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Anti-police protesters awarded $680,000 after SPD arrests labeled 'retaliatory'

Four protesters arrested for writing anti-police graffiti outside the Seattle Police precinct at the center of the Black Lives Matter protest have been awarded $680,000 by a federal jury.
- Stephen Howie
Seattle doles out $10 million to settle 2020 protest injury claims

The Seattle City Attorney and lawyers for more than 50 people who say they were injured while protesting police violence in 2020 have reached a $10 million settlement.
- Amy Radil
Producer picks: Seattle on the stage and in the toy box

In the spirit of thankfulness: Soundside is going to revisit some of our favorite segments from over the last year, and the hardworking producers who make Soundside will be making the picks.
- Mike Davis
Driver sentenced for 2020 fatal collision with protesters on I-5
- Paige Browning
Fake tombstone and Trump flag renew questions about Seattle police culture

The mother of a man who died in an encounter with Seattle police said she hopes the city will “get to the bottom” of why a fake tombstone with his name turned up in a recently released bodycam video. Meanwhile the city’s Community Police Commission says SPD Chief Adrian Diaz has agreed to attend the group’s meeting next Wednesday to answer questions about the 2021 video, which showed the tombstone and a Trump 2020 banner in a police break room.
- Amy Radil
Seattle museum celebrates Black history, honors Juneteenth

Over the weekend, the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle will host a series of Juneteenth celebrations, highlighting a variety of events, talks, and activism in the city celebrating the nation's newest federal holiday.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Friday Headlines

Seattle buildings could get greener, Molly Moon's sues Seattle over CHOP, and community court comes to an end.
- Andy Hurst
Molly Moon's Ice Cream sues Seattle over revenue losses during and after CHOP

The Seattle-based boutique ice cream company, Molly Moon’s, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Seattle. The suit is over alleged revenue losses during and after the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, also known as CHOP, in 2020.
- Natalie Akane Newcomb
Fred Meyer, QFC workers can wear Black Lives Matter buttons, judge says

A union that represents more than 50,000 grocery store, retail, and other workers is celebrated a victory Friday, after a judge agreed with them and said they can wear their union-sponsored Black Lives Matter buttons at work.
- KUOW Staff
Black-led farming program in Seattle is being asked to uproot

Nurturing Roots is a Black led community farm that started in 2016 that’s based in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. It’s a group that’s also urged city leaders to put more land in the hands of Black farmers.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

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