The story of Samantha Six

Written By Sade Smith
Photo Credit: Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times

Photo Credit: Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times

Samantha Six and her husband Damien Boyd were arrested after police declared protests a riot on Seattle’s Capitol Hill on July 25. Six, who has epilepsy, says she was violently arrested and kept in handcuffs without aid while having a seizure, and later denied her anti-seizure medication in jail. They say they were peacefully protesting.

Read the full article about Samantha Six: ‘I absolutely believed I was going to die:’ Protester claims she was denied anti-seizure medication in jail

View the filings for the Civil Suit: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17410498/benton-v-city-of-seattle/

View the reply brief: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.288071/gov.uscourts.wawd.288071.23.0.pdf

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