>>>
>>> GOOD
>>> GOOD EVENING, THIS WAS A DAY OF DEMONSTRATIONS ONCE
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. IT
AGAIN. IT IS LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF
DESTRUCTION IN SEATTLE.
THE VILE ACTIVITY PROMPTED THE
POLICE TO DECLARE RIOT.
THERE WERE MUSCLES ON OFFICERS,
AND FAILURE TO DISPERSE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT.
LET'S START WITH KAYLA LAFFERTY
ON CAPITOL HILL.
WE ARE ON THE NINTH HOUR WITH
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. WHAT IS THE LATEST?>> Reporter:
WE ARE ON 10th AND PINE ON
CAPITOL HILL, TWO BLOCKS DOWN
FROM THE EAST PRECINCT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LARGE
GROUP OF PROTESTERS HERE.
THEY ARE CHANTING, BANGING ON
DUMPSTERS THAT ARE TIPPED OVER,
AND THE POLICE LINE IS ABOUT
ONE BLOCK UP FROM HERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
THEY DID START OUT VERY
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. A LARGE GROUP OF PROTESTERS MET
ON CAPITOL HILL AND MARCHED TO
THE EAST RECENT.
THEY WERE CHANTING DEMANDS
ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING TWO
DEFINED SEATTLE POLICE BY 50%.
THEY CALLED FOR THE RESONATOR
RESIGNATION OF THE MAYOR.
THIS WAS A BIG PART OF THE
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. THEY DID MAKE THEIR WAY FROM
THE EAST PRECINCT TO THE
JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY.
AT THAT POINT IS WHEN THINGS
STARTED TO GO SOUTH.
MOMENT THAT THEY ARRIVED, THERE
WERE CLASHES AND WE SAW
FIREWORKS GO OFF.
WE THEN SAW SMOKE.
THE CONSTRUCTION SITE NEXT TO
THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
WAS SET ON FIRE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID 12
PROTESTERS SAID FOUR
CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS ON FIRE.
FROM THERE, THE PROTESTERS
CONTINUED ON.
CONTINUED ON. WE SHOWED YOU THIS VIDEO EARLY
IN THE EVENING.
A STARBUCKS ON 12th AVENUE WAS
HEAVILY VANDALIZED.
HEAVILY VANDALIZED. THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT.
SOME STUFF FROM INSIDE WAS
THROWN ON THE ROADWAY.
THE PROTESTERS MOVED ON.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY
STARTED USING PEPPER SPRAY TO
CONTROL THE CROWD, BECAUSE WHEN
I GOT BACK TO THE PRECINCT,
THEY WERE SCARED FOR THE LIVES
AND SAFETY OF OFFICERS IN THE
PRECINCT AT A TIME.
THEY MOVED UP AND DOWN PINE,
AND ENDED UP JUST OUTSIDE OF
CAL ANDERSON PARK.
AT LAST WORD, THEY SAID THEY
ARRESTED 25 PROTESTERS.
A ONE POINT, WHILE OFFICER
TRIED TO TAKE A PROTESTER INTO
CUSTODY, GROUP OF PEOPLE
FOLLOWED THEM TO THEIR VAN,
CHANTING FOR 20 MINUTES TO TRY
TO GET THEM TO RELEASE THE
PERSON THEY TOOK INTO CUSTODY.
THEY MOVED THE LINE BACK TOWARD
THE EAST PRECINCT WHERE, AS YOU
CAN SEE, THEY ARE NOW.
SEATTLE FIRE DID TWEET OUT THAT
IF ANYONE WAS HURT DURING THE
PROTEST, OR NEEDED MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE TO CALL 911 AND
MOVED TO THE PERIMETER OF THE
CROWDS OF PEOPLE SO THEY COULD
BRING THE MAID.
AS WE HAVE SHOWN YOU ALL NIGHT,
IT SEEMS TO BE RELATIVELY CALM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANTING.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY MORE
PEPPER SPRAY USED IN THE LAST
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. KAYLA LAFFERTY, KING 5 NEWS.
>>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO.
SEATTLE POLICE SAY AT LEAST ONE
PERSON BREACHED A FENCE LINE AT
THE EAST PRECINCT BEFORE A
DEVICE EXPLODED, LEAVING BEHIND
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. THEY SAY THIS IS AN EIGHT INCH
HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS WAS
ONE OF SEVERAL INCIDENCES THAT
LED THEM TO DECLARE A RIOT.
>> WE ARE MOVING US BACK A
LITTLE.
LITTLE.
LITTLE. WE WERE ROLLING WHEN THIS
VIOLENT INTERACTION HAPPENED IN
ONE OF MANY ATTEMPTS THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT TO PUSH CROWDS BACK
POLICE USE A FLASH BANGS AND
PEPPER SPRAY.
PEPPER SPRAY. PROTESTERS LAUNCHED OBJECTS
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. >>>
BACK. >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY
DID BLOCK THE CITY COUNCILS A
BAN ON SEVERAL CROWD CONTROL
MEASURES FROM TAKING EFFECT IN
SEATTLE THIS WEEKEND.
IN THE RULING, THE JUDGE SAID
HE NEEDED TO HEAR FROM OTHER
SIDES.
SIDES.
SIDES. >>
SIDES. >> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL THINKS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE OFFICE
OF ACCOUNTABILITY THINKS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CPC
THINKS.
THINKS.
THINKS. >> Reporter: THE POLICE CHIEF
SAID IN PART, IN THE SPIRIT OF
OFFERING TRUST AND FULL
TRANSPARENCY, I WANT TO ADVISE
YOU THAT SPD OFFICERS WILL
CLAREY KERRY.
