Beacon Lights: A Beacon Hill Blog
Sabotage, Seattle Style
Andrea and Erica
I met Andrea Suarez December 7, 2020, when she and a friend came to Lewis Park on the tip of Beacon Hill. I connected with We♥Downtown on Facebook and saw a post about the event at Lewis Park. Along with Andrea and Bryan, two dozen members of the Seattle Latino Hiking Club arrived independently, besides hiking, they clean parks in King County. That weekend it was Lewis.
Since, I’ve volunteered with what’s now called We♥Seattle, doing work the city dropped due to COVID and politics. There’d been a lot of illegal dumping, casual litter, and debris around camps in public places, ignoring it only made it worse for everyone, including homeless people. The City Council killed the Navigation Team as it was involved in sweeps, relocations, cleanups, whatever you want to call them. Organizations like the Green Seattle Partnership stalled, layoffs at Parks hindered basic maintenance. I saw in We
Man arrested in 2020 Seattle protest zone killing
July 13, 2021 GMT
SEATTLE (AP) A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a young man last year in Seattle’s temporary Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, police said.
Seattle officers and U.S. Marshals arrested Marcel Long, 19, in the Seattle suburb of Des Moines on Monday, The Seattle Times reported.
Police had identified Long shortly after the killing of Lorenzo “Lil Renz” Anderson on June 20, 2020, and learned Long had fled the state, court documents filed in August said. He had been wanted on a $2 million arrest warrant since then.
Seattle CHOP zone murder suspect arrested over a year after fatal shooting washingtonexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Washington man arrested in murder of 19-year-old in Seattle s CHOP zone last year foxnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foxnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wednesday Marks 1 Year Since Seattle's CHOP Formed - Seattle, WA - The three-week occupied protest emerged after Seattle police abandoned the East Precinct. One year later, some questions remain unanswered.