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Omari Salisbury

2 years

Play Ball! - Here is the trailer to @WWConverge latest film that follows @bookiegates and the @BBBInnerCity Kings and @Mariners legend Dan Wilson as they travel to Mississippi and Alabama with @JohnMPerkins in search of baseball, civil rights, and reconciliation. #WWConverge

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#CHAZ - 9:45am - People in the CHAZ prepare for the day. Picking up trash, portapotty being cleaned, basketball hoop being setup.

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#CHAZ - Protesters departing the CHAZ heading to Madison Park.

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#Update - Finally took that day off you have been telling me to take. Team @WWConverge threw me a BBQ which included Bday cupcakes from @CupcakeRoyale - my bday was June 4th but I was on the barricade and never got to celebrate. Thank you everyone for the LOVE and support!

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#SeattleProtests - Protesters take 5 minutes of silence to observe Summer Taylor’s passing. Phone lights are on and flowers passed out. #WestlakePark

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Praying for our Emerald City and for Humanity.

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#SeattleProtests - As the news of Summer Taylor’s passing earlier today from being hit by a car last night on I-5 makes its way through the protesters many say they are determinded to continue protesting.

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Citing order of @MayorJenny SPD is now giving @WWConverge a final warning to stop broadcasting or face arrest. Our offices are right next door to the East Precinct. This is where we broadcast from daily. @komonews @KING5Seattle @KIRO7Seattle @Q13FOX @seattletimes @KUOW @KIRORadio

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I guess it is only when you are protesting for social justice that you are met with tear gas, flash bangs, rubber bullets, pepper balls, and batons. #SeattleProtest

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#BreakingNews - Federal Judge rules in favor of Trump administration tonight in United States vs City of Seattle. Says that TRO is “very temporary” and that he wants to hear from police oversight agencies. Tear gas is legal for now.

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Just heartbroken this morning 💔 Elijah L. Lewis, a tireless advocate for youth in Seattle was taken from us in a senseless act of violence on Capitol Hill yesterday. At only 23 years old, Elijah was a true champion for the change he wanted to see for young people in the Emerald

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4 years

New signs popping up all over Capitol Hill. #WesternBarricade

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#CHOP - Seattle Police Officers, local residents, and artists clean the Black Lives Matter mural on E. Pine Street this morning as they prepare to place a sealant over the letters.

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - This is the scene of the murder this morning in CHOP. A 30 year old African American man was shot and died on the scene. There was also a second shooting 20 minutes later one block away.

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2 years

Why am I such a @Mariners fan? When I was a kid in the #CentralDistrict Alvin Davis would come to the CD and give us tickets. I would walk down to the Kingdome and watch the M's play. I saw all the legends. His act of kindness decades ago never left me and never will. #SeaUsRise

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Signs of change? Pine Street, the main road through the #CHAZ is being renamed by residents Black Lives Matter Way and they are also painting the street as well. #SeattleProtest #WWConverge

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Thank you to everyone for your kind of words of support. Today marks one month of daily coverage of what was protests, #WesternBarricade , #CHAZ , and now #CHOP . Thank you for the positivity and the prayers. #WWConverge

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#CHAZ #CHOP - Native American Heritage Day here. Members from tribes across the State of Washington are on the ground as well as Natives as far away as New Mexico.

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#BreakingNews - The United States is suing the City of Seattle in Federal Court to remove the tear gas ban.

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3 years

People keep saying Seattle people can’t drive in the rain. Probably because a lot of people driving in the rain these days are not from Seattle.

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#SeattleProtests - Several hundred protesters rally at Seattle Central College campus on Pine and Broadway.

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#CHAZ Town Hall - Representatives of the Native American community are now addressing the crowd about the issue of Environmental Justice as well as the Native’s original claim to the land. Watch live

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#SeattleProtests - Protesters heading into downtown Seattle to the West Precinct. The crowd tonight is at least triple the size of this same march last night if not larger.

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - Native American Cultural celebration occurring now.

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2 years

Devastated this morning over the senseless murder of D'Vonne Pickett yesterday on MLK & Union. D'Vonne and his wife own The Postman, he was a father, businessman, little league coach, youth mentor, and my good friend. Video is from 2019 - on why they opened The Postman.

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#HappeningNow - A whole lot of happy feet doing the Electric Slide on 23rd and Jackson at the #BlackWallStreet event with over 100 Black owned businesses and vendors on site. The #CentralDistrict is active right now. #WWConverge

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My mom came to visit me at the #WesternBarricade today. Her words to me, be brave, be honest, be fair... and bring your butt home safe! Thank you mom and I will! #WWConverge

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Dear Black Community Leaders that are meeting secretly with @MayorJenny and @carmenbest as well as with @SeattleCouncil - @WWConverge will give you airtime time to speak to the community so you can be totally transparent with we the people during this urgent time in our city.

