July 13, 2002 Killing of White Deputy Quiets Protests Over Police Shootings of 2 BlacksBy TIMOTHY EGAN EATTLE, July 12 — After the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer last spring, community leaders here planned a chain of demonstrations to follow a rush-hour shutdown of the freeway through downtown. The aim of these "surprise strategic strikes," the organizers said, was to change the way the police treated African-Americans in Seattle. At the same time, city leaders were preparing new regulations for police officers, intended to determine whether race was a factor in whom they stopped...
