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Photos: Wall around Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct grows taller

Originally published August 29, 2020 at 6:28 pmUpdated August 30, 2020 at 1:15 pm

The wall around the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct on Capitol Hill grows Saturday as All City Fence and Seattle Department of Transportation workers place a chain-link fence atop the stacked concrete blocks. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Workers erect a concrete barrier outside the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Friday. The graffiti visible on some of the blocks is from previous protests in which they were used. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

A large concrete barrier is erected outside the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Friday. The precinct was targeted during recent protests over racial injustice. The graffiti is from previous protests in which the blocks were used. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

The crosswalk to the East Precinct at 12th and Pine is closed Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Comments in chalk are written on the street across from the East Precinct. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Parking signs across from the East Precinct are painted over with “BLM,” for “Black lives matter.” The Seattle Department of Transportation workers in the background spray over graffiti on the concrete blocks used as the base of the barrier. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Department of Transportation workers paint over graffiti on the concrete blocks used to build a wall around the East Precinct on Capitol Hill on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Department of Transportation workers and All City Fence employees get ready to top the concrete barrier at the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct with a chain-link fence Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

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Alan Berner

Seattle Times staff photographer

Alan Berner