Oh great. Things are now violent.

[Josh Oakley]

The protests in Seattle have turned violent. Pictures to come.


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[Steve]

They knew there were anarchists looking to stir up trouble. I thought the SPD was prepared for it.

 

[Steve]

Tell you what. The most surreal thing I've seen in a long time is footage of anarchists breaking out windows and Phoenix Jones, our resident superhero, pepper spraying the hell out of them.

http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/How-early-May-Day-vandalism-played-out-149726665.html

Phoenix Jones appears to save the day at about 1 minute in. From what I can tell, it's just some losers breaking some windows. No real violence reported yet. Hope it stays that way.

 

[Josh Oakley]

They knew there were anarchists looking to stir up trouble. I thought the SPD was prepared for it.

... Kinda. Every policeman in the city is out. Even the horses have riot gear.
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[Josh Oakley]

FBI is running around downtown too.

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[billc]

Yeah, can't wait for these guys to show up here in Chicago for the NATO summit. Good times...

 

[Sukerkin]

So the Anarchists are back for their centenary are they? That's bad news. Last time they showed up we had World War One.

 

[Josh Oakley]

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Niketown

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American apparel

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Just some freaking clown

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More niketown

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Horse in riot gear

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Protest signs

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DISTURBING protest sign

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Hoodlum

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Guy Fawkes

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These are all cop cars.


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[Josh Oakley]

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Westlake center

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[Josh Oakley]

There you go.

 

[granfire]

So the Anarchists are back for their centenary are they? That's bad news. Last time they showed up we had World War One.

They have been hanging out in Germany through the 80s I am sure 90s, too.

(however, seems like we had some confrontation in the early teens at least the last 200 years..1812, 1914-18...scary, huh? Then again, we had that already...we are just quitting that one..)

 

[Haakon]

Good photos Josh.

Over in Bellevue no one was even talking about what was happening in Seattle. I'd totally forgotten about the scheduled protests and heard nothing about the violence until I got home.

 

[ballen0351]

You take the pictures yourself? If so becareful out there.

 

[Josh Oakley]

Yes I did. You can see my sexy reflection in the down with capitalism pic.

I will be safe, I promise.

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[Josh Oakley]

It's pretty much just peaceful protest at the moment. If you want to track it, here is a live feed:

Http://www.king5.com/live-stream/pop-up-no-ads/NWCN-Live-stream-66425277.html

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[Tames D]

Peaceful protest? I thought I saw bullet holes in the 2nd pic.

 

[Josh Oakley]

AT. THE. MOMENT.

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[Josh Oakley]

There were two things that went on downtown: 1)The peaceful protest about immigration rights. 2) The ridiculous destruction by members of the Black Bloc.


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[Josh Oakley]

Recap of the damage:

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/05/may-day/


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[David43515]

Josh those are some really good shots, much better and more informative than anything I've seen on the news so far. Nice work. You might wanna think about quiting your 9-5 and becoming a globe-hopping news hound....or not. (Those guys tend to get shot at a lot)