COLIN MULVANY/ SECOND MARCH IS PEACEFUL · And twice fellow demon-strators stamped out the flames....
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Protesters stamp out attempt to light American flag on fire Twice a small band of pro- testers attempted to light an American flag on fire during demonstrations against police brutality on Sunday in down- town Spokane. And twice fellow demon- strators stamped out the flames. The protest against police brutality had started to thin out Sunday evening, leaving a group of a couple of hundred protesters standing in the entrance of River- front Park, when a white man walked out from the crowd and started burning an American flag. That’s when Lysa Cole, a young Black woman in a hoodie and sweatpants, walked up, stomped out the fire, and took away the flag. “I was just hurt because peo- By Emma Epperly THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW See FLAG, 9 Lysa Cole and Simone Richardson bravely step up for the red, white and blue MONDAY, June 8, 2020 Spokane, Washington 137th VOL., ISSUE 364 ~ EST. MAY 19, 1883 SPOKESMAN REPORTER TED McDERMOTT A $1.5 million roundabout at the intersection of Freya Street and the Palouse Highway. A $500,000 pedestrian and bike pathway along Garland Av- enue, from Shaw Middle School to Market Street. A $600,000 project to con- struct an arterial on, and an ex- tension of, 12th Avenue between Deer Heights Road and Flint Road, near where Spokane be- comes Airway Heights. A $2.1 million project to re- place left turns with J-turns at Meadow Lane Road and U.S. 195. These are a few of the nine projects the city of Spokane plans to add to what sounds like a bland technical document, but is actu- ally an important guide for what transportation projects will be- come a reality in the near future. While the city has a long list of visions, ideas and plans it hopes to pursue, the Six Year Compre- hensive Street Program is where projects go when the city intends to see them through and has at least some of the funding in hand to make that happen. “Effectively, once it gets in to the (six-year) program, the focus and the intent is to accomplish them,” said Katherine Miller, the city’s director of integrated capi- tal management. But some observers have raised questions about how proj- ects make it to this list – and whether the process of doing so is sufficiently transparent. “As far as the process goes, it is a frustrating process, because this is a critical program and pro- cess for how the city prioritizes what street projects they’re go- ing to fund,” said Jessica Engel- man, chair of SpokAT, a local ac- tive transportation group. “But it 82% of city respondents want to close crucial Centennial gap in West Central See GETTING THERE, 5 Survey says: Most support trail project GETTING THERE Increasingly windy ▲ 64 ▼ 43 $2 6 98961 23456 7 TAKING MEASURED RISKS DURING PANDEMIC In Family: Despite easing of coronavirus restrictions, you must still weigh potential exposures to infection when going out. NORTHWEST, 7 STREET MUSIC WEEK MOVES ONLINE TO AID FOOD BANK Street Music Week, an annual fundraising event for Spokane food bank Second Harvest, will be held virtually this year. NORTHWEST, C1 BAYNES: “IGNORANCE IS AN EXCUSE AND A CRUTCH” Former WSU basketball star and Australia native decries racism globally, shares experience raising mixed-race children with his wife, Rachel Adekponya. SPORTS, 1 Classifieds..Northwest 4 Comics..Northwest 12 Bridge ..Northwest 7 Lotteries ..News 4 Television..Northwest 11 Opinion ..Northwest 3 Thousands of people gathered in downtown Spokane for the se- cond straight Sunday to protest police brutality following the death of a Black man in police custody in Minneapolis. A series of speakers and marches that began at 2 p.m. and lasted through sundown re- mained largely peaceful, with the crowd calling for police re- forms, up to and including de- funding the department. As the sun began to set, some men car- rying rifles began appearing downtown, as several hundred remaining protesters marched through the downtown streets claiming their right to protest, stopping at the Courthouse and ending near the Intermodal Cen- ter downtown. Police said they used a law en- forcement helicopter that buzzed overhead most of the day to monitor the march. The infor- mation was used by police From staff reports See MARCH, 10 SECOND MARCH IS PEACEFUL VOCAL, PASSIONATE CROWD SEVERAL THOUSAND STRONG CALLS FOR POLICE REFORMS COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW A man offers free hugs as thousands of protesters supporting Black Lives Matter leave Riverfront Park on their way to march across the Monroe Street Bridge on Sunday. -A 1 Main
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Protesters stamp out attemptto light American flag on fire
Twice a small band of pro-testers attempted to light anAmerican flag on fire duringdemonstrations against policebrutality on Sunday in down-town Spokane.
