This is reporter Casey Martin @caseyworks out following a Black Lives Matter/ Seattle Evening March through South Lake Union. Speakers at Cascade Park, where march began, said they're just as dissatisfied with a Biden win as they'd be if Trump is re-elected.
"Shut it down," the crowd chants as we near the intersection of Fairview and Denny Way.
Another large group joins this march to big applause. A couple hundred people now heading north on Westlake. I've seen maybe 2 bike police. #seattleprotests
As the march continues through South Lake Union, full of sleek new office buildings, one speaker says they remember this all being wearhouses. "We need that money in the Black community," they say.
Marchers, encircled by dozens of escort cars and the bike brigade, block the main intersection of Westlake and Mercer.
@caseyworks As another group joins, Seattle Police are close behind ordering people to clear the intersection or be arrested. Police in the front have helmets and clubs. #seattleprotests
Very tense as the police are arresting drivers of the escort cars. @SeattlePD threatens to use force and "chemical agents" when arresting. #seattleprotests
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