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Here at the We Want to Live March for Black Lives at Othello Park. Lots of big church energy here as Pastor Harvey Drake calls for a “season of catalytic change” in the city and across the country. Thousands here, I’d guess. Haven’t seen much in the way of enforcement.
After speakers, plan is to march to Rainier Beach. FYI service is fucked for me at least, so forgive delays.
“Jenny, arrest the cops,” this speaker demands, before suggesting that Durkan resign.
“I’m not going to ask to live, you’re going to let me live,” speaker says, delivering the refrain of the day. (Peaceful crowd is currently on march to Safeway parking lot. Taking advantage of suddenly good service to post vids.)
Before this moment, speaker called for reparations, “Much of what was stolen can never be replaced, like the lives that were taken, our langue, our faith. But you can return a portion of the economic wealth that was stolen from us and placed on our backs.”
A moment of silence, with fists raised, for all black people killed by police. After this, the crowd shouted the names of the dead. Charleena Lyles, George Floyd, Tamir Rice...
At the sound of a horn, children lead the march to the Safeway parking lot in Rainier Beach.
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