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Right-wing, left-wing protesters face off in Seattle
Source: Associated Press
Right-wing, left-wing protesters face off in Seattle
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — Aug 18, 2018, 7:05 PM ET
Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a "Liberty or Death" rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated.
The right-wing groups Washington 3 Percenters and Patriot Prayer were holding the rally outside Seattle City Hall to protest an effort to launch a gun-control initiative that would raise the age in Washington state for people buying semi-automatic rifles.
The left-wing groups Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party were rallying at the same site.
Hundreds of protesters on each side of the street were separated by Saturday afternoon by metal barriers and police officers as the left-wing protesters yelled and used cow bells and sirens to try to drown out speeches from the right-wing side.
Police arrested at least three people on the counter-protester side as the demonstrations continued, but it wasn't immediately clear why. One person on the right-wing group side was treated for an injury at the scene.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — Aug 18, 2018, 7:05 PM ET
Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a "Liberty or Death" rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated.
The right-wing groups Washington 3 Percenters and Patriot Prayer were holding the rally outside Seattle City Hall to protest an effort to launch a gun-control initiative that would raise the age in Washington state for people buying semi-automatic rifles.
The left-wing groups Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party were rallying at the same site.
Hundreds of protesters on each side of the street were separated by Saturday afternoon by metal barriers and police officers as the left-wing protesters yelled and used cow bells and sirens to try to drown out speeches from the right-wing side.
Police arrested at least three people on the counter-protester side as the demonstrations continued, but it wasn't immediately clear why. One person on the right-wing group side was treated for an injury at the scene.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wing-left-wing-protesters-face-off-seattle-57261953
