{"id":321609,"date":"2017-08-14T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/seattle-police-use-pepper-spray-as-pro-trump-and-antifa-protesters-face-off-photos-video\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T09:06:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:06:34","slug":"seattle-police-use-pepper-spray-as-pro-trump-and-antifa-protesters-face-off-photos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/seattle-police-use-pepper-spray-as-pro-trump-and-antifa-protesters-face-off-photos-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle police use pepper spray as pro-Trump and Antifa protesters face off (PHOTOS, VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2017.08\/thumbnail\/59914fe3dda4c8185d8b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 14 Aug, 2017 08:04 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Police used pepper spray and blast balls on rival demonstrations in Seattle on Sunday, just one day after violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving one dead and dozens injured. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MbRuBTMWTZw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s demonstrations took place less than a mile from each other, as the pro-Trump \u2018Patriot Prayer\u2019 group gathered for the \u2018Freedom Rally\u2019 in Westlake Park, and counter-protesters from the \u2018Solidarity Against Hate\u2019 movement gathered in Denny Park.<\/p>\n<p>The counter-protesters marched to Westlake Park chanting and holding signs decrying hate and Nazism, with some seen burning an American flag. Officers in full riot gear blocked the crowd from reaching the \u2018Freedom Rally,\u2019 for the <em>\u201csafety for all those involved,\u201d<\/em> police <a href=\"http:\/\/spdblotter.seattle.gov\/2017\/08\/13\/three-arrested-in-keeping-demonstration-and-counter-demonstration-separated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Trump supporter at the Freedom Rally in Westlake Park had his hat removed and thrown into crowd by a protester. Both sides throwing up \u270c&#x1f3fc; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lUFolSt1oR\">pic.twitter.com\/lUFolSt1oR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt M. McKnight (@mattmillsphoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmillsphoto\/status\/896893627988942849\">August 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tensions mounted as people used makeshift shields to break the police line between 5th and 6th Avenues and threw fireworks at officers. Police responded with pepper spray.<\/p>\n<p>The stand-off continued on Lenora Street, where the anti-fascist demonstrators were hit with pepper spray again as they tried to push their way to the pro-Trump rally.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures posted to social media show people being treated following the clashes.<\/p>\n<p>Police said no serious injuries were reported. The demonstrations resulted in three arrests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three arrested, no serious injuries reported as police worked to keep two planned demonstrations from converging. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zPvISsVJ0o\">https:\/\/t.co\/zPvISsVJ0o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeattlePD\/status\/896913517558718464\">August 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The demonstrations come just one day after violent clashes and a car-ramming incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, which was called an<em> \u201cact of terrorism\u201d<\/em> by Mayor Mike Signer, as well as President Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser, Gen. H.R. McMaster. One woman was killed and 19 people were injured when a car plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville on Saturday. Street violence also left several people injured. A police helicopter deployed to monitor the demonstrations crashed near the city, killing two officers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/399511-seattle-protests-pepper-spray\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 14 Aug, 2017 08:04 Police used pepper spray and blast balls on rival demonstrations in Seattle on Sunday, just one day after violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving one dead and dozens injured. Sunday\u2019s demonstrations took place less than a mile from each other, as the pro-Trump \u2018Patriot Prayer\u2019 group gathered for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-321609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}