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I lost my father last night in Raleigh, North Carolina. I held his hand as he peacefully took his last breath. My dad was a world-class photographer who made history almost 50 years ago when he alongside my mom opened Salisbury Photography in Seattle's #CentralDistrict , one of

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#CHOP - 2:30am and now all is quiet on Broadway and Pine. Perhaps for the first time in a very very long time this reporter can get some sleep. Catch you tomorrow everyone. #WWComverge

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#HappeningNow - Seattle help us welcome the latest legacy Black owned business to return to the #CentralDistrict as Jackson’s Catfish Corner cuts the ribbon and is officially open for business on 23rd and Jackson! #Juneteenth

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#ThePostman - Last year we partnered with Vanishing Seattle and made a short film about D'Vonne and Keanna Pickett and The Postman - Hoping you can spare 6 minutes to watch and understand more about why we are feeling such a loss. #CentralDistrict

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#ThePostman - D'Vonne, it has been months since I have posted here, I will be honest, I lost my voice when you died. Nothing really seemed important or to matter. I just want you to know that yesterday our community came out to witness something historic, the Central District and

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#URGENT - Urging all Seattle, King County, and WA elected officials to come to the Western Barricade and lead the way to peace between protesters and police and I urge everyone to tell @MayorJenny and @carmenbest @kcexec @GovInslee to #CalmItDown

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#CHAZ #CHOP - Protesters have set up a Write @MayorJenny desk in which people can write open letters to the Mayor with their demands / concerns. Apparently they will be delivering them to City Hall on Monday.

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - Looks like @benandjerrys has joined in the Mutual Aid efforts in the zone.

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4 years

#CHAZ - #Update - @seattletimes

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3 years

My mom just came back to 1st and Columbia today and walked across the same street she was assaulted on back on Nov. 18th. She said she refuses to live in fear and is reclaiming her space and challenges everyone in the Emerald City to take a firm stand against hate in any form.

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#Breaking - Mayor Durkan and Seattle Police Chief Best to hold a press conference at 9:30am tomorrow morning to announce initial actions to transfer current law enforcement functions out of the Seattle Police Department.

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#CHAZ - On the move in the CHAZ this morning.

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Here at Harborview Medical Center - hundreds of medical professionals gather to take a stand against racism and to proclaim Black Lives Matter. They are marching to City Hall. #SeattleProtest

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#CHOP - My evening ends on a somber note speaking with friends of Antonio Mays Jr. who was murdered in the CHOP on June 29th they asked me to walk them through what I saw that night. For sure I have personally seen enough tragedies in the past few weeks to last a lifetime.

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#Breaking - Thousands descend on Jimi Hendrix Park in Seattle’s Central District the King County Equity Now Juneteenth Celebration. We will be streaming this event live shortly.

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#CHOP #UPDATE - 1. We are all safe. 2. Two victims (one deceased) 3. Witnesses say that stolen White Jeep Cherokee did drive by shooting and then crashed into barricade and then met with lethal deadly force by CHOP security.

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3 years

#Breaking - City of Seattle to extend eviction moratorium to January 15, 2022.

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4 years

Months later and after all this reporting about protesters but the biggest question still remains unanswered, who exactly gave the order to vacate the East Precinct? #SeattleProtests

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The @SeattlePD East Precinct is still standing, believe it or not it was protected against those who would want to burn the building by armed protesters many with AK-47 type assault riffles who took shifts guarding the precinct and the overall perimeter. #WesternBarricade

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#SeattleProtests - Protesters set a front line on 11th and Pine. Seattle Police are currently on 13th and Pine.

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3 years

As someone who grew up in the Central District, a stones throw from Borracchini’s Bakery, those pink cake boxes were part and parcel of so many celebrations throughout my life. Borracchini’s thrived a century in place from the Garlic Gulch to SEA most diverse neighborhood.

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#CHAZ - @SeattlePD and Chief @carmenbest have entered the East Precinct to inspect their building. Officers have made it clear they want the building back.

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4 years

Just so everyone knows there is NO ISSUE with me and @RazSimone we discussed our issues as men last night and are here both supporting #WeWantToLive as brothers today. Don’t get distracted. It’s all ONE LOVE. #WWConverge

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My 75 year old mom was just assaulted on 1st and Columbia walking to our studios by a blond man in a lowered Black Subaru he got out car called her all kinds of racial slurs and hit her in the back with a motor oil can. Anybody who got cameras on 1st and Columbia hit me up.

