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Accounts from activist OTG indicate that things were tense most of the day.
Trans activist held a counter event on the opposite side of Cal Anderson park with live punk bands and scenes of trans joy, the very thing the fash hoped to erase.
Meanwhile black bloc protesters disrupted the right wing event. OTG reports indicate the cops began pouncing on black bloc activist as soon as they approached the hate event. Seemingly for no reason mass arrests began taking place.
It took all the cops SPD could muster to enable the right wing terrorist led event to go on uninterrupted.
Seattle cops arrested 18 to 30 people who were protesting the anti trans event.
The arrests were extremely violent and at least one person was sent to the hospital. I'm getting reports of things like a bike cop headbutting a woman then macing her after she was down and possibly already handcuffed.
Significant police use of force.
First off, if you witnessed or were the victim of police excessive use of force today please please please take the time to file a complaint with the Seattle OPA.
If you have footage that may be important to someone's case or OPA complaint please carefully review and backup ASAP.
If you need assistance with an OPA complaint, want to speak to a reporter or have footage ppl may need please don't hesitate to drop me a DM if you need help with what to do.
Accounts from activist OTG indicate that things were tense most of the day.
Trans activist held a counter event on the opposite side of Cal Anderson park with live punk bands and scenes of trans joy, the very thing the fash hoped to erase.
Meanwhile black bloc protesters disrupted the right wing event. OTG reports indicate the cops began pouncing on black bloc activist as soon as they approached the hate event. Seemingly for no reason mass arrests began taking place.
As the initial mass arrests started, apparently for getting too close to the fash event, police took on an increasingly aggressive and agitated stance attempting to keep counter protesters out.
In this clip of SPD forming a line former Seattle city council candidate Aaron Marshall is seen wielding a 40 mm teargas launcher. I wonder why that fascist pig lost his election 🤔
The cops struggled to keep the dueling protests separated.
From accounts on the ground the vibes were certifiably stonewall.
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