CLAREY KERRY. >>> THEY PROMISED THE COMMUNITY
THAT THEY WILL NOT DEPLOY
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS. >>> PART OF THE REASON THE
PROTESTERS WERE OUT TODAY WAS
TO SHOW THEIR OUTRAGE OVER THE
PRESENCE OF FEDERAL OFFICERS IN
THE CITY.
THE CITY.
THE CITY. MICHAEL JOINS US NOW.
WE DO KNOW THE FEDERAL AGENTS
WERE ON STANDBY.
DID YOU SEE ANY FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE?
>> WE DO NOT.
THAT HAS BEEN THE BIG QUESTION
TODAY IS AWARE ARE THE FEDS
AFTER A LOT OF HYPE AND
DISCUSSION?
DISCUSSION? TODAY HAS BEEN A CASE OF DEJA
VU.
VU.
VU. THE
VU. THE CLASHES WE HAVE SEEN
BETWEEN THE PROTESTERS AND
POLICE, THIS IS LOCAL POLICE
THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, YOU
WILL REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE
C.H.O.P.?
C.H.O.P.?
C.H.O.P.? YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE FENCE,
HERE IS A LINE OF OFFICERS AND
TESTERS THAT HAVE ENGAGED WITH
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. IT
THEM. IT IS A CORE GROUP.
THE ROAD IS BLOCKED A BLOCK OR
SO BACK.
SO BACK.
SO BACK. PEOPLE ARE OUT WALKING AROUND
AND TALKING.
AND TALKING. WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE EATING.
THE PROTESTERS ARE BEING KEPT
BACK FROM THE EAST PRECINCT UP
THE HILL.
THE HILL.
THE HILL. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR
SO LONG.
SO LONG.
SO LONG. IT WAS MORE OF A CHAOTIC SCENE
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THAT.
WE DO KNOW THAT OFFICERS
DEPLOYED PEPPER SPRAY AND THE
FLASH BANGS.
FLASH BANGS. THERE IS SOME SORT OF IRRITANT.
WE FELT THAT AND WE WERE
COUGHING AS PEOPLE WERE PUSHED
DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE THE
SUNSHINE WENT DOWN.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THEM FORCE
THE PROTESTERS AROUND THE BLOCK
A COUPLE TIMES.
IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT SCENE.
WHERE THE FEDERAL OFFICERS ARE
HERE IN TOWN, APPARENTLY TO
PROTECT FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
WE WENT AND CHECKED THEM OUT AT
THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
WE DID NOT SEE ANY OF THOSE OF
FORTIFICATIONS LIKE WE HAVE
HEARD OF IN PORTLAND.
WE DID NOT SEE THOSE UNMARKED
OFFICERS WALKING AROUND.
WE KNOW THE WEST PRECINCT IS
HEAVILY FORTIFIED TONIGHT.
SEATTLE POLICE INSTALLED
CONCRETE BARRIERS BEFORE THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. WE ALSO KNOW, WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT LOCAL POLICE THAT THE
KING COUNTY SHERIFF WAS
REQUESTED FOR EIGHT AND HAS
BEEN ASSISTING TODAY.
THIS IS THE MAYOR TALKING ABOUT
THE RESPONSES THAT SHE DOES
EXPECT AT THE FEDERAL AGENTS TO
SHOW UP.
SHOW UP.
SHOW UP. >> SHOULD FEDERAL FORCES
INTERVENE IN SEATTLE LIKE THEY
DID IN PORTLAND, WE ARE
PREPARED TO TAKE EVERY LEGAL
STEP NECESSARY.
STEP NECESSARY. >> Reporter: I WAS JUST TEXTING
A COUPLE MINUTES AGO FROM
SOMEONE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
ASKING IF THEY HAVE HEARD ANY
WORD ABOUT THE FEDERAL AGENTS.
THIS AT THIS BOOK WITH DHS
TODAY AND THE CHIEF AND MAYOR
HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY UPDATES
OR CONFIRMED DEPLOYMENTS.
ESSENTIALLY, THAT MEANS THAT
THE AGENTS HAVE NOT BEEN
INTERACTING WITH PROTESTERS.
I FIRED OFF AN EMAIL ASKING THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
ON THAT COMMON WE HAVE NOT
HEARD BACK.
HEARD BACK. THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF
RUMORS GOING AROUND.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY VISIBLE
FEDERAL AGENTS WITHOUT A BADGE
ON.
ON.
ON. WE
ON. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
WE WILL KEEP TABS ON THE
SITUATION HERE ON CAPITOL HILL.
>>> NINE MEMBERS OF THE
WASHINGTON CONGRESSIONAL
WASHINGTON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ARE CALLING FOR THE
REMOVAL OF THE FEDERAL OFFICERS
FROM SEATTLE.
FROM SEATTLE. THEY WROTE THIS LETTER TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY.
SECURITY.
SECURITY. THEY SAY, WE BELIEVE THAT THE
DEVELOPMENT THE FEDERAL AGENTS
IN THEIR TACTIC ONLY SERVE TO
ESCALATE AND PROLONG THE
PROTEST AND RESULTED MORE
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE QUICK UPDATE, SEATTLE
POLICE TWEETED OUT THEY HAVE
MADE 45 ARREST TONIGHT.
21 OFFICERS SUSTAINED INJURIES.
MOST WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO
DUTY.
DUTY.
DUTY. WE
DUTY. WE HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE
ONLINE AT WWW.KING5.COM.
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