Protesters burn a police car, the first of several set afire in downtown Seattle. Tensions had built throughout the rainy afternoon, as protesters chanted “I can’t breathe!” and “What’s his name? George Floyd.” Many sought to call attention to Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, ignoring the man’s pleas that he was suffocating.
Protesters stretch back to the next block on James Street and wait outside as Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best meet with protest leaders and longtime community activists in Seattle.
A peaceful protest was planned in Seattle to mourn the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but it later turned into chaos as Seattle police deployed tear gas and flash-bangs when things became tense with protesters at an intersection near Westlake Park.
People listen to speakers on 12th Avenue and Pine Street in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, declared by protesters after law enforcement left the area earlier this week.
Ancorisa Ortega holds a handmade sign with quotes and symbols that hold significance in the Black Lives Matter movement at Cal Anderson Park.
Penny Brooks comes out of her home and is overcome with emotion as she sees demonstrators walk past on their way to Jefferson Park. “It means a lot to me, ” Brooks said about the march. ” I experienced institutional racism. I’m so proud and happy – we are coming together as people.”
Seattle police push back protesters on 5th Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle during a march in solidarity with Minneapolis protests.
Protesters wait outside Seattle City Hall as Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best meet with protest leaders and longtime community activists.
Stores were looted in downtown Seattle as some of the protests planned to mourn the killing of George Floyd turned violent.
A Black Power art installation goes up at the CHOP (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.)
Names of those that died at the hands of police are written into the street at Pine Street and 11th Avenue.
Kassie Logerstedt looks back to her friends as they hold the front of the barricade on Pine Street and 11th Avenue.
A witness peaks out of their window above the protest in Capitol Hill. This marked the fifth day of protests against police brutality, sparked by the death of George Floyd during his arrest in Minneapolis.
A protester offers a rose to the police during the protest in Capitol Hill.
Poet and singer Marissa “Rio” Chanae Hunter sings the Black national anthem, “Lift every voice and sing” outside City Hall.
Police hold a line against protesters at Pine Street and 11th Avenue.
Thousands of demonstrators walk down 23rd Avenue from Judkins Park to Jefferson Park during the March of Silence organized by Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County, who called for a statewide day of action in support of all Black lives in Washington State.
An image of George Floyd on the police precinct in Capitol Hill.