By Pamela Mieth

The first weekend in August was a busy one for local protestors with events scheduled both Saturday and Sunday at the Shoreline-Edmonds line.

First on Saturday at the intersection of Aurora Ave N and N 205th St was a special "Say their Names" silent vigil where participants held signs bearing the names of U.S. victims killed in race-related incidents, often at the hands of police or civilian vigilantes.

The names included Abner Louima, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, among too many others.

"Say Their Names" grew from #SayHerName, a phrase coined by civil rights activist Kimberle Crenshaw in 2014 to bring focus to the neglected stories of black women subject to police violence and systemic oppression, according to the ABHM (America's Black Holocaust Museum) in Wiscon

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