Seattle police arrest 16 people after protest
Oct 4, 2020, 8:09 AM
Seattle police arrested 16 people Saturday night for property destruction, assault, failure to disperse, and rendering criminal assistance after a protest.
SPD says the group of people left Cal Anderson Park and headed north shortly after 9 p.m. A few people in the crowd were causing property damage along the way.
The crowd shattered windows and threw explosives into a coffee shop in the 1600 block of East Olive Way, SPD reports.
Commanders at the scene declared the protest an unlawful assembly and issued a dispersal order. Officers began moving the crowd out of the area.
SPD says someone threw an explosive at officers when the group moved Eastbound along East Olive Way.
