So today hundreds of conservatives from the other side of the state descended on Seattle led by disgraced WA Republican politician, domestic terrorist, and right wing extremist Matt Shea.

He failed at violently overthrowing WA state and for some reason is still allowed outside of jail cell.

He now leads a brand of hate targeting trans people and leads events where KKK members and neo-Nazis would be at home.

#MattShea #WA #PNW #Seattle #MAGA #fascist

It took all the cops SPD could muster to enable the right wing terrorist led event to go on uninterrupted.

Seattle cops arrested 18 to 30 people who were protesting the anti trans event.

The arrests were extremely violent and at least one person was sent to the hospital. I'm getting reports of things like a bike cop headbutting a woman then macing her after she was down and possibly already handcuffed.

Significant police use of force.

#CalAnderson #BLMG #LGBTQIA #Seattle #SPD #ACAB

First off, if you witnessed or were the victim of police excessive use of force today please please please take the time to file a complaint with the Seattle OPA.

If you have footage that may be important to someone's case or OPA complaint please carefully review and backup ASAP.

If you need assistance with an OPA complaint, want to speak to a reporter or have footage ppl may need please don't hesitate to drop me a DM if you need help with what to do.

https://www.seattle.gov/opa

#Seattle #ACAB

Accounts from activist OTG indicate that things were tense most of the day.

Trans activist held a counter event on the opposite side of Cal Anderson park with live punk bands and scenes of trans joy, the very thing the fash hoped to erase.

Meanwhile black bloc protesters disrupted the right wing event. OTG reports indicate the cops began pouncing on black bloc activist as soon as they approached the hate event. Seemingly for no reason mass arrests began taking place.

#Seattle #ACAB #SPD

As the initial mass arrests started, apparently for getting too close to the fash event, police took on an increasingly aggressive and agitated stance attempting to keep counter protesters out.

In this clip of SPD forming a line former Seattle city council candidate Aaron Marshall is seen wielding a 40 mm teargas launcher. I wonder why that fascist pig lost his election 🤔

📸 @divestspd

#SPD #ACAB #AaronMarshall

The cops struggled to keep the dueling protests separated.

From accounts on the ground the vibes were certifiably stonewall.

@divestspd

#Seattle #SPD #ACAB #LRAD

According to activist with DivestSPD the cops began to provoke the counter protesters by randomly patrolling into the counter protest crowd.

@divestspd

Despite all the cops, beatings, pepper spray and arrests trans activist continued to get into the fascist event to hold pro-trans signs. They loudly booed the fascist speakers as they attempted to speak.

SPD struggled to keep up, the trans people kept getting in.

@divestspd

The cop tactics of separating the crowds were largely unsuccessful. Causing cops to eventually form additional police lines inside of the hate event to prevent counter protesters from getting close enough to crash the stage.

Tensions were very high and SPD called for backup from additional police agencies to help flood the park in cops.

@divestspd

SPD evidently felt they might potentially loose control of the situation, not like they ever had it under control, and ordered the fascists to end their event early bc they literally couldn't protect them for longer.

So today, Seattle fought like hell and wrecked the fascist's plans, allegedly. Had the cops not been there the fascists wouldn't have even stood a chance holding an event here!

#Seattle #TransLivesMatter #ACAB #SPD #LGBTQIA #StonewallWasARiot