The long chase carried on through the city and ended southwest of downtown near 99, according to police radio updates. The Seattle Police Department declared a demonstration on Capitol Hill a riot Monday evening after a crowd threw rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers and attempted to breach barricades one block from the East Precinct. By . I was hoping they’d use these protests to make a set of actionable asks that they could realistically get out of the city.Instead, we get crazy stuff like cutting the police budget in half. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
Didn’t see many police, appeared to be heading away from u village though. The curfew will start at 6 p.m. PST and last until 5 a.m.
The looters are selfish, opportunistic criminals…pure and simple. The CHS account is absolutely false and makes me wonder where this writer got their facts and what other parts of the writing are also not true.Yeah, let’s “defund the SPD” so next time a redneck Midwest cop hurts or kills an innocent person, protesters can burn downtown Seattle to the ground & completely decimate small immigrant businesses in the International District.
– where did you see that?Seattle protests continued near the University Village shopping center Monday evening, sparking some brief looting at a nearby Safeway.Several people began smashing windows and running inside around 4:30 p.m., before quickly fleeing the area.Meanwhile, a separate group of about 40 people started marching down an alley between QFC and Safeway, but were stopped and eventually pushed back by a line of police.The scene calmed down pretty quickly, some protesters said, leaving the group peacefully sitting in the parking lot to stand off against police.Jay Cole, a 17-year-old student at Montlake Terrace High School, said she’s advocating for a peaceful gathering, but that some people feel looting is “the only way they’ll listen.”She said she wasn’t one of the people who started smashing Safeway windows.“I’m here to get justice not only for George Floyd, but all people who were unarmed and killed by police,” Cole said.Law enforcement officials began clearing customers out University Village earlier in the day.A spokeswoman for the shopping center said all restaurants and businesses were closed at 2 p.m. out of an “abundance of caution.” Most University Village storefronts, including Piatti and Victoria’s Secret, had been boarded up by 3 p.m.All you needed was a link – the snark is unnecessary and unbecoming and an incorrect assumption on your part.I do pay for news thanks, and though I generally prefer to read the NY Times over the Seattle Times, I can access the articles – and I still have yet to see this one…. What's next?So quarantine is basically over right?
even a search of the site doesn’t turn it up. ET, June 2, 2020 Uber and Lyft ride services paused for Tuesday night's curfew in New York City. You worry about property while they fight for their lives! Clouds of gas billowed through the streets of Pike/Pine just south and east of Cal Anderson and into the mix of commercial and apartment buildings nearby.Protesters were reported scattering from the scene with many seeking refuge on Madison as police forces advanced to push back any remaining groups away from the East Precinct headquarters.Seattle Fire dispatched four or five crews to the area following the skirmish and gas but we do not have further information on injuries.
Thanks to a CHS reader for the pictureThe 6 PM to 5 AM citywide restrictions call for people to stay inside unless they need to work or “are experiencing homelessness,” a Monday’s curfew has been pushed back an hour later than Saturday and Sunday night’s restrictions.Monday afternoon, Durkan and city officials said they were preparing for another night of demonstrations centered around the downtown core.The protest and police response represented a marked change from Saturday’s clashes which Mayor Durkan has repeated her belief that there were two types of protesters this weekend — those there for peaceful demonstrations and, as she said, those taking opportunistic, more violent actions.
While daily demonstrations continue to pose unique and dynamic challenges to the Seattle Police Department and the city, SPD remains committed to facilitating safe, lawful first-amendment demonstrations.Police also responded to multiple reports of break-ins and at least one looting incident on Broadway at the 1600-block Game Stop store. The Mayor directs and controls all City offices and departments except where that authority is granted to another office by the City Charter. Telling that it’s at an upscale retail area, isn’t it? “The context of what happened before is important,” the mayor said.Monday afternoon’s traditional June 1st raising of the Pride flag at City Hall was postponed, the Crowds had begun forming around Westlake by mid-afternoon Monday and people were reported in the street near the park as police and National Guard troops were being prepared for deployment.The group is also calling for funding affordable housing and “community-based anti-violence” programs as well as demanding the City Attorney’s office not prosecute protestors. In response to the increasing number of assaults on officers and the increasing risk to public safety, the Incident Commander declared the incident a riot. It’s fun.I only knew about the one on Saturday because my sister-in-law (who lives up in Phinney) told my sister (who lives in Massachusetts) and she asked me if our neighborhood (Capitol Hill) was ok.Soooooo….They didn’t have enough police presence to stop the looting so lets cut them in half! What is happening/has happened at the U Village appears to be quite under covered by all the media outlets.The antifa argument that looting is necessary in order for them to be heard is self-serving and ridiculous. There is both arial and front row video that shows no escalation or violence by people as they are gassed by the police at close distance. Cleanup efforts have begun in Seattle, Bellevue, and across the region as cities prepare for another day of protests Monday.
Seattle mayor extends curfew as City Council questions police response to George Floyd protests . Ask yourself who is organizing these. As the night continued, members of the crowd threw rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers, and attempted to break through a fence line at 11th Avenue and Pine Street.