Juan (street protester)
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Juan, also known as Pedro (born 1943 or 1944), is a street protester operating in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Identity and popularity[edit]
The Seattle Weekly says his name is "Juan".[1] The Stranger says his name is "Pedro",[2] although their newcomers' guide to Seattle refers to him simply as "the Frye Apartments Guy".[3]
Juan is a Cuban refugee. News accounts place his age at 57 in 2001, and 60 in 2004.[4] He is so well known that journalists write of him in passing, assuming the readers know what they are talking about.[5]
Concerns[edit]
Juan shouts and holds his sign daily in downtown Seattle, generally around 6th Avenue and Pine Street.[1] He is often in front of the Pacific Place entrance or the flagship Nordstrom, though occasionally he is a few blocks away at Westlake Plaza or the Macy's.[5] His sign has changed a few times but always has two main antagonists: the Seattle Police Department and the Frye Apartments (a local subsidized housing unit for the poor and mentally ill). Frye and the SPD are always noted by him as "devil communists". Others named on his sign include Ron Sims, Fidel Castro, the Vietcong, the Pope and Catholics, atheists, Mexican immigrants, and all citizens of Seattle. His sign often contains references to Jesus Christ and scripture.[2]
Juan occasionally claims that Fidel Castro paid the Seattle Police to circulate a petition that was signed by everyone in Seattle to evict him from the Frye Apartments and that everyone in the city should be tried by the United Nations.[1][2] He says that he is afraid of the Seattle Police, who he says will assassinate him in his sleep.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stanley, Laura (October 9, 2006). "Street Asylum". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Levin, Rick (May 24, 2001). "Commies, Cops, and Cubans". The Stranger. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- ↑ "Say WA? - Pullout - Secret Student Handbook". The Stranger. 2006.
- ↑ Schmader, David (November 18, 2004). "FURIOUS MAN REMAINS FURIOUS". The Stranger. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Clement, Bethany Jean (May 15, 2002). "My bike buddy". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
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