Dozens of protesters in Seattle gathered for a march to the office of the SPOG (Seattle Police Officer's Guild) police union, demanding the city halt any funding for it. As the sun went dark, a truck attempted to run over demonstrators, before being stopped by the SPD who also surrounded the black bloc.
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Dozens of protesters gathered for the weekly Black Action Coalition march for BLM in Seattle, shutting down a major road to demonstrate against the sweep that had occurred earlier in the day, chanting "All Cops Are Bastards!" and "No justice, no peace! Take it to the streets and fuck the police!"
Demonstrators in Seattle gathered in protest of the sweep of Cal Anderson Park by police, attempting to stop the department from destroying the property of the unhoused. Police responded with brutality, causing several injuries and arresting a total of 21 people. Most of the belongings of the unhoused people of the park were seen thrown in dumpsters.
Anarchists and other direct action protesters gathered at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle to protect the homeless community there from being hit by a planned sweep, placing barricades and setting up food stands. An empty house was also occupied, and the city of Seattle ended up calling the sweep off.
Dozens of protesters participated in the everyday Black Lives Matter morning march in Seattle, demanding a 100% cut to the SPD's budget and reinvestment towards the poorer communities of the city. Demonstrators also pursue amnesty for all political prisoners of the George Floyd Uprising and the halting of the construction of a youth jail.
Hundreds of antifascists at the Washington State Capital, Olympia, gathered to counterprotest against the Proud Boys holding a Stop The Steal rally there. Intense hand-to-hand clashes occurred, with fistfights breaking out when the two sides came in contact as well as the use of pepper spray and other repellant gases. Olympia police arrested a Proud Boy member for aiming his […]
Demonstrators in Seattle dropped a banner in solidarity with executed prisoner Brandon Bernard, sentenced in 1999 to a death sentence for the murder of a white couple, with his sentence maintained despite evidence coming out showing that he had not in fact killed the couple. Demonstrators in Seattle dropped a banner in solidarity with executed prisoner Brandon Bernard, sentenced in […]
Hundreds of protesters marched in Seattle for a joint Black Lives Matter & Cancel Rent protest, demanding that all unpaid rent during the pandemic be forgiven due to the economic hardship in the United States. Organizers also demanded the abolition of the Seattle Police Department, well-known for its brutality.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Hazel Dell, greater Vancouver (city north of Portland), where Kevin Peterson was murdered by police, and then marched on a main road to another site. A few dozen Proud Boy counterprotesters gathered, but no confrontations nor injuries from fighting occurred. Protesters briefly stopped to give speeches before resuming the march, with a reduced crowd of […]
Dozens of antifascists gathered for a Smash Fascism protest in Olympia, the Washington state capitol, in which slightly larger amounts of and far more aggressive Proud Boys & Back the Blue supporters gathered to attack them. Brawls with both sides using pepper spray quickly broke out. Shots were fired by a Proud Boy, with a protester injured by the bullet.
Seattle took to the streets in a direct action march on the 180th day of the George Floyd Uprising, appearing to have over 200 people, the largest protest in the city since early November. The police trailed them close behind, but did not make any arrests. The SPD made several announcements regarding the damaging of an ATM, although the threats […]
About 50 demonstrators at Capitol Hill in Seattle gathered to protest against Thanksgiving, smashing up a Starbucks and spray-painting slogans on the sides of businesses such as ‘Fuck the Banks!’. 3 arrests were made as the protest split up in 2 groups. One group of about 15 people went through NE 43rd Street & University Way NE. and another 35 […]
Over 200 protesters marched across Seattle on the 6th of November, demanding the defunding of the Seattle Police Department and the abolition of ICE. The protest included testimonies from many black and Hispanic organizers, and lasted nearly 3 hours. No clashes occurred with police, as there were other demonstrations also occurring in the area.
On the night of November 4th, a small group of protesters gathered to paint in what was the former CHAZ. Police quickly arrived, arresting everyone, and brutally beat a transgender man later misgendered as a woman. He was piled on by 5 police, one of which was actively punching him, and suffered a seizure induced by police. The protester laid […]
Demonstrators in Seattle gathered with an attendance nearing 30 people, in reaction to the attempted Trump coup during the election that night. Protesters were immediately assaulted by the police, with over 15 arrests occurring to elite bike cop units. Demonstrators in Seattle gathered with an attendance nearing 30 people, in reaction to the attempted Trump coup during the election that […]