12/16/2011

Occupy Seattle Protestors Get Violent, Throw Bricks Sharpened Rebar at Police

Posted by Brian


NEW VIDEO: SEATTLE COPS SAY OCCUPY PROTESTERS THREW BRICKS AND BAGS OF STEEL


Posted on December 16, 2011 at 10:32am by Madeleine Morgenstern
Police Chief: “You don’t bring bricks and paint and things like that to a demonstration with the intent of peacefully protesting or picketing,”


The Seattle Police Department on Thursday released video of what it said shows its side of theviolent clashes with Occupy protesters earlier this week, capturing protesters hurling bricks, flares and other dangerous items at officers.



Police deployed “flash bang” percussion grenades and pepper spray against protesters blocking the entrance to a Port of Seattle facility Monday, The Blaze previously reported. Eleven people were arrested, and some protesters complained about excessive or even brutal force on the part of the police.
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