Jul 26, 2020at8:11 amByThe mood was festive. It was the night of Juneteenth in the CHOP, the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, and people were celebrating.And then, at 2:19 a.m., the sound of gunshots.Horace Lorenzo Anderson Jr., 19, had been shot multiple times. People in the CHOP carried him into a medic tent in this cop-free zone, where volunteers tended to him as they waited for Seattle Fire medics to arrive. But when police arrived 20 minutes later, to clear the area for an ambulance to get through, Anderson was gone. The street medics had given up waiting and transported him in...…Jul 26, 2020at8:11 amByThe mood was festive. It was the night of Juneteenth in the CHOP, the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, and people were celebrating.And then, at 2:19 a.m., the sound of gunshots.Horace Lorenzo Anderson Jr., 19, had been shot multiple times. People in the CHOP carried him into a medic tent in this cop-free zone, where volunteers tended to him as they waited for Seattle Fire medics to arrive. But when police arrived 20 minutes later, to clear the area for an ambulance to get through, Anderson was gone. The street medics had given up waiting and transported him in...WW…

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Tuesday proposed a budget that would reduce the city's police spending by $20 million through the end of the year.That's roughly a 5% reduction from the $409 million originally allocated to the Seattle Police Department for 2020.The funding cut is part of a larger effort to balance the city's budget that has suffered under the pandemic. But further cuts could be considered as city officials look ahead to the 2021 budget. Seattle is facing a more than $300 million budget shortfall for 2020. These dollars were used to buy face masks, and to cover Covid-19 testing...…Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Tuesday proposed a budget that would reduce the city's police spending by $20 million through the end of the year.That's roughly a 5% reduction from the $409 million originally allocated to the Seattle Police Department for 2020.The funding cut is part of a larger effort to balance the city's budget that has suffered under the pandemic. But further cuts could be considered as city officials look ahead to the 2021 budget. Seattle is facing a more than $300 million budget shortfall for 2020. These dollars were used to buy face masks, and to cover Covid-19 testing...WW…

All hell broke loose on Monday when someone popped open a magenta umbrella.They held it over the metal barrier that divided Seattle police from thousands of protesters on Capitol Hill.The tactic is reminiscent of an approach people in Hong Kong — protesting for increased democracy — used last year to shield themselves against mace.In response, a Seattle Police officer grabbed the umbrella, and pulled it down, as another officer unleashed mace onto the crowd, multiple video accounts from Monday show.oh really? you want a link to the stream where the huge chunk prior to this moment was 100%...…All hell broke loose on Monday when someone popped open a magenta umbrella.They held it over the metal barrier that divided Seattle police from thousands of protesters on Capitol Hill.The tactic is reminiscent of an approach people in Hong Kong — protesting for increased democracy — used last year to shield themselves against mace.In response, a Seattle Police officer grabbed the umbrella, and pulled it down, as another officer unleashed mace onto the crowd, multiple video accounts from Monday show.oh really? you want a link to the stream where the huge chunk prior to this moment was 100%...WW…