Seattle: Demonstrators laid down on the ground with their hands behind their backs for several minutes in a Seattle parking lot Thursday.
The protesters said they wanted to experience in a small way how George Floyd was treated by Minneapolis police officers before his death.
"I think it made something kind of click in a lot of our brains," said protester Samantha Suvao.
Elsewhere in Seattle, at least one protester attempted to break through a line of police officers using bicycles to block a street.
As demonstrators shouted obscenities, police took the person away.
Leaders in Seattle seeking to address concerns raised by protesters have abruptly ended a city-wide curfew in place for days amid massive demonstrations against the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minnesota.
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Mayor Jenny Durkan said Wednesday evening on Twitter that she was ending the curfew, which had been scheduled to last until Saturday after she and Police Chief Carmen Best met with community members.
“Chief Best believes we can balance public safety and ensure peaceful protests can continue without a curfew,” Durkan said. “For those peacefully demonstrating tonight, please know you can continue to demonstrate. We want you to continue making your voice heard.”
Thousands of protesters remained in the city’s Capitol Hill neighbourhood well after the abolished 9 pm curfew Wednesday. Demonstrators carried “Black Lives Matter” signs, called for cutting the police department’s budget and shifting the money to social programs, and chanted for officers to remove their riot gear.
Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib tweeted that he was pleased Seattle had listened and reversed course.
“Preemptive curfews were only making things worse. Other cities should do likewise,” he posted.
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(With inputs from AP)
