Protest or campaign event?

Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson Jul 5, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Protest or campaign event? </h1>
                <h2><p>Seattle Police arrested State House of Representatives candidate Jess Spear, according to a tweet from her campaign, and threatened to arrest Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant for blocking a set of railroad tracks on Thursday afternoon. According to an article by Q13Fox.com, the situation played out on a set</p></h2>
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            <p>Seattle Police arrested State House of Representatives candidate Jess Spear, according to a tweet from her campaign, and threatened to arrest Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant for blocking a set of railroad tracks on Thursday afternoon. According to <a href="http://q13fox.com/2014/07/31/city-council-member-house-candidate-block-railroad-tracks-in-oil-train-protest/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">an article by Q13Fox.com,</a> the situation played out on a set of BNSF tracks near the Olympic Sculpture Park. The council member and and the house candidate, both socialists, were joined by others protesting oil train traffic in the city. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%40votespear&src=typd&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Photos on Twitter</a> also showed some of them holding up a large Vote Jess Spear banner that spanned two sets of tracks. For more on Spear, who is running against Speaker of the House Frank Chopp in Seattle's 43rd Legislative District, <a href="http://crosscut.com/2014/07/31/elections/121255/43rd-district-speaker-frank-chopp-jess-spear-house/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">check out Crosscut writer John Stang's article on the race today.</a> — B.A.</p>
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Seattle Police arrested State House of Representatives candidate Jess Spear, according to a tweet from her campaign, and threatened to arrest Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant for blocking a set of railroad tracks on Thursday afternoon. According to an article by Q13Fox.com, the situation played out on a set of BNSF tracks near the Olympic Sculpture Park. The council member and and the house candidate, both socialists, were joined by others protesting oil train traffic in the city. Photos on Twitter also showed some of them holding up a large Vote Jess Spear banner that spanned two sets of tracks. For more on Spear, who is running against Speaker of the House Frank Chopp in Seattle's 43rd Legislative District, check out Crosscut writer John Stang's article on the race today. — B.A.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’