By Macey Wurm Reporting for West Seattle Blog Hundreds of protesters gathered at Hiawatha Playfield this afternoon to start West Seattle Indivisible’s “We’re Still Standing” rally and march. The event,

A demonstration was blocking traffic in downtown Seattle, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) reported at 5 p.m. Monday. However, SDOT announced around 6:45 p.m. that demonstrators had cleared out. The gathering appeared to be an “ICE Out for Good” protest headed to the Federal Building, as posted online.

Hundreds of protesters descended on a Target store in Seattle on Friday, demanding the retailer cut ties with federal immigration enforcement.

A jury on Thursday ordered the city of Seattle to pay more than $30 million over the unsolved, fatal shooting of a teenager at the “ Capitol Hill Occupied Protest " zone, which arose in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.

The traffic impacts came as hundreds of demonstrators marched through neighborhoods across the Seattle area earlier in the day.