SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has ended an emergency order issued following violence at downtown May Day protests that allowed police to confiscate items that could be used as weapons.
At a Wednesday news conference, Mayor Mike McGinn and police chief John Diaz displayed dozens of items that were taken from protesters – including sharpened flag poles, rocks and chains.
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