Seattle, Converge Media marks one year since historic 2020 protests
May 31, 2021 at 7:56 am
Demonstrators face off with law enforcement personnel near the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct on June 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
Tear gas, blast balls, and pepper spray. Rocks, bottles, and fireworks. Politics, misinformation, and busted windows. Curfews, bullets, and chaos. Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and hate.
Depending on who you ask, those are the types of impressions you’ll hear the average casual observer give about Seattle protests in 2020. But that barely skims the surface of what happened and why.
It’s a big topic to dig into, and the local independent journalist team that caught all of it will be back on Capitol Hill this week broadcasting live to do just that, and to help those who care reflect on what happened one year ago.