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REALCHANGE June 17 – 23, 2020 $2 CASHorVENMO JUNE 17–23, 2020 n VOLUME 27 NUMBER 25 n REALCHANGENEWS.ORG YOUR VENDOR BUYS THIS PAPER FOR 60¢ AND KEEPS ALL THE PROCEEDS. PLEASE PURCHASE FROM VENDORS WITH LAVENDER 2020 BADGES. $100,000 $90,000 SUMMER STREAMING IN $80,000 Cyberspace is the new gathering place for beloved events: pages 6, 11 $70,000 $79,573.50 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $10,000 SPRING FUND DRIVE See page 10. DEFUND Local and widespread protest is leading to change: pages 3, 4 DETHRONE Confederate monuments may finally come down: p.5 Delivering Juneteenth Seattle’s commemoration of emancipation is spanning a week — virtually: p.3 REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 2 OPINION June 17 – 23, 2020 June 17 – 23, 2020 NEWS 3 REAL CHANGE STAFF EDITORIAL Real Change exists to provide opportunity and a voice for low-income and homeless people while taking action for economic, Defund the police 10 years after REPORTER’S social and racial justice. NOTEBOOK Real Change offices John T. Williams: The limits of 219 First Ave. S., Suite 220 Seattle, WA 98104 CHOP means no cops 206.441.3247, www.realchangenews.org reform are clear eattle stole the national spotlight BOARD OF DIRECTORS Yolanda Altamirano (President), Malou Chávez, when protesters against police bru- Shelly Cohen, Matthew Hayashi, n August 30, 2010, at 4:15 in the afternoon, Na- year after year to spend more money on military de- tality took control of a four-block Hannah Hunthausen, Pamela Kliment, S Jim Lauinger, Maria Elena Ramirez, Mary Riski tive American woodcarver John T. Williams fense than on programs of social uplift is approaching section of Capitol Hill, drawing criticism O was killed by police at the corner of Boren and spiritual death.” from the White House, and named it the EDITORIAL STAFF Howell for the crime of whittling while walking. Real Change’s mission calls us to take action for “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.” Staff Reporter Ashley Archibald Editor Lee Nacozy This was before videos of police killings became economic, social and racial justice, and as a white-led As of June 12, the area around the Features Reporter Kamna Shastri sickeningly familiar. Before Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, organization that has our own work to do, we are fol- Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) East Art Director Jon Williams Philando Castile and far too many others. Before the lowing the BIPOC-led COVID-19 Mutual Aid Coalition’s Precinct, referred to as CHOP, became a Ferguson uprising, and before #BlackLivesMatter. leadership to restructure city priorities and decrimi- community hub for education, protest and REAL CHANGE STAFF Circulation Specialist Wes Browning The dashcam video of the shooting was brief, bru- nalize protest. art. A place that had been obscured by Organizer Evelyn Chow tal, and almost impossible to comprehend. We urge our readers to read the statement of prin- tear gas just days before hosted a screen- Volunteer Manager Katie Comboy ing of filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” Managing Director Shelley Dooley Williams passes through the crosswalk in front ciples at decriminalizeseattle.com and take action Communications and Development of the car. He’s hunched over something in his hands to protect Black lives. Please support the following a documentary about racial inequality, Associate Alexis Estrada that would later turn out to be a piece of wood and demands: and artists painted “Black Lives Matter” Founding Director Timothy Harris Field Organizer Neal Lampi a 4-inch carving knife. Officer Ian Birk exits the car, onto the pavement of East Pine Street in Vendor Program Manager Rebecca Marriott gun drawn, and shouts, “Hey, Hey … Hey! Put the knife Defund the Seattle Police Department by at least giant letters. Lead Organizer Tiffani McCoy down. Put the knife down. Put the knife down!” 50 percent Protesters made a list of demands Vendor Case Manager Ainsley Meyer Office Manager Ari Shirazi Within 5 seconds of the first “hey,” Birk opens fire. Seattle’s Mayor and City Council must immediately calling for the complete defunding of SPD, Development Director Camilla Walter Williams was dead almost immediately. While the defund Seattle Police Department (SPD). The city faces including police pensions and other arms Firearms Review Board ruled the shooting unjustified, a $300 million budget shortfall due to COVID-19. Seattle of the criminal justice system; the cessa- VOLUNTEERS Editorial Committee Susan Storer Clark, Birk was never prosecuted. City Council should propose and vote for a 50 percent tion of armed violence by police officers; Laura Ditsch, Willie Jones, James Jenkins, Dagmar That killing would result in Seattle’s “consent de- cut from the $363 million already budgeted for SPD. the end of Immigration and Customs Matheny, Paige Owens, Tiron Rowe cree,” a settlement with the Justice Department that Enforcement actions in the city; freeing