The following is an excerpt from the book “Riot Diet: One Man’s Radical Ride Through America In Chaos,” by Richie McGinniss. (Pigeon Press: November, 2024.)
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June 11, 2020, 9:01 PM PST: Outside City Limits, Seattle, Washington
Jorge, Shelby, and I were packed in the back of our rideshare from Seattle airport while I marveled at the sight of the modern cityscape for the first time. I narrated while zooming the camera into the fog beyond the Seattle Seahawks stadium.
“Well, folks, somewhere over there there’s a new country. And we’re gonna see it.”
After a week of protests and multiple riots on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, on Friday, June 5, Mayor Jenny Durkan promised a thirty-day ban on the use of chemical irritants, pending an internal review. “This review should better emphasize de-escalation techniques.” What ensued for the next two days was anything but…
