Seattle Protests for Civil Rights
KUOW covers the ongoing protests against police violence that has occurred nationwide and in the Seattle area.
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Seattle police use tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protesters
Black Lives Matter activists have been organizing protests in Seattle for multiple days since the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis. What start out as peaceful protests of racial injustice have ended with police dispersing crowds with multiple non-lethal weapons.
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ACLU: Companies can't fight racism until they see they're upholding it
Seattle-based corporate giant
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Chinatown businesses vandalized — again
It’s been a tough spring for Seattle’s Chinatown International District. Businesses there were hit hard even before the state’s stay at home order. This past weekend stores and restaurants were vandalized and robbed.
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12,000 complaints filed against Seattle Police after weekend of protests
The Seattle Office of Police Accountability says it is processing roughly 12,000 individual complaints made against officers in the wake of the protests over the weekend.
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Attention white people: Your #BLM memes are not enough
Biracial lesbian Mellina White has a few things to say to her good liberal white friends in Seattle.
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Updates: Protests for racial justice in Seattle area
Demonstrations and protests continue in Western Washington
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June 1st | A diversity of tactics at Seattle protests
Thousands of people took to the streets over the police killings and over-policing of Black people in America. We speak with Mayor Durkan, organizers and demonstrators about police escalation of violence at protests in Seattle and Bellevue.
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A peaceful protest in Bellevue alongside looting and destruction
Sirens and helicopters surrounded protesters. Then tear gas was shot into the crowd.
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PHOTOS: Thousands gather in Seattle to protest the police killing of George Floyd
Thousands gathered in Seattle on Saturday to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, as he repeatedly said, ‘I can’t breathe,’ in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
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In Seattle, a protest for George Floyd, and for Black America
Thunder, be damned, and the pandemic, too.
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GEORGE FLOYD UNREST IN SEATTLE: Peaceful protests, violent rioting, and the city's response
A crowd gathered Saturday in downtown Seattle, protesting the death of George Floyd and those of other African Americans at the hands of police.