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'Say Her Name': How The Fight For Racial Justice Can Be More Inclusive Of Black Women

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder of the Say Her Name campaign, about how the Black Lives Matter movement can be more inclusive of Black women.
Mary Louise Kelly

Heidi Glenn
Seattle Now: 'We have to take advantage' of this moment

The movement for equal justice has people in power talking about community-led change. We talk with one organizer and youth mentor who's been trying to wedge through that door for years.
Patricia Murphy
The final days for CHOP — but not the end of a Seattle movement against racism, police violence

Although the area formerly known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) has been dismantled, protesters say the movement fueling the occupation is far from over.
Ashley Hiruko
These are protesters who were injured by Seattle Police in demonstrations for racial justice

Amid Seattle protests against racism and police violence, several stories of people injured by police grabbed our readers' attention. These are their stories.
Liz Brazile

Liz Jones

Isolde Raftery
This street medic was arrested during a Seattle protest, then jailed in isolation because he's transgender

Joaquin Uribe spent two days jailed in isolation after a Seattle Police officer accused him of assault during a protest. Uribe, who sustained multiple injuries during his encounter with the officer, denies those allegations and says it was the officer who escalated things.
Liz Brazile
What Andre Taylor sees, and hopes to prevent, in the CHOP

‘If you are challenging systems because of Black bodies, well, Black bodies have been killed in your area.’
Kim Malcolm

Andy Hurst
A second teen is dead in CHOP shooting. ‘Enough is enough,’ says Seattle Police chief

Protesters say they are not causing the violence and that they’ll stay.
Kim Malcolm

Casey Martin
Law & Courts

Blast balls and projectiles: Seattle police have a history of crowd control criticism

Seattle police officers’ use of blast balls and projectiles drew demands for change. And that was in 2015 and 2016.
Amy Radil
Education

'I can't breathe': A 2nd-grader. A security guard. A Seattle school.

The Seattle School Board has voted to suspend the placement of police in schools in response to police brutality, especially against Black people and children. Security guards, however, far outnumber cops in Seattle schools. Some say the district should also reexamine the way it uses security guards to police student behavior - even in the youngest grades.
Ann Dornfeld
Politics

Seattle City Council readies to cut policing budget

The Seattle Police Department could face a budget cut of 5% this year, but much steeper cuts in 2021. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has asked police and city staff to develop scenarios this month for what it would look like to cut 20%, 30%, and 50%, respectively, of the Seattle Police Department's budget next year.
Amy Radil

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