May Day protests in Seattle driven by an anti-capitalist sentiment led to clashes with police –five of whom were injured – and to the arrest of nine for assault, property destruction and obstruction.
One of the injured officers was treated for a head laceration from a thrown rock; another was hurt by a tossed Molotov cocktail, the Seattle Times reported. Yet one more officer was bitten by a protester, the newspaper said.
The protests took place largely near a Costco, with reports coming in that angry protesters were “assailing shopping carts” flipping over pallets outside the store.
“Good thing Costco closes at 6 on Sunday #MayDaySeattle,” one witness posted on Twitter, alongside a video of the chaotic scene.
“Group now assailing shopping carts in @Costco parking lot #MayDaySea” the Seattle Police Department tweeted.
Police reported Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles were thrown at officers near the stadium, and at stores and windows in the area, forcing them to disperse the crowds with blast calls.
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Some of the protesters marched the streets carting a banner that read, “We are ungovernable,” the Seattle Times reported.
Others carried a massive Donald Trump pinata on a pole, touting a message of workers’ rights and solidarity.
Social media posters were quick to point to the oddities of the protesters.
One wrote on Twitter: “Always funny to watch these Anarchists wreck things while they retain their bourgeois backgrounds. #MayDaySea”
And another referenced the fact it appeared the protesters seemed to be “angry white kids who hate capitalism,” but watchers were asked to “please ignore their Nikes & iPhones.”
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