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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Jayapal goes after Attorney General Barr over federal force against protesters
Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and U.S. Attorney general William Barr had a heated exchange in a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.
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Black Lives Matter, ACLU say Seattle Police violated court order with violence in protests
Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County and the ACLU of Washington are asking a federal judge to hold the city of Seattle in contempt of court over police use of force over the weekend against people protesting racial injustice.
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Lawyers Guild observer believes her group was targeted by police at protest
‘In that moment, I actually honestly thought that they had broken my ankle.’
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Seattle officers apply elsewhere as city leaders consider cutting police department in half
Seattle Police officers are applying to police jobs in other police agencies, according to applications received at police departments in Everett, Federal Way, Renton, and the King County Sheriff's Office.
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Seattle police claimed protesters blocked way to dying man. In fact, miscommunication with Seattle Fire was problem
Shots went off at 2:19 a.m. on a Saturday evening last month in the CHOP, the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone.
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The ACLU of Washington is monitoring the presence of federal agents in Seattle
‘Meeting calls for the end to police brutality and systemic racism with more brutality is not the way to go.’
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More federal agents sent to Seattle. Mayor Durkan says the city wasn't told in advance
The revelations about their presence in the Seattle area come amid an ongoing clash between protesters and federal agents stationed in Portland since earlier this month.
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Protester Diaz Love speaks out about deadly Seattle car ramming and the journey to recovering
Love says they aren't sure what the journey to recovery will look like, but that they intend to get back out onto the front lines of civil rights demonstrations as soon as possible.
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Seattle driver charged in protester's death pleads not guilty, relatives speak out
Dawit Kelete, 27, pleaded not guilty to charges brought against him in connection with an Interstate 5 collision that left one protester dead and another severely injured earlier this month.
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Race matters: Understanding how the Central Area was gentrified
The black population in Seattle fell below 7% for the first time since the 1960s, according to an analysis by the Seattle Times in 2018. And the Central District, which was nearly 75% black back in the 1970s is now only 15% black. Gentrification is one reason, but there’s also another big reason, says Ron Sims, former King County executive, and former deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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King County Metro workers protest racism and pay inequities
Two forces came to a head this week at a protest in downtown Seattle. The economic impact of COVID and systemic racism.
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Federal forces crash the Portland protests
What's going on in Portland? A question nearly everyone would like answered.