Protests: Eyewitness accounts, taking a knee, legacy of racism

Escalation without provocation “As George Floyd protests continue in Seattle area, one turns chaotic on Capitol Hill” [June 1, Northwest] mischaracterized the scale and sequence of events in my neighborhood. The Seattle Police Department’s tear-gassing wasn’t simply “disproportionate”; it was brutal, indiscriminate and persistent. I heard continuous explosions for 15 long minutes, and poison gas […]