Feb. 18, they walked in a line on East Yesler Way toward 12th Avenue South, chains linking them by the waist, the gray metal popping out against bright orange jumpsuits. A shout of recognition came from the crowd across the street on the lawn outside Bailey Gatzert Elementary School.
“No new!” they shouted.
“Youth jail!” their fellow protesters responded.
“Today is the day King County is trying to open the youth jail,” said one person dressed in a jumpsuit. “We’re here to disrupt that. ...