SPD Blotter: Four Arrested Downtown At Saturday Afternoon Protest

Press release from SPD Blotter:

May 29, 2021 5:31 pm

Officers arrested four people for various charges as a protest wound its way through Downtown Saturday afternoon.

Bike officers attempted to arrest an individual wanted for a reported assault at 5th Avenue and James Street when three additional protestors interfered. The interference was successful but police did arrest the three people for obstruction and resisting arrest.

Officers later arrested a man who was carrying a fixed blade knife (illegal in the city of Seattle) at 4th Avenue and James Street.

The group meandered back to Pioneer Square and broke up at 5 pm.

In total four people were arrested for the following charges:

Officers booked all the arrested individuals into King County Jail.

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