01.11.15
On Saturday, January 10th, #Blacklivesmatter protesters calling for police accountability marched from Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park to the King County Youth Detention Center at 12th and Alder in the Central District. The march was organized by an activist group called Women of Color for Systemic Change, and remained entirely peaceful without arrests or other incidents. The march shut down several intersections along Rainier avenue south and elsewhere where protesters discussed broader institutional racism and more specific issues such as gentrification in Seattle and the proposed construction of a new 210 million dollar Youth Detention Center. Many bystanders raised their hands or fists in solidarity with the march. Below are photos taken at the event.
Later that day at Century Link Field where the Seattle Seahawks played the Carolina Panthers, several #Blacklivesmatter protesters hung a banner inside the stadium which said “the 12th man can’t breathe.” See Alex Garland‘s photograph of the moment here.
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Josh Kelety covers yesterday’s #BlackLivesMatter protest in Seattle.