Contributing Writers Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, was meant to bring reform and restore public confi- Reallocate those funds to community-led health youth from detention; rent control; de- Hanna Brooks Olsen, Wes Browning, John Helmiere, Michelle Galluzzo, Dave Gamrath, dence in the SPD. and safety systems gentrification and much more. Kelly Knickerbocker, Joe Martin, Patrick “Mac” Today, when the SPD hides their badge numbers Seattle’s Mayor and City Council must protect The full list can be found here: tinyurl. McIntyre, Jill Mullins, Oscar Rosales Castaneda, Susan Storer Clark, Megan Wildhood, Mike Wold with “mourning bands” while attacking people peace- and expand investments to make our communities Wikimedia Commons com/y9swj27v. fully protesting police brutality — with more than safe, prioritizing community-led health and safety A group poses for a photograph at a Juneteenth celebration, which was called Emancipation Day at the time, in Austin, Texas, in 1900. The news attracted the attention of Photographers and Artists Alex Bergstrom, Matthew S. Browning, Sam Day, Natalie Dupille, 15,000 excessive force complaints strategies. Full access to afford- President Donald Trump, who had a de- Jeffrey Few, Valerie Franc, Susan Fried, Seth now filed in a matter of days — we able housing, community-based mand of his own. Goodkind, Derek Gundy, Lisa Hagen Glynn, Lara Kaminoff, Ted Mase, Dave Parish, Joseph Romain, seem further from that goal than anti-violence programs, trauma Juneteenth locally is changing with the times “Take back your city NOW,” Trump Wes Sauer, Katie Wheeler ever. “We must rapidly services and treatment, universal tweeted on June 11. “If you don’t do it, I Copy Editors Pamela Bradburn, Merry Nye, Ten years after John T. Wil- childcare, and free public transit By ASHLEY ARCHIBALD will. This is not a game.” Morgan Wegner liams, the killing continues un- begin the shift from are just a few of the non-police Staff Reporter Planning a Juneteenth celebration has gotten people from other commu- Mayor Jenny Durkan responded, say- abated. After the tragic shooting solutions to social problems. together was a way to break out of nities more engaged with issues that ing that it would be unconstitutional for Real Change Volunteers Yolanda Altamirano, Cathie Andersen, Carla Blaschka, Maridee of Charleena Lyles in Seattle, the a ‘thing oriented’ une 19, 1865. Union soldiers under those roles and organize the community affect Black people and imagining new the federal government to deploy military Bonadea, Pamela Bradburn, Chris Burnside, Cathy Clemens, Jim Freier, Candace Gallerani, appalling murder of George Floyd Release protesters arrested the command of Major Gen. Gor- around events that encourage health, ways that the world can work, Idahosa- to the city. Michelle Galluzzo, Anne Jaworski, Carlo Jones, in Minneapolis, and now Rayshard society to a ‘person during this uprising without J don Granger arrived in Galveston, self-care and celebration. That is espe- Berry said. “I want people to know there is no im- Kevin Jones, Ron Kaplan, Jesse Kleinman, Pamela Kliment, Daniel Kramer, Joe Martin, Brooks in Atlanta, there is little charges Texas, and told the last enslaved people cially important at a time when events “We’re going to see an activation of minent threat of an invasion in Seattle,” Dagmar Matheny, John Maynard, Patrick McIntyre, reason to believe policing can be oriented’ society. The Seattle City Attorney must that they were free. It was more than like the coronavirus and the national people wanting to understand how the she said at a press conference. Juan Montes, Carl Nakajima, Eileen Nicol, Deb Otto, Maria Elena Ramirez, Merri Jo Seil, reformed. not prosecute protesters, includ- two years after President Abraham uprising against police brutality have world really works and understanding While the mayor attempted to squash Lawrence Soriano, Susan Storer Clark, Jeremy Police in the United States kill When machines and ing those arrested for violating Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proc- converged, said Maya Manus, advocacy that there has been a lot of miscommu- concerns about an invading federal army, Tarpey, Moriah Vazquez, Jed Walsh, Mike Wold civilians at 70 times the rate of curfew and those living in en- lamation — they didn’t know that the and civic engagement coordinator at the nication regarding that,” Idahosa-Berry SPD Chief Carmen Best was telling report- other industrialized nations. Let campments. Protesters took to the Union had won the war. Urban League. said. “There were 18 countries that par- ers that the department had no intention The Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project is a computers, profit 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Real Change is a member that sink in. These killings dispro- streets to call for the end of the Juneteenth is the commemoration of “I would say we’re trying to provide ticipated in a protest in the U.S. I don’t of ceding the East Precinct permanently.