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SEATTLE Weeks of violent clashes between federal agents and protesters in Portland, Ore., galvanized thousands of people to march through the streets of American cities on Saturday, injecting new life into protests that had largely waned in recent weeks.
One of the most intense protests was in Seattle, where a day of demonstrations focused on police violence left a trail of broken windows and people flushing pepper spray from their eyes. At least 45 protesters had been arrested as of early evening, and both protesters and police officers suffered injuries.
Carrying signs such as Feds Go Home and shouting chants of No justice, no peace, some among the crowd of about 5,000 protesters stopped at a youth detention center and lit several construction trailers there on fire. Some smashed windows of nearby businesses, ignited a fire in a coffee shop and blew an eight-inch hole through the wall of the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct building, the police said.
At this point, we declared the event to be a riot, and several orders to disperse were given, the Seattle police chief, Carmen Best, said at a news conference.
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In Austin, Texas, the police said one man was shot and killed just before 10 p.m. during a protest in the citys downtown. In a live video from the scene, protesters are seen marching through an intersection when a car blares its horn. Seconds later, five shots ring out, followed shortly after by several more loud bangs.
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In Los Angeles, protesters clashed with officers in front of the federal courthouse downtown. Videos showed people smashing windows and lobbing water bottles at officers after protesters said the police fired projectiles at them.
The federal courthouse in Portland has been the scene of nightly, chaotic demonstrations for weeks, which continued again into Sunday morning, as thousands participated in marches around the city, the 59th consecutive day of protests there. Earlier, a group of nurses in scrubs had joined an organized group of mothers in helmets and fathers in hard hats, all assembled against the fence of a federal courthouse where federal agents a deployment that has been a key focus of the recent demonstrations have been assembled.
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triron
(22,030 posts)And fuck the police who should be supporting and protecting the citizens from the federal thugs.
AJT
(5,240 posts)suburban America find the protesters to be at fault. This will push them back to 45.
calguy
(5,348 posts)But I don't think the end result is going to be what he wants. He's trying to use a page from the Nixon '68 playbook. But this isn't 1968, and we're not fighting an unjust war overseas. We're fighting an unjust war here at home and the only ones voting for trump over this are the same ones that would vote for him no matter what. And there are way more of us than there are of them.
paleotn
(18,012 posts)What most people don't like, even in the burbs, is innocent people being killed by cops and thuggery. The teargas, bible toting photo op in DC was a complete disaster even in the burbs. Polling shows exactly that.