{"id":62408,"date":"2020-07-26T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T14:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/police-and-protesters-clash-at-seattle-march\/"},"modified":"2020-07-26T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T14:21:46","slug":"police-and-protesters-clash-at-seattle-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/police-and-protesters-clash-at-seattle-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Police and protesters clash at Seattle march"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police in the US city of Seattle clashed with crowds marching in support of anti-racism protests, in one of the most tense of several rallies held across the country on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Officers used stun grenades and pepper spray, as protesters set a fire and broke windows. The march was in support of ongoing protests in Portland. <\/p>\n

Forty-five people were arrested while 21 officers were injured. <\/p>\n

In Austin, Texas one man was killed during a Black Lives Matter march.<\/p>\n

Police said initial reports suggested the victim might have been carrying a rifle and approached a vehicle, from where a person shot and killed him. The suspect has been arrested and is co-operating with officers.<\/p>\n

The demonstrations have been given renewed energy by violent clashes in Portland between protesters and federal agents<\/a> deployed by President Donald Trump despite opposition from local and state leaders.<\/p>\n

In Seattle, thousands of protesters had initially gathered peacefully, carrying signs such as “Feds go home” and “We are living in a police state”, and shouting chants of “No justice, no peace”.<\/p>\n

A group then set fire to the construction site for a youth detention facility before smashing windows of a courthouse and nearby businesses, police said. Authorities said rocks, bottles, fireworks and mortars were thrown at officers, and one of them was taken to hospital with a leg injury.<\/p>\n

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Police declared the demonstrations a riot and said they were investigating whether an explosive device was used against a police station. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Like Portland, Seattle has seen extended protests against racism and police brutality since the death of George Floyd in police custody in May. But after a police-free protest zone in the city was dismantled earlier this month following a series of shootings, demonstrations had waned.<\/p>\n

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A car drove through a crowd in Aurora, Colorado but there were no reports of injuries. At the same march, a person was injured after a protester “decided to fire off a weapon”, police said. The person is reportedly in a stable condition in hospital.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators in the city also remembered Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old black man who died last August<\/a> after being stopped by police.<\/p>\n

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In Louisville, Kentucky hundreds of members of a black militia demanded justice for Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman who was fatally shot when officers entered her flat<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

Carrying semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, the group walked in formation to a fenced off intersection where they were separated by police from a smaller crowd of armed counter-protesters. There were no reports of incidents.<\/p>\n

Earlier, three members of the black militia were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a weapon was accidentally discharged. Police said the incident was being investigated.<\/p>\n

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In other developments:<\/p>\n