Tag: black lives matter

October 28, 2020

Halloween Peace Peloton starts in Wallingford and includes fundraising costume contest

Celebrate Halloween in the Peace Peloton Saturday. The ride stages at Wallingford Playfield at noon for some food from the excellent Pam’s Kitchen, then leaves at 2 p.m. for a 12-mile ride to Gas Works Park via Discovery Park. The “Hunter’s Moon Halloweekend Fun-Raisier” ride ends with a fund-raising costume contest at Gas Works. For…
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tagged: black lives matter, peace peloton, wallingford
September 24, 2020

Day after Council votes to slightly reduce police funding, officer rolls bike over person’s head and neck

A Seattle Police officer was caught on video intentionally rolling their police bicycle over the head and neck of a man lying face down in the street last night as people protested the lack of charges against the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. The officer was walking the bike and stepped over the…
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tagged: black lives matter, spd
August 10, 2020

Seattle independent journalists stand together to oppose SPD’s subpoena

We are independent news organizations, editors, reporters, photojournalists, and freelancers working in Seattle, and we are coming together to oppose the Seattle Police Department’s subpoena seeking unpublished photographs and video taken by journalists at the Seattle Times, KIRO 7, KING 5, KOMO 4, and KCPQ 13. This is not the Trump Administration pursuing these subpoenas.…
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tagged: black lives matter, journalism, spd
July 13, 2020

Effort to recall Mayor Durkan passes court hurdle, needs more than 55K Seattle voter signatures

Mayor Jenny Durkan has failed in her basic duty to protest the people of Seattle from a police force under her control. She has lost the confidence of the people, and continues to demonstrate that she is not the leader the city needs right now. A veto-proof majority of City Councilmembers (7 out of 9)…
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tagged: black lives matter, jenny durkan, recall mayor durkan
July 1, 2020

What could traffic enforcement look like with no or fewer armed police? SNG task force wants to find out

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has created a “Re-Imagining Traffic Enforcement Task Force” to research best practices and organize with community to develop ways to enforce traffic safety without or with fewer police and to rethink which traffic laws are keeping people safe in first place. As Yes Segura reported on Seattle Bike Blog last week, police…
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tagged: black lives matter, cathy tuttle, kl shannon, seattle neighborhood greenways
June 25, 2020

Saturday: Peace Peloton rides to support Black-owned businesses

The third Peace Peloton ride meets 10 a.m. Saturday at Central Cafe and Juice Bar in the Central District. At noon, the ride will travel ten miles before ending at Fat’s Chicken and Waffles. If you plan to attend, fill out their RSVP so they can tell businesses how many people to expect. More details…
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tagged: black lives matter, doc wilson, paul tolmé, peace peloton