Posted on 07/26/2020 5:35:39 AM PDT by karpov
SEATTLE — Nearly four dozen people were arrested, and more than 20 officers were injured Saturday after protests turned violent with trailers set on fire, windows at businesses smashed, cars damaged, and explosive devices thrown at police.
During a media briefing with Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best, she said Saturday’s protest was not a peaceful demonstration at all, and many people were put at risk. She described the path that rioters took.
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Content Continues Below What started with thousands of people gathering peacefully Saturday afternoon in Capitol Hill in solidarity with the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in Portland changed later in the day.
The group met at Seattle Central College at East Pine Street and Broadway at around 1 p.m. before starting their march and loudly making their message heard to defund SPD.
Things shifted at about 4 p.m.
During the march, Seattle police said about a dozen people devolved into a rampage of destruction as they marched past the King County Youth Detention Center at 12th Avenue and Alder Street, targeting the site.
>>PHOTOS: Seattle protests turn violent Some rioters carried sledgehammers and began shattering workers’ car windows in the parking lot.
At one point, a rioter grabbed a flagger’s stop sign and used it as a weapon.
At the same time, a row of construction trailers next door on 12th Avenue were firebombed after some rioters scaled a fence.
The site used to be where the old juvenile detention center stood, but KIRO 7 was told workers at the site were building a parking lot.
Fire crews responded and reported that five construction trailers were on fire. They were destroyed.
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