Brutal Arrests at Cal Anderson Park
Saturday afternoon, August 15th, cops arrested an individual named Alice during a scuffle near the Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse. Video footage of the incident was captured and shared on Twitter:
CW: Police Violence
— Spek (@spekulation) August 16, 2020
Oh my god. Seattle Police attacked a crowd of people at Cal Anderson yesterday after their officers assaulted a bystander. Police were supposed to help a person in crisis. Instead they arrested a black person at the park with their 6-year old child. pic.twitter.com/ixYztYFpYY
A violent unlawful arrest for being Black, followed by solitary confinement (a known torture technique) for being Trans.
On August 16th, Alice was still caged. Attorney Talitha Hazelton visited and pressed the State to agreed early release. State finally agreed, and after waiting on judge to sign they were bailed out.
August 17th Alice was finally freed!
Read more about the incident at The Stranger: Untangling Last Weekend's Dust-Up Between Cops and Protesters at the Shelterhouse.