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4 years

I am good everybody all in a days work. Home safe catch you in the morning.

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#SeattleProtests - Protesters place am image of Breonna Taylor and candles at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. #BreonnaTaylor

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#SeattleProtests - Protesters have dispersed at Volunteer Park. We are going to seek medical attention for team members. @WWConverge

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4 years

@MayorJenny keeps mentioning she is working with Black Community to help shape her reimagination of the Emerald City but won’t say who she is working with. Without transparency how can there be any guarantee the Black community as a whole will buy into any plan she proposes?

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4 years

Good morning from the #CapitalHillAutonomousZone - looks like they have organized their own trash collection network throughout the zone. How long do you think the “Free State of Capitol Hill” will last?

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#SeattleProtests - Damage done to @SeattlePD East Precinct just now as protesters move across Capitol Hill.

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3 years

Seattle I have a question for @SeattlePD @SeattleOPA @MayorJenny @SeattleCouncil @SeaCPC - Are you seriously saying that no one is responsible for tear-gassing a whole neighborhood? Asking on behalf of media, peaceful protesters, and residents of Cap Hill all who got gassed.

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#CHAZ - Community Meeting and art show going on right now. Several thousand people now present in the CHAZ attending many different events. #WWConverge

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#CHOP - Donnitta Sinclair-Martin mother of Lorenzo Anderson, who was murdered on June 20th in the CHOP says that she declined a meeting with @MayorJenny today because the @OfficeofMayor and consultants would not allow her husband to attend the meeting with her today.

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#CentralDistrict - This is what community looks like. @UW_Football standout @meesh_powell speaks with CD Panthers football players this evening at Garfield Playfield. Powell is alum of the CD Panthers program and reminded the youth to listen to their parents, practice hard, and

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One year later we still don’t know who in the @SeattlePD gave the order for the Seattle Police Department to abandon the East Precinct. What trust does the public have that we will know who is accountable for ordering the tear gassing?

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#SpecialReport - Join us at 8am this morning as we uplift D'Vonne Pickett Jr. and are joined by mental health professionals who will discuss how we can manage the grief and trauma our young people are feeling. Video: Keanna Pickett encouraging "Papa" before last Saturday's game.

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#CHOP - As for my personal opinion - Meeting was a waste of time for me and @WWConverge - the demands from protesters were clearly poorly put together outdated and out of touch. The demands were not really aligned with any community demands we have heard. No protesters in the...

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#HappeningNow - Now that the protest has hit the streets we can see the large number of students that have come out today to make their voices heard.

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#SeattleProtests - #HappeningNow Protesters rally at Westlake Park to voice solidarity with #BreonnaTaylor

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#ProtestSeattle - As this protest winds down back at Occidental Park where it started, Community Activist @NikkitaOliver says there will be no Holiday Season in Seattle until Black Lives Matter. #WWConverge

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - Protest organizers are currently in a huddle (no cameras allowed) and said previoisly they might be releasing a statement to the public afterwards.

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Seattle, as we remember, let's not forget that the BIG 3 issues impacting Black people in Seattle remain. The massive income gap, gentrification and the decline in homeownership (generational wealth), and the education gap. These issues are decades old and entrenched. Let's Work.

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#CHOP - Armed protesters identifying themselves as Patriots chanting “All Lives Matter” march around the perimeter. I am currently speaking with one of the group leaders for more context.

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Let’s not forget two totally innocent people wrong time, wrong place were shot in that car, one of them died. Young people just starting out in life. So many people out here want to politicize but who is willing to humanize?

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Dear @SeattleCouncil can you tell we the people who exactly in the Black Community you have been speaking to in crafting your Black agenda? In all fairness when we asked @MayorJenny and @carmenbest they replied the same day.

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#CHOP - Protesters currently blocking Broadway and E. Pine.

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HAPPENING NOW - The “Traffic Jam for Peace” on I-5 North passing Boeing Field and will exit on Edgar Martinez Way with a rally across from T-Mobile Park. This kicks off the City of Seattle’s 100 Days of Peace to address gun violence in the Emerald City.

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Dear @SeattleCouncil as I see it there are three big things all people in Seattle want and especially in the Black Community - High paying jobs, home ownership, awesome schools. How are you addressing these downward trends in my community?

