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  KUOW Newsroom

  Seattle City Council votes to cut police staffing and salaries

  The Seattle City Council has voted to cut SPD staffing and salaries. They say they’re making these changes in response to weeks of protests against systemic racism and police brutality.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Former Seattle foster child reflects on the end of the youth jail: 'This brings me to tears'

  Jasmine Jarrell says she was sent to the King County youth jail multiple times for leaving foster care placements. She says detention is no place for kids.
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  ‘Definitely is the same fight:' Two Garfield High grads talk two eras of civil rights protests

  This conversation is part of our Beyond the Protest series, led by people involved in the struggle for social justice, from different generations and viewpoints, from protesters to police.
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  Friday politics: Money flows into a campaign, and Seattle police budget cuts head toward vote

  The primary election is Tuesday. And one race getting lots of attention, and lots of money, is the contest for state Senate in the 5th District centered around Issaquah. It's a fight between two Democrats that so far has seen more than $1.2 million raised.
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  Race and justice in journalism, with Nikole Hannah-Jones

  The 1619 Project is a New York Times undertaking led by reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones. It was launched in 2019, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Black people in America.
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  Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'

  Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

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  'Change Can Happen': Black Families On Racism, Hope And Parenting

  In wake of George Floyd's killing and the Black Lives Matter protests, conversations about race in America have a new urgency. Here's how Black parents are having 'the talk' with their children today.

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  These are the people who face criminal charges in Seattle after the protests

  Local prosecutors say they have no plans to charge nonviolent protesters, but are moving forward with roughly 20 cases involving firearms, burglaries and assaults.
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  'What Summer set their mind to do, Summer did.' Family of killed protester speaks out

  Summer Taylor was killed early Saturday when a person drove their car into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters on Interstate 5 near downtown Seattle. Taylor’s family says Summer was a determined, passionate supporter of the movement and want Summer to be remembered as an ally of Black lives.
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  NYC Begins Painting Black Lives Matter Mural In Front Of Trump Tower

  President Trump derided the mural plan last week, saying it would be "denigrating this luxury Avenue" and antagonize the city's police as "a symbol of hate."

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