Sadness, fury, violence in Seattle over death of George Floyd. Durkan calls for curfew, National Guard
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The demonstrations started peacefully and with passion. The Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton told a crowd at Westlake Center, "We're tired of police terrorism. We're tired of blackness being a crime." But the day collapsed into chaos, with cars torched, looting, Molotov cocktails thrown, tear gas filling the air.
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