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#SeaUsRise It’s a house divided here at Minute Maid Park. As hard as I try to convert my daughter to the @Mariners she is a die hard @astros fan… smh. Glad I broke out the Steelheads jersey today for good luck! Let’s get this win! Let’s Go M’s!

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#CHAZ - At the moment it looks like capitalism is alive and well in the #CHOP - This gentleman is selling T-Shirts for $30 each.

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#HappeningNow - City Hall Plaza is packed out with students protesting for safety and mental health services in Seattle High Schools.

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#CHOP / #CHAZ - No matter how you feel about the CHOP. The whole world is definitely watching. This crew is from Seoul, South Korea covering the #SeattleProtests - How do you think this will all end?

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#OpeningDay - True story 5 years ago I used to sell beer and peanuts at @TMobilePark earning a few extra bucks trying to get @WWConverge off the ground. Today I am here covering opening day. Things take time, just don’t quit. Make sure and tip your servers today. Let’s Go M’s!

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - Residents of 12th Ave Arts building which is located across from the East Precinct release a letter of support of the CHOP and call out police for excessive force. (Precinct on left of photo and Arts building on right with orange sign).

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - Good Morning. Looks like @seattledot is in the CHOP this morning building wooden structures to cover cement barriers for artists to use to paint on. Several other upgrades occurring as well.

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#CHOP - Want to know my take on yesterday’s meeting between @MayorJenny and the protest group? I call Bulls**t! @komonews @KING5Seattle @KIRO7Seattle @KIRORadio @Q13FOX @AP @ABC @NBCNews @TheStranger @seattletimes @SoSeaEmerald

My take on yesterday’s meeting between the Mayor and protest group — Converge Media

By Omari Salisbury

www.whereweconverge.com

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#CHOP - Apparently not only are protesters not leaving but they are convening a meeting this evening at 6pm. Message is clear from here at the East Precinct “They are not leaving” at this time. Will continue to keep you updated.

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#CHAZ / #CHOP - 8:10am - 11th Avenue from Pine facing Pike now all but clear and no visible protester barricades or protesters visible.

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#SeattleProtests - A small group of counter protesters who wants to raise awareness about murders of black people occurring in the Central District and South End of Seattle arrived on Broadway and Pine to attempt to address the main protest group with their message.

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Almost two months ago my father had a series strokes here in Rocky Mount, NC. At times it was looking really bad but today we are together celebrating Christmas. Thank you to the healthcare professionals and angles that looked over my pops! Merry Christmas and God Bless You! 🙏🏾

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#SeattleProtests - a tremendous amount of vehicles and bikes are in front and behind this group of protesters as well as to all sides to protect them as they march to the West Precinct.

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#Breaking - ACLU asks Federal Judge to find the @SeattlePD in contempt for use of force over the weekend. I spoke with Kevin Schofield of @SCC_Insight for some analysis of the filing. Court Docs

#Breaking - ACLU files in Federal Court to find SPD in contempt for...

Omari speaks with Kevin Schofield of https://sccinsight.com/ about the filing today by the ACLU in Federal Court to find the Seattle Police Department in Con...

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#CHAZ - A Native American drummer named Eli from the Muckleshoot Nation (Located south of Seattle) said he came to the CHAZ today in support of protesters and feels the CHAZ is free as it should be.

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#Breaking - Statement from OPA @SeattleOPA Director Myerberg confirming there is an open investigation into at least two @SeattlePD officers who attended the riot in Washington DC. @WWConverge will update as info becomes available.

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Lights, Cameras, Acrion? Looks like it is protester movie night in “Free” Capitol Hill outside of the abandoned East Precinct. It’s now night number two with no police in the protest zone So far all is peaceful. #SeattleProtest

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Calling all citizens of #CHAZ - I have been doing interviews all day with national and international media outlets who want to know more about your autonomous zone. Let me know what you want the world to know about what’s going on.

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With Federal Agents on the ground in Seattle to protect Federal Property. Here is a gimpse of how close the Federal Courthouse is to the Seattle Police Department West Precinct in downtown Seattle. No barricades around the courthouse as of yet.

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#CHOP #ART - Here at King Street Station which is operated by @seattledot getting a tour of potential temporary locations for the cataloging and curating only of the CHOP murals and art that SDOT is currently storing. The spaces we saw are curated by @SeattleArts

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I am getting some tweets saying they cannot find info on the shootings. I was on site last night and broke it in the early hours before others but the other local media are also reporting this now. Here is the @seattletimes article for more reference

One dead, one in critical condition in early morning shooting at Capitol Hill protest zone known as...

There are reports that as many as six shots were fired in an incident that left one dead and one badly hurt.

www.seattletimes.com

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