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Mardi Gras returns to Pioneer Square
Posted by Kevin Fujii
On Fat Tuesday, photojournalist Jim Bates returned to Pioneer Square, where ten years ago (Feb. 28, 2001), he was on the scene of a riot that claimed the life of a Kris Kime and injured numerous revelers and police officers. The unruly crowd also vandalized property.
The Mardi Gras celebration in Pioneer Square returns this year after a moratorium was placed by then Mayor Paul Schell.
JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Asraiya Heather Deyo performs a sample of her fire act outside the Trinity Nightclub on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Seattle. Because of fire codes, Deyo was not allowed to preform inside the building at the Fat Tuesday Seattle Erotic Ball.
JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES, 2001
Seattle Police dressed in riot gear clear the Mardi Gras crowd from Yestler Street near an overturned car on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2001.