Clashes Erupt in U.S. West Coast Cities During May Day Marches
Crowds clashed with police during May Day marches in several U.S. west coast cities late on Friday, as officers responded with stun grenades and pepper spray, police and media said.
Anti-capitalist protesters hurled wrenches and rocks at officers in Seattle, police said. Demonstrators in Oakland, California, and several other cities, rallied against a series of police killings of unarmed black, local media reported.
Footage on social media showed protesters smashing shop windows in Seattle and crowds scattering as police clad in riot gear threw in “flashbang” grenades. Demonstrators set fire to garbage and damaged at least two dozen vehicles, police said.
“This is no longer demonstration management, this has turned into a riot,” Seattle Police Captain Chris Fowler said in a statement.
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