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When interim Seattle police Chief Shon Barnes made the startling statement during his confirmation hearing this week that he expects he “will probably go to jail” for “defending” Seattle residents’ First Amendment rights against the overreach of the federal government, it was a moment that should have set off more than just alarm bells. Some might interpret this as a display of courage; however, the reality is far more perilous.
A year ago, Seattle streets went silent for Black lives. Outraged by the murder of George Floyd and Charleena Lyles, and Tommy Le, and John T. Williams, and Giovonn Joseph-McDade, and too many others, an estimated 85,000 people took to the Seattle streets last June for the March of Silence. Soon after, we saw the largest single day of action for Black lives in Washington state history. We and other cities shook the nation. We shook the Washington Legislature.
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