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Law & Courts

Many protest-related misdemeanors on hold, says Seattle City Attorney

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes: Protest-related cases “have not been given a pass. They have not been declined,” he said. “But we will get to them when the court can handle them.”
Amy Radil
Politics

January 25th | When 'Socialism' stopped being a dirty word

When did 'socialism' change from a dirty word to a popular political movement? Bill Radke speaks to John Judis, author of the new book The Socialist Awakening. Plus, a conversation on assistance for undocumented restaurant workers during the pandemic, and a review of last weekend's protests in Tacoma.
Bill Radke
Politics

Inauguration Day in Seattle closes with protests and police

Inauguration Day in Seattle was marked with a protest Wednesday evening that began at Occidental Park and ended up in x. Demonstrators in black bloc said they were there to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which they tied back to the movement for racial equity and police reform.
Esmy Jimenez
National

Why Didn't The FBI And DHS Produce A Threat Report Ahead of The Capitol Insurrection?

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security wrote detailed threat assessments before Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, but offered only general warnings before the events on Jan. 6.
Dina Temple-Raston
National

About 20,000 National Guard Members To Deploy For Inauguration, Officials Say

"I think you can expect to see somewhere upwards of beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia," D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said.
Brakkton Booker
Politics

State Capitols Tighten Security Amid Threat Of Armed Protests Ahead Of Inauguration

The FBI is warning of protests and potential violence at all 50 state capitols ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. On Wednesday, Trump urged that there be no violence of any kind.
Greg Allen
Politics

How Police Handled Pro-Trump Mob Compared With Protesters For Black Racial Justice

The way police handled Wednesday's onslaught showed that "some people are ... given certain kinds of leeway or space, and other people are not," says African American studies professor Eddie Glaude.
Steve Inskeep
National

States Also See Protests — And Angry Responses — to D.C. Violence

While local police reported some arrests, many of the rallies remained peaceful.
Martin Kaste
Politics

Trump Supporters Clash With Police, Storm Capitol Building

The president addressed the crowd gathered to protest Biden's win and afterward, his supporters pushed past barriers onto the Capitol grounds. Armed police rushed in to tackle them.
Marisa Peñaloza
World

Chinese Court Sentences 10 Hong Kong Democracy Activists To Prison Terms

The activists were intercepted as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat. Two people accused of organizing the trip got the stiffest penalties, two and three years in prison.
Bill Chappell

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