All clear after a man barricaded himself inside a downtown Seattle apartment building Monday evening. The intersection of 3rd Ave & Pine St near the McDonald’s was closed down for several hours. Witnesses say they heard a loud bang. Looked like a war zone with all the police cruisers lining the street. By the time I got there investigators were wrapping up. Unclear if anyone was injured.
Law and Order Seattle Police sending a strong law and order message with release of body cam footage showing far-left activists being arrested during a protest for illegal immigrants in City Council Chambers. Six people have been charged for the Feb. 27 incident. Nelson called three recesses after far-left activists with Stop The Sweeps Seattle and Comunidad Sin Fronteras disrupted proceedings and refused to leave. -Aidan Carroll -Bennett Haselton -Jonathan Duyker -Lauren Olivia Kay -Rosario Lopez Hernandez -Iris Jade Bordman They’re expected to be in court this week.
Click below to listen to Jonathan Choe discuss the changing journalism landscape, crime in Seattle and the failure of “defund the police,” Seattle’s stalled revitalization efforts, and the fentanyl epidemic with writer and foreign correspondent David Josef Volodzko.
