‘Black Lives Matter, not Black Friday’

SEATTLE — Hundreds of people marched through downtown Seattle streets and shops as part of a Black Lives Matter protest on Black Friday.

A smaller protest took place in Portland’s Lloyd Center shopping mall.

In Seattle, police said they made at least two arrests and one officer suffered a dislocated shoulder when the crowd interfered with an arrest at the Pacific Place shopping area. The police said about 700 people took part in the demonstration, one of dozens around the country.

The protesters carried signs with pictures of black men killed by police and demanding an end to such killings. They also chanted that their message was more important than looking for holiday shopping deals, saying “Black lives matter — not Black Friday.”

Last year, police arrested several people during the demonstration, which shut down the Westlake Center shopping mall early and disrupted its tree-lighting event.

In Portland, dozens of demonstrators with the Black Lives Matter movement chanted near the Lloyd Center ice-skating rink Friday afternoon.

KGW-TV reported that demonstrators gathered in a Northeast Portland park about 1 p.m. and listened as people passed around a bullhorn.

About an hour later, they began marching on area streets before entering the mall around 4 p.m.

The group Don’t Shoot Portland said the rally was a gathering in solidarity with people affected by racially motivated violence and threats.