According to reports, city officials said Friday that contract barriers were placed around the eastbound area of the City Police Department.
The suspect, identified as 19-year-old Desmond David-Pitts of Alaska, faced federal charges Thursday in an attempted criminal case, officials said.
After David-Pitts tried to set the building on fire, others used quick-drying cement to try to seal the doors with workers from the inside, according to Seattle’s Q13 Fox, police said.
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This is the fourth defendant to appear in federal court after being charged with criminal misconduct, U.S. Attorney Brian Moore said. “Those who go to protest but choose violence and criminal acts over defense speech face the full weight of federal criminal sanctions. This illegal behavior must end. “
“The planned pre-attack has put the lives of our officers and our entire community at risk,” said Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best.
A man living in the neighborhood told Kiro-TV that he thinks the barriers to isolating potential protesters and police in the short term are “definitely a positive thing.” “Because back when they were toe to toe on the front lines of protest, it was just a constant crisis and a constant disaster.”
Still, others were not in favor of defensive barriers.
“A huge ‘Ugh,’ I think. That’s the best way to describe it,” said a woman working nearby. “More ‘really? OK. What’s that purpose?’
Similar barriers have been set up on the city’s West Present, the Q13 report said.
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Thursday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.
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East Present is the same place that protested in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and eventually led to the controversial Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), also known as the CAHS (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone). The area was cleared and officers returned to the abandoned East Present building last month after two fatal shootings.
