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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1 teen dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Seattle's CHOP
One man is dead and another in critical condition after a shooting early Monday morning in Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone.
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The CHOP's long goodbye
CHOP, Capitol Hill’s Organized Protest zone in Seattle, is going to end soon. City officials have made that clear. But protesters disagree on how soon the end will come.
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Seattle grocery store workers demand employers get behind Black Lives Matter
Seattle Trader Joe’s employees are pushing for a statement and policy changes in support of Black Lives Matter. Whole Foods employees say they've been punished for wearing Black Lives Matter masks.
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Business owner speaks out about conditions around the CHOP, new lawsuit against Seattle
A group of Capitol Hill residents and business owners worried about the protest zone called the CHOP has filed a lawsuit against the city of Seattle. They say they've suffered harm and financial losses because of the ongoing demonstration. They also say the city actively endorsed and even enabled the protest zone.
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Businesses and residents bring lawsuit against Seattle over CHOP
A group of Capitol Hill business owners and residents have filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle over its handling the area known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.
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A child pepper sprayed, a woman's eye severely injured. Protesters condemn Seattle Police's tactics
The family of a young boy hit with pepper spray and a woman shot in the eye with a rubber bullet are speaking out about the Seattle Police Department's use of crowd control weapons against demonstrators.
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Mayor Durkan: Seattle Police will return to East Precinct in near future
Seattle Police will soon return to the East Precinct, said Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan during a Monday press conference. Police left the precinct on June 8, after days of protests against police brutality.
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Second shooting at night contrasts with Seattle's CHOP by day
Gunfire on Seattle’s Capitol Hill left a 17-year-old youth wounded Sunday night -- the second shooting over the weekend in or near CHOP, the area that’s been a focus of protests over racial injustice.
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A safe space for Black people to center on healing and joy on Juneteenth
Blackout CHOP creates a place to rest, grieve, celebrate, and not hold space for others
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‘American policing dates back to the formation of the slave patrols,’ says former Seattle police chief
Tear gas works, said Norm Stamper, the former police chief of Seattle. It disorients protesters, and causes them to scatter.
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Police to train on intervening in Washington state. ‘You owe it to your partner’
New laws and training in WA are the result of Black Lives Matter marches that have swept the state and country.
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He captured footage of a child pepper sprayed during a Seattle protest. Then he was arrested
Evan Hreha of Seattle recorded a video of a young child reportedly pepper sprayed by police during a protest. A week later, he was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully discharging a laser. He denies those allegations and maintains he was wrongfully arrested.