"Marked Improvement" Seen in How Seattle Police Handled This Year's Black Friday Protests, Though Concerns Remain

As the downtown holiday tree lit up on November 27, protesters let off balloons pulling signs that read "Fuck the Police" on one side and "Black Lives Matter" on the other. Kelly O
One week ago, Public Defender Association attorney Patricia Sully was feeling wary. Ahead of Black Friday, she wondered how the Seattle Police Department would treat Black Lives Matter demonstrators who again planned to protest in the downtown corridor on the busiest shopping day of the year.At a City Hall press confe