Brigands associated with Seattle’s Occupy Wall Street movement rioted through the city Tuesday evening, smashing storefronts and committing acts of vandalism in the movement’s most high profile public demonstration in months.
The L.A. Times reports on the various arrests at Occupy protests across the country:
At least eight people had been arrested by early evening. May Day arrests also were reported in Portland, Ore., and New York.
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed an emergency order authorizing police to confiscate sticks, tire irons, hammers and other implements that might be used for continued destruction.
The order targeted protesters who carried flags and signs on long, heavy poles during marches that began shortly after noon. Police say the protesters converted the poles to implements of urban destruction, attacking targets from Starbucks to Niketown.