Sebastian Robertson

5 days ago | king5.com | Sebastian Robertson

SEATTLE — Former Seattle Councilmember Tanya Woo is leading calls for more support in the Chinatown International District (CID) and Little Saigon, as the neighborhood continues to grapple with ongoing crime and open-air drug use. Community leaders are advocating for a multi-agency task force and additional resources to address these issues, calling on the city to act quickly to revitalize the area.

2 weeks ago | king5.com | Sebastian Robertson

TACOMA, Wash. — Protesters from across Oregon and Washington gathered Tuesday outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, demanding the release of two Filipino women they said are being wrongfully held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The rally centered on Lewelyn Dixon, a former University of Washington lab technician who has been in ICE custody since February, and a second woman identified only as “Michelle” at her request.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Sebastian Robertson

SEATTLE — What began as a dispute over a parking spot ended with guns drawn and two young Muslim women thrown to the ground by police — an incident that is now the focus of a formal investigation by the Seattle Office of Police Accountability. According to the Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the two women — both in their 20s and wearing hijabs — were the targets of excessive force after a man called 911 on Feb. 4 and falsely claimed the pair had a gun.

2 weeks ago | king5.com | Sebastian Robertson

SEATTLE — What began as a dispute over a parking spot ended with guns drawn and two young Muslim women thrown to the ground by police — an incident that is now the focus of a formal investigation by the Seattle Office of Police Accountability. According to the Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the two women — both in their 20s and wearing hijabs — were the targets of excessive force after a man called 911 on Feb. 4 and falsely claimed the pair had a gun.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Sebastian Robertson

SEATTLE — Ten years ago, the heartbeat of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District was silenced. On July 23, 2015, Donnie Chin, a self-appointed community guardian and founder of the International District Emergency Center, was shot and killed while responding to reports of a shooting. Though a decade has passed, his killer remains unidentified and uncharged — leaving a community to mourn, remember, and continue the work Chin devoted his life to.