Pro-Trump demonstrators, counter-protesters rally in downtown Seattle [View all]
Source: seattletimes
Originally published August 13, 2017 at 12:26 pm Updated August 13, 2017 at 2:26 pm
Tae Phoenix, a singer-songwriter and activist, hands out signs as people gather for Solidarity Against Hate, a counter-protest to the Freedom Rally group, at Denny Park in Seattle Sunday August 13, 2017. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
After a white supremacist rally turned violent Saturday in Virginia, the pro-Trump Patriot Prayer group and counter-protesters will hold opposing demonstrations in downtown Seattle Sunday.
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2:20 p.m. What was first billed as a anti-fascist rally at Denny Park didnt stay in one place to rally for very long; the protesters almost immediately started moving toward the pro-Trump patriot and prayer gathering at Westlake Park, just a few blocks to the northeast. Police reported stopping people carrying shields and backpacks, and police moved to cut them off. Officers spritzed several protesters with pepper spray. There were lots of people wearing black, a few in masks and helmets.
The violent clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va., resulting in three deaths, will be the backdrop at a pair of rallies Sunday in Seattle one a pro-Trump Prayer Rally at Westlake Park and the other, a counterprotest sponsored by so-called anti-fascists at nearby Denny Park.
The conservative pro-Trump group known as Patriot Prayer planned to march on Westlake Park as part of a so-called Freedom Rally featuring live music and speakers.
Meantime, the Seattle Chapter of the Greater Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World called for a counter-rally, saying the groups associated with the prayer ralley are the same street-fighting crews that have been hopping from Vancouver, WA to Portland, OR to Seattle, WA and back again, including last Junes anti-Sharia march that led to arrests.
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Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/pro-trump-demonstrators-counter-protesters-rally-in-downtown-seattle/
Msnbc briefly reported on this a few minutes ago.
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Bettina HansenVerified account @bettinahansen 1h1 hour ago
"Hey hey ho ho white supremacy's got to go" - Solidarity Against Hate group moving towards Westlake #Seattle – at Whole Foods Market
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