May Day update from Seattle
The same Seattle Times article I referenced below is doing frequent updates on the May Day festivities.
Now that the adults have left the room, the kiddies are going feral.
From the
Seattle Times:
UPDATE AT 8:12 P.M.: Police are now herding protesters east on Olive Way. Police using flash-bangs to move the crowd. Objects, including a skateboard, are being thrown at police.
Police continue to use pepper spray to clear the crowd.
UPDATE AT 8:06 P.M.: Seattle police say they plan to give the official order to clear the streets. Things could reach a head soon.
UPDATE AT 7:59 P.M. Police are making more arrests at Olive, between Fourth and Fifth. Police are also using pepper spray for the first time.
UPDATE AT 7:54 P.M.: The two men taken into custody were apparently assaulting a TV cameraman, police say. One was reportedly on a pogo stick (the protester, not the cameraman).
UPDATE AT 7:48 P.M.: Seattle police are making a couple of arrests at Fourth and Pine.
UPDATE AT 7:35 P.M.: The crowd has come full circle. They�re now at Westlake Park, where the �festivities� began this morning.
Still no arrests.
UPDATE AT 7:28 P.M.: Police say some are throwing metal pipes and other objects at windows.
UPDATE AT 7:25 P.M.: Group now at Sixth and Pike and Niketown, epicenter of last year�s violence when self-proclaimed anarchists � some wearing Nikes � broke windows. Heavy police presence there today.
Someone set off a flare.
UPDATE AT 7:20 P.M.: Crowd heading west on Pike over the freeway.
Police say the broken window was at Sun Liquor. A police source says demonstrators may have taken bottles.
UPDATE AT 7:12 P.M.: Even the superheroes got hosed with Silly String. Oh, the humanity.
Crowd continues to march toward downtown, although the marchers don�t seem to know where they�re going.
A window was reportedly broken at East Pike and Belmont. Still no word of arrests.
UPDATE AT 7:01 P.M.: The group has now stopped at Pine and Broadway. Heavy police presence.
Many in the crowd are unhappy with the media. A KING-TV reporter was doused with Silly String.
UPDATE AT 6:56 P.M.: Marchers have left SCCC and are heading west along East Pine toward Broadway, possibly in a route that will take them downtown. Police say some in the crowd appear to be lighting flares or some type of smoke devices.
Someone set off firecrackers.
And of course, the cost of the police presence, the cost of processing the arrested, the cost of cleanup will all be borne by those Seattle citizens who pay property tax -- either directly as land owners or indirectly as renters.
Posted by DaveH at May 1, 2013 8:17 PM