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LiveDeath of George Floyd sparks protests on Seattle streets

A protester is doused with milk to get rid of pepper spray in downtown Seattle on Saturday as people protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Floyd was a Black Minneapolis man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for almost eight minutes, ignoring the man's pleas that he was suffocating. In downtown Seattle, police struggled to disperse a crowd, leading Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to enact a 5 p.m. curfew.

Photos: Protests in Seattle sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

Hundreds showed up to protest on downtown Seattle streets on Saturday. VIEW Updated 7:30 pm

FILE – In this May 7, 2020 file photo Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine, Wash. A dead Asian giant hornet has been found in Washington state, and officials said Friday, May 29, 2020, they were trying to learn if the honey bee predators have established colonies. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool,File) LA520 LA520

Local News

Another Asian giant hornet found in northwestern Washington

The Washington state Department of Agriculture said it was the first confirmed sighting of an Asian giant hornet in Washington this year. Updated 7:49 pm

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