Happy Friday! Except for commuters in Seattle, however, who had to endure a Black Lives Matter protest that shut down I-5 during the morning commute:
The Seattle morning march just shut down the southbound I-5 pic.twitter.com/9xEgT99S6u
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
And the point of this is?
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
The guy with the trombone really sells it:
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
And they were nice enough to let the car through with a passenger who needed life-saving treatment:
Letting a car through because a passenger needs to get to a radiation appointment pic.twitter.com/jCQuhbJ34N
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
But then the cops showed up to award the stupid prizes for their stupid games. . .
“You are a house n****r,” said the Black protester to the Black cop:
State patrol is here: pic.twitter.com/2IL4As2L9E
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
Then more cops showed up:
More state patrol cars have rolled up even though there are already 8 present. When asked why, officer says “because we’ve got to take care of it.” pic.twitter.com/RJEcTubtTo
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
If you recall, someone died during one of these highway protests so it’s good news they’ve put an end to it:
Press has been asked not to be on freeway (only on the off ramp) and not to interview anyone patrol sends off the freeway for safety
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
More prizes!
Some of the chaos from when state patrol arrested protesters. Erica was riding as a passenger with me and was told she was free to go until a different officer said she was “obstructing” pic.twitter.com/qehGiMtnmi
— nathalie graham (@gramsofgnats) September 4, 2020
According to authorities, 9 people were arrested:
UPDATE: Nine protesters arrested on I-5 after blocking southbound lanes in Seattle; expect delays
WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/XREi9kBfvp
— Q13 FOX Seattle (@Q13FOX) September 4, 2020
Good.
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