Repeat After Me: May Day Is Coming. It's Not the Apocalypse.

May Day, circa 2013. Ansel Herz
For the past two years, I've covered the annual "Oh shit it's happening again" runup to May Day in Seattle. This year, May Day—traditionally a day of protest against injustice towards workers and immigrants, that's been marred in recent years by minor outbreaks of vandalism and heavy-handed police responses—falls on this coming Friday.On Monday, Seattle police held a press conference to say what they always say: they're prepared.
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