As complaints pour in about police at Seattle protests, city will withdraw request that could lift federal oversight
On the sixth day of major protests in Seattle over the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minnesota, city officials announced Wednesday they would withdraw a request that could have cleared the way to lift eight years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Amanda Snyder)
Hong Kong people defy ban on Tiananmen vigil to honor massacre victims
Tens of thousands of people, candles in hand, descended on a park and other locations across Hong Kong to commemorate China’s massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square 31 years ago, defying the city’s first ban on the vigil, ostensibly due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shouting pro-democracy slogans, they drowned out announcements warning that gatherings of more than eight are illegal in the park and ignored nearby police in hopes of preserving Hong Kong’s fragile freedoms before they are forever gone. Continue reading at The Washington Post. (Justin Chin)
‘We deserve better than this.’ People gather to remember Tacoma’s Manuel Ellis
On the Tacoma corner where Manuel Ellis drew his last breath while being restrained by police, hundreds gathered Wednesday evening to demand justice. It was a vigil the family wanted to hold since the 33-year-old died March 3. They decided it was time after learning the official cause of death — respiratory arrest due to hypoxia due to physical restraint, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office. Continue reading at The News Tribune. (Tony Overman)
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