19 arrested in ‘black lives matter’ protest on Highway 99
Source: Seattle Times
Posted by Beth Kaiman
The Seattle Police Department says it arrested 19 people in a protest Monday against police brutality that shut down Aurora Avenue North in the South Lake Union neighborhood and sent one officer to the hospital.
Police say one demonstrator assaulted an officer, who was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. The officer was discharged from the hospital by Monday evening.
Police had to saw through pipes locking demonstrators arms together on northbound Highway 99, north of Mercer Street, before an approximately two-hour closure starting at Thomas Street could end at around 4:30 p.m. A group of at least 50 people on the roadside sang songs about freedom and justice for Michael Brown, an unarmed black man whose death in a Ferguson, Mo., police shooting has sparked a national movement. Several drivers on Mercer Street and southbound Highway 99 honked in support of demonstrators who waved signs reading Black Lives Matter.
Traffic on southbound Highway 99 was temporarily blocked as well.
FULL story at link.
Seattle police officers cut apart tubing connecting protesters on Aurora Avenue North. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
Read more: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2015/01/black-lives-matter-protesters-block-traffic-in-south-lake-union/
840high
(17,196 posts)of peace and rememberance. I miss MLK.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)It was a heck of a first protest/march for me. Unfortunately, I think one or two of my group got arrested :/ Nevertheless, we did manage to shut down I-5 for a bit! The protesters that were arrested should hopefully be bailed out, but we'll see. Thank goodness no one got seriously hurt, beyond a bit of pepper spray...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026108905
Alkene
(752 posts)I've never really understood how forcing commuters to be stuck on the bus or in their cars for hours on end helps to rally support for socio-political causes.
It sure gets attention, but one may not exactly generate the kind of awareness that one would hope.