And twice fellow demon-strators stamped out the flames.
The protest against policebrutality had started to thin outSunday evening, leaving a group
of a couple of hundred protestersstanding in the entrance of River-front Park, when a white manwalked out from the crowd andstarted burning an Americanflag.
That’s when Lysa Cole, ayoung Black woman in a hoodieand sweatpants, walked up,stomped out the fire, and tookaway the flag.
“I was just hurt because peo-
By Emma EpperlyTHE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
See FLAG, 9
Lysa Coleand SimoneRichardson
bravely stepup for thered, white
and blue
MONDAY, June 8, 2020 Spokane, Washington137th VOL., ISSUE 364 ~ EST. MAY 19, 1883
SPOKESMANREPORTER
TEDMcDERMOTT
A $1.5 million roundabout atthe intersection of Freya Streetand the Palouse Highway.
A $500,000 pedestrian andbike pathway along Garland Av-enue, from Shaw Middle Schoolto Market Street.
A $600,000 project to con-struct an arterial on, and an ex-tension of, 12th Avenue betweenDeer Heights Road and FlintRoad, near where Spokane be-comes Airway Heights.
A $2.1 million project to re-place left turns with J-turns atMeadow Lane Road and U.S. 195.
These are a few of the nineprojects the city of Spokane plansto add to what sounds like a blandtechnical document, but is actu-ally an important guide for whattransportation projects will be-come a reality in the near future.
While the city has a long list ofvisions, ideas and plans it hopesto pursue, the Six Year Compre-
hensive Street Program is whereprojects go when the city intendsto see them through and has atleast some of the funding in handto make that happen.
“Effectively, once it gets in tothe (six-year) program, the focusand the intent is to accomplishthem,” said Katherine Miller, thecity’s director of integrated capi-tal management.
But some observers haveraised questions about how proj-
ects make it to this list – andwhether the process of doing sois sufficiently transparent.
“As far as the process goes, it isa frustrating process, becausethis is a critical program and pro-cess for how the city prioritizeswhat street projects they’re go-ing to fund,” said Jessica Engel-man, chair of SpokAT, a local ac-tive transportation group. “But it
82% of city respondents want to close crucial Centennial gap in West Central
See GETTING THERE, 5
Survey says: Most support trail projectGETTING THERE
Increasingly windy� 64 � 43 $2
6 98961 23456 7
TAKING MEASURED RISKSDURING PANDEMIC
In Family: Despite easing of coronavirusrestrictions, you must still weigh potential
exposures to infection when going out. NORTHWEST, 7
STREET MUSIC WEEK MOVESONLINE TO AID FOOD BANKStreet Music Week, an annual fundraising
event for Spokane food bank SecondHarvest, will be held virtually this year.
NORTHWEST, C1
BAYNES: “IGNORANCE IS ANEXCUSE AND A CRUTCH”
Former WSU basketball star and Australianative decries racism globally, shares
experience raising mixed-race children withhis wife, Rachel Adekponya. SPORTS, 1
Classifieds..Northwest 4 Comics..Northwest 12 Bridge ..Northwest 7 Lotteries ..News 4 Television..Northwest 11 Opinion ..Northwest 3
Thousands of people gatheredin downtown Spokane for the se-cond straight Sunday to protestpolice brutality following thedeath of a Black man in policecustody in Minneapolis.
A series of speakers andmarches that began at 2 p.m. andlasted through sundown re-mained largely peaceful, withthe crowd calling for police re-forms, up to and including de-funding the department. As the
sun began to set, some men car-rying rifles began appearingdowntown, as several hundredremaining protesters marchedthrough the downtown streetsclaiming their right to protest,stopping at the Courthouse andending near the Intermodal Cen-ter downtown.
Police said they used a law en-forcement helicopter thatbuzzed overhead most of the dayto monitor the march. The infor-mation was used by police
From staff reports
See MARCH, 10
SECOND MARCH IS PEACEFULVOCAL, PASSIONATE CROWD
SEVERAL THOUSAND STRONGCALLS FOR POLICE REFORMS
COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
A man offers free hugs as thousands of protesters supporting Black Lives Matter leave Riverfront Park on their way to march across the Monroe Street Bridge on Sunday.
- A 1 Main
