Seattle police clashed with protesters after being attacked with rocks, bottles, and fireworks Thursday night in the now-cleared Capitol Hill organized protest zone.
Police said 10 people were arrested after violence erupted at the intersection of Broadway and Pine Street.
Police in a helmet with bats and rifles forcibly cleared the so-called autonomous zone on Wednesday after the mayor ordered the response after two recent fatal shootings.
Police and city workers fill a street occupied hours earlier by a protester camp on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in Seattle, where streets had been blocked in an area that protesters had occupied for weeks.
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“Officers reporting that bottles, rocks and fireworks were thrown at them at the intersection of Broadway and Pine Street. Arrests at this time, ”the police tweeted.
Another tweet said commanders were issuing an order to the crowd to disperse.
Heavy equipment and a street sweeper pass through a Seattle police compound that was cleaned up on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in Seattle, where streets had been blocked in an area that protesters had occupied for weeks.
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Police said three people were arrested outside the West Enclosure for destruction of property. The west compound is two miles from the CHOP zone.
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The other seven arrests took place on Broadway and Pine, starting around 1 a.m., police said. They were being accused of assault, harassment and lack of dispersal.
When the area was cleared on Wednesday, more than three dozen people were arrested on charges of lack of dispersal, obstruction, assault and illegal possession of weapons.
“Our job is to support a peaceful demonstration, but what has happened on these streets for the past two weeks is illegal and brutal and ultimately simply unacceptable,” said Police Chief Carmen Best.
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan had come under fire for her response to the CHOP protest.
