Dozens of Seattle-area shops and restaurants shuttered their doors or are donating proceeds on Friday as part of a "National Shutdown."

By Macey Wurm Reporting for West Seattle Blog Hundreds of protesters gathered at Hiawatha Playfield this afternoon to start West Seattle Indivisible’s “We’re Still Standing” rally and march. The event,

A demonstration was blocking traffic in downtown Seattle, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) reported at 5 p.m. Monday. However, SDOT announced around 6:45 p.m. that demonstrators had cleared out. The gathering appeared to be an “ICE Out for Good” protest headed to the Federal Building, as posted online.

Protesters in Seattle's Hiawatha Playfield on Saturday decried the killing of a man by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, while more gatherings are planned in Seattle.

Whistles have become a ubiquitous tool used by those protesting and observing immigration enforcement agents.

More protests are expected to follow in western Washington. On Saturday, several “Abolish ICE – Justice For Good” protests are scheduled in the area, including in Seattle, Renton, and Lynnwood. A full list of protests in western Washington can be found here.

A protest erupted in downtown Seattle Saturday afternoon, an anti- ICE group blocked all southbound traffic on 2nd Ave at Madison St.

Newly obtained body camera footage reveals a Seattle officer's remarks before 23 counterprotesters were arrested at a religious rally in May 2025.

On Saturday, crowds gathered at locations across Seattle to remember Alex Pretti and protest his killing by federal Border patrol agents. We spoke with attendees about their reaction to the news and why they hit the streets.

A new documentary tells the story of the WTO demonstrations in Seattle and how they foreshadowed today's political moment.

A King County jury found Seattle was negligent in its response to the fatal shooting of a teenager in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone in 2020.