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The city of Seattle experienced protests over the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and 2021. Beginning on May 29, 2020, demonstrators took to the streets throughout the city for marches and sit-ins, often of a peaceful nature but which also devolved into riots.
Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district on a steep hill just east of Seattle's downtown business district, known for its prominent LGBT and counterculture communities and its vibrant nightlife. The Seattle Police Department had been protested against in the past.
Seattle police on Union Street, during the protests. That morning, the King County Sheriff's Office and Seattle Police Department fired pepper spray, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades [18] at protesters at several intersections in an attempt to reopen the blocked streets and allow as many WTO delegates as possible through the blockade. [19]
The killing of Jaahnavi Kandula (1999 – January 23, 2023) occurred in Seattle, Washington on January 23, 2023, when Seattle Police Department officer Kevin Dave hit her in his police vehicle as she crossed the street in a marked crosswalk.
The Seattle City Attorney’s Office later issued Dave a $5,000 citation for negligent driving. City prosecutors said Dave was driving as fast as 74 mph (119 kph) on a street with a 25-mph (40 kph ...
Seattle today is physically similar to the Seattle of the 1960s, while the demographics have begun to shift over time. It is still filled with single-family households, with whites making up 64.9% of the population (down from a high of 91.6% in 1960), Asians 16.3%, two or more races 8.8%, Black 6.8%, and Hispanic 7.2%.
The accident happened at 10:17 a.m., the airport announced on X, with the taxiing plane’s wing striking the tail of the parked Delta plane as it passed. No injuries were reported in the crash. X ...
Seattle Athletic Club organized. [13] Seattle Theatre opens. [14] Curtis & Guptil photographers in business. [15] 1894 – The Argus newspaper begins publication. The Seattle Republican daily newspaper beings publication [16] 1895 – Seattle General Hospital established. 1898 – U.S. assay office opens. [17] 1899 The Seattle Star newspaper ...