
Mr. Chair, point of order, you are out of compliance, personal attacks are not appropriate nor are gestures made into an “L” with your index finger and thumb (e.g. Loser). The Chair shall come to order or be ejected. Yeah, right. Robert’s Rules of Order apply to thee but not to me.
This hostility must stop people you are mentoring this behavior to our children. We may not agree, but hate breeds nothing more than more hatred.
This is an ethics violation and should be pursued.
If he had said stat to my wife he would need a nose job about now. What a POs. Anchorage your city suckith.
Chris constant you should resign.
Its over Constant, get out, leave already.
Bro is a clown
Looks likes from his appearance that he is self imploding. All disheveled and dressed like he just woke up after an all night bender at the local crackhouse.. Maybe his boyfriend left him or something.
Boy’s still mad ’cause somebody won’t let certain folks of the male persuasion bunk at the women’s shelter and somebody else had chutzpah to call him on it?
.
When your job is to manage on behalf of the electorate and you can’t spare a moment to listen to them on paid company time… and then need to denigrate that same electorate, it’s time for Anchorage voters to say F/U Constant, you POS. You’ve squandered enough money to have proven to everyone that you have no skills in this area beyond a parasite’s attraction to the sixty bones you make doing this. I’m not a fan of it myself but in your case it’s a perfect suggestion; bugger off.