Arrest made in Antifa insurrection in Portland as officers are injured

Epoch Times:
Rioters in Seattle set fire to a construction site of a King County juvenile detention facility and courthouse, later hurling explosives and other projectiles at police, leading to injuries to more than some 59 officers.

The demonstration, organized by a group pushing to abolish the Seattle Police Department, prompted concerns of violence, with a number of business owners boarding up their stores in hopes of protecting them. Almost four dozen people were arrested.

After gathering in the Capitol Hill neighborhood around 2:15 p.m.—where the so-called autonomous zone had been located—the crowd traveled about 10 blocks south to 12th Avenue and Jefferson Street and torched the construction site.

A group of about a dozen people was responsible for the fire, according to the Seattle Police Department. Firefighters responded and put the flames out.

The group then headed north, smashing windows at businesses as they traveled along 12th Avenue.

In Capitol Hill, rioters spray-painted the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct and attempted to disable cameras and damage fencing that was erected around the building to try to protect it. Officers also noticed smoke in the building lobby, indicating someone set fire to the precinct, and found possible explosive damage to walls inside. Arson and bomb detectives were investigating.

Due to the ongoing damage and public safety risks, police declared a riot around 5 p.m. and began using crowd control measures, such as blast balls and OC spray—but not tear gas—to try to disperse the crowd.

Rioters refused to disperse and continued smashing windows and damaging buildings in the area. They also hurled rocks, mortars, explosives, and other projectiles, according to the police and video footage from the scene.

Forty-seven people were arrested for assaulting officers, obstruction, and failure to disperse, according to the Seattle Police Department.
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This is a Democrat-controlled city that is out of control.  Police have been ordered to be more passive which has made the situation worse.  They need to be making more arrests.   If those previously arrested continue to commit crimes it should lead to longer incarceration.

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