Tag Archives: Seattle

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America The Police State: SWAT Raid on Organizers of Occupy Seattle & E4E

Early morning, July 10, SWAT police forced their way into the Seattle apartment of organizers from the Occupy movement. The sleeping residents scrambled...

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An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports

We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day.   We...

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Pregnant Woman Blasted with Pepper Spray by SPD Miscarried

Jennifer Fox was three months pregnant last Tuesday evening when she joined an Occupy Seattle march that stopped at the intersection of 5th...

The Thin Blue Line Between “Necessary Force” and Getting Away With Murder

Reuters is reporting city officials in Seattle, Washington “agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a Native American woodcarver (John Williams) fatally shot by a white cop (Ian Burk) in a confrontation that stoked racial tensions and helped spark a federal probe of Seattle’s police force… The settlement document states that $1.25 million will be paid...