“Militarized Policing and Public Protest: From the WTO Protests to Ferguson鈥� is the topic of a documentary video screening and panel discussion at the 天美影院 on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The , from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, starts with a screening of 鈥淭his Is What Democracy Looks Like.鈥� The 72-minute documentary was made from footage shot by more than 100 鈥渕edia activists鈥� during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. It is narrated by actress Susan Sarandon and Michael Franti, leader of the band Spearhead.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion starting at 4:45 p.m. The panelists are:
鈥� , an attorney and former lobbyist for the Washington State Labor Council who was a labor march strategy leader for the WTO protests
鈥� , an attorney who represented several people arrested during the WTO protests, resulting in the city of Seattle paying settlements of more than $1 million
鈥� , a former Seattle police chief turned police reformer and the author of 鈥淏reaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Expos茅 of the Dark Side of American Policing鈥�
A lecture by , a professor at Eastern Kentucky University and author of several books on militarized policing, is scheduled to start at 5:45 p.m. after the discussion.