A crowd of several thousand people including families with babies in strollers, pets and of all ages, and races converged on the West Seattle Junction on Saturday June 6 to protest the death of George Floyd, whose death while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 sparked protests around the world. Across the nation the protests, which took a violent and criminal turn in Seattle and elsewhere, continued into their second week now centered on justice, equity, and an end to police violence, especially with regard to African Americans.

The protests here began in a small way last week, then got renewed energy on Friday in White Center at 8th SW and Roxbury Street SW and near Holden Street SW and 16h SW as Hate Free Delridge and others voiced their concerns at those intersections.

But the largest one on the westside thus far was the convergence of one planned for the West Seattle Junction at 2pm on Saturday and another even larger one that marched from the Admiral District south to the junction where thousands of voices joined in call and response cheers of "Black LIves Matter" and "No Justice, No Peace"