[Seattle-editorial] Re: FEATURE PROPOSAL: 9 Lives in 9 Years: Birth of 'The Seattle Movement'

[jonathan lawson]

thumbs up from me also

At 10:18 AM 10/5/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Two thumbs up!!!   Wonderful work, Brandon!!   I like the last photo link 
>best --- the large crowd in black and white.  I'll publish the story as 
>soon as I see two additional thumbs up!
>
>I do have audio from the press conference, which Jonathan posted earlier 
>... I'll add the link in when the story goes up.  I'll also have audio 
>available (today?) from the rally on Sunday.  Thanks for being so timely 
>about this story!
>
>- Susan
>
>At 01:32 PM 10/4/02, Brandon Faloona wrote:
>>Hi all-
>>
>>First feature proposal, here goes...
>>
>>Susan, do you have press conference audio we can link to?
>>
>>I'm not convinced the I selected text below are the best sections from
>>my full article:
>>http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18389&group=webcast,
>>however, this is getting to be old news so it would be great to post
>>this ASAP. Maleng is expected (by the naacp) to announce his decision
>>today on prosecuting miller.
>>
>>I had some problems with html text color, so can someone hide my first
>>attempt:
>>http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18387&group=webcast
>>
>>Brandon
>>
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>>
>>subtitle: BLACK COMMUNITY DEMANDS JUSTICE IN THOMAS KILLING
>>title: 9 Lives in 9 Years: Birth of 'The Seattle Movement'
>>
>><p>For nearly an hour Wednesday, silent marchers encircled the Martin
>>Luther King Jr. County Courthouse in Seattle, protesting police
>>misconduct and a flawed inquest system. Protesters are angered by the
>>city's apparent disinterest in disciplining Deputy Sheriff Melvin
>>Miller, who killed Robert Thomas in his car last April. The <a
>>href="http://seattlemedium.blackpressusa.com/News/search/Article_Search.
>>asp?NewsID=8280&sID=4">shooting death</a> sparked immediate accusations
>>of racial profiling and overaggressive policing, as well as immediate
>>statements of support for Miller from the Sheriff's Department and other
>>government officials.
>><p>
>>
>>Community groups have gathered at the courthouse every day this week,
>>beginning with a <a
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18237&group=web
>>cast">large rally Sunday</a> staged to coincide with a nationally
>>televised football game.  Organizers plan to <a
>>href="http://www.scn.org/naacp/thomas_flyer.htm"> continue</a>
>>&quot;informational picketing&quot; each weekday at noon until King
>>County Prosecutor Norm Maleng presses charges against Miller. The daily
>>protests are part of a </font><a
>>href="http://www.scn.org/naacp/Demands.htm">broad campaign</a> by the
>>Seattle NAACP to increase national attention on &quot;the ease and
>>frequency at which western Washington police officers kill
>>African-American males, with no ramifications.&quot;
>>
>><p><a
>>href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18389&group=web
>>cast">Read the whole story (with photos)</a>.
>>
>><p><a href="http://www.scn.org/naacp/naacp_page_1.htm">Seattle NAACP</a>
>>| <a href="http://www.scn.org/peoplescoalitionforjustice/">People's
>>Coalition for Justice</font></a> | <a
>>href="http://www.cityofseattle.net/police/OPA/default.htm">SPD's Office
>>of Professional Accountability</a></p>
>>
>>---------
>>
>>Feature image:
>>http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/whos_next-thumb.jpg
>>
>>However, it's that photo is M. Ealy, not Robert Thomas, and I had to
>>crop his name from the bottom of the sign, so perhaps one of these:
>>http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/9_lives_9_years-thumb.jpg
>>http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/inquest_skewed-thumb.jpg
>>http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/marchers2-thumb.jpg