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  Family of 16-year-old killed in CHOP zone alleges Seattle’s failings enabled a 'state-created danger'

  The family of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr., who was shot and killed amid Seattle's racial justice protests in 2020, filed a tort claim on Monday alleging that city leadership should have recognized its failures to provide legally obligated medical, police, and emergency services to protestors demonstrating in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone.

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  Former Seattle police chief admits deleting texts in wake of 2020 Capitol Hill protest

  Two years ago, the Seattle Police Department abandoned the Capitol Hill East Precinct, leading to the creation of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP). At the time, former Police Chief Carmen Best distanced herself from that decision. Whether Best approved the move remains an open question that is difficult to answer due to missing text messages. In a deposition obtained by Axios, Best said she deleted texts she sent during the 2020 protests.
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  Ottawa declares a state of emergency over truckers' growing anti-government protests

  The mayor called the situation "the most serious emergency our city has ever faced." Police are ramping up enforcement as the standoff continues.

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  Decades later, a collection of photographs is filling in the corners of Washington's Latino history

  Irwin Nash photographed the living and working conditions of workers in the Yakima Valley during the height of the United Farm Workers' Movement. Thanks to technology, his photos are bringing that story to the forefront today.
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  Fake SPD radio transmissions during 2020 protests ‘added fuel to the fire’

  ‘If there's anything else out there around the Seattle protests, let's get it out. Let’s get to the rock bottom of what happened, and that rock bottom is also a good place to build a new foundation.’
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  HIV activists have a history of outrageous energy. COVID protesters hope to match it

  A small number of health workers are protesting for global vaccine equity. Their demonstrations echo the call for equal distribution of HIV medications decades ago — but there are key differences.

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  Seattle Police evacuation of East Precinct broke no laws or policy, oversight agency says

  On June 8, 2020, protesters outside of Seattle Police’s East Precinct saw officers and staff evacuating the building. At the time, it wasn’t clear who made the call to pull out, and blame for the decision was leveled against former police chief Carmen Best and other ranking officers.

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  Seattle police should change their response to protestors after tension last summer, report says

  "This review found that a lot of the things that the police did in response actually inflamed the protests."
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Jenny Durkan on the decision to leave East Precinct, and those missing texts

  Homelessness, economic recovery, policing – these issues don’t wait for an election. They’re being addressed – or not, depending on your perspective – in real time.
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  We know who made the call to leave Seattle Police’s East Precinct last summer, finally

  Recall June 2020. George Floyd has been murdered by police in Minneapolis, and the video of his death is so shocking that people across the nation pour onto the streets in protest. In Seattle, demonstrators face off with police at their outpost in the freewheeling Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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