Camp American University by StreetsofWashington
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Camp American University was said to be “the largest research and development facility for chemical weapons anywhere in the world during the First World War.” This postcard view shows Hurst Hall, completed in 1902, one of two buildings that had been completed at AU at the time (McKinley Hall, 1907, still had an unfinished interior). The dirt road in the foreground is Nebraska Avenue.
via @PerilOfAfrica 2020-07-05T04:53:54Z
SEATTLE (AP) — A car drove onto a closed freeway early Saturday and struck two people in a crowd protesting against police brutality, killing one and critically injuring the other, authorities said.
Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died in the evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokeswoman Susan Gregg said.
Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, of Portland, Oregon, were hit by the car that barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning, officials said.
Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking I-5 and sped into the crowd about 1:40 a.m., according to a police report released by the Washington State Patrol. Video taken at the scene by protesters showed people shouting “Car! Car!” before fleeing the roadway.ADVERTISEMENT
Love is in serious condition in the intensive care unit, Harborview, Gregg said.
Love was filming the protest in a nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “Black Femme March takes I-5” when the video ended abruptly; with about 15 seconds left, shouts of “Car!” can be heard as the camera starts to shake before screeching tires and the sound of impact are heard.
A graphic video posted on social media showed the white Jaguar racing toward a group of protesters who are standing behind several parked cars, set up for protection. The car swerves around the other vehicles and slams into the two protesters, sending them flying into the air.
The driver, who was alone, fled the scene after hitting the protesters, Trooper Chase Van Cleave told The Associated Press. One of the other protesters got in a car and chased the driver for about a mile. He was able to stop him by pulling his car in front of the Jaguar, Van Cleave said.
Troopers arrived, and the driver was put in custody, Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead said.
Kelete was described by offices as reserved and sullen when he was arrested, according to court documents. He also asked if the pedestrians were OK, the documents say.
Kelete was booked into the King County Correctional Facility on Saturday morning on two counts of vehicular assault. Bail was denied.
A judge found probable cause to hold Kelete on an investigation of vehicular assault. He faces a second court hearing on Monday at which the judge will determine if he can be released on bail, according to court documents.
It was not immediately clear if Kelete had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Officials were trying to determine the motive as well as where he got onto the interstate, which had been closed by the state patrol for more than an hour before the women were hit. Mead said they suspect Kelete drove the wrong way on a ramp. Trooper Rick Johnson said the driver went through a barrier that closed the freeway before striking the women.ADVERTISEMENT
Troopers did not know whether it was a targeted attack, but impairment was not considered a factor, Mead said.
Kelete has a Seattle address. He is listed in public records as a student who attended Washington State University between 2011 and 2017 majoring in business and commerce. His enrollment status could not be confirmed because the university was closed Saturday.
The Washington State Patrol said Sunday evening that going forward it won’t allow protesters to enter I-5 and would arrest pedestrians on the freeway.
Seattle has been the site of prolonged unrest following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide protests. Dozens of people were arrested this past week of the driver’s car with significant damage to its bumper and windshield.
Seattle police tweeted that they were assisting. https://dlvr.it/RZzH0Y
Cambie tanto que me desconocí e hice cosas que jamás hubiera pensado, esa persona de Mexico había desaparecido por querer buscar nuevos rumbos. Me convertí en lo que ahora es mi vida, secretos y miedos. Pero no todo fue malo conocí lugares hermosos como este
Cliff Swallow by glowworm6a
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Pretty bird, and a challenge to photograph in flight.
McNary WLR
I’ve written several drafts of posts trying to explain John Laurens’s complicated relationship with slavery and, in a broader sense, how the hypocrisy of freedom for our country–while denying the freedom of enslaved people–has led directly to the situation we find ourselves in now, in terms of race in America.
I’ve struggled with even going there, because I’m trying to focus on the present now, not the past. But I firmly believe that America can only fix its present once we’ve faced our past. And I want this information on my blog. John Laurens was not a perfect man, not even close. He was an abolitionist, yes. But how he came to these views is complicated and his personal conduct towards African-Americans is often troubling. Too often, in fact, the racist ideas of his era are visible in his writings.
The Redskins colors have always been so rich and beautiful (burgundy and gold) and the logo’s profile is stoic and proud (not a caricature like the Cleveland indians)
And even as I say proud… it’s still a SPORTS TEAM LOGO. So no matter how proud and powerful he looks…. he is still a mascot. It deserves a frame and historical PRAISE, not a football helmet or t-shirt on a drunk & racist fan.
And even if I see the proudness and power on his face, and think it’s badass that he’s on a football team’s helmet, that it adds this seriousness and strength to the team… that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a joke to Native Americans, the fact that it’s a mascot representing people who were nearly wiped out by greed and genocide. So it really doesn’t matter what I think, at all.
And that’s just the logo! The name has always been completely and unabashedly racist. That should’ve changed YEARS ago.
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