Police pepper spray protesters Saturday, July 25, 2020, near Seattle Central Community College in Seattle. By 10 pm (0500 GMT), police had “made 45 arrests in connection with today’s riot in the East Precinct,” the Seattle Police wrote in a Twitter post. It said “21 officers sustained injuries after being struck by bricks, rocks mortars/other explosives. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he expanded the deployment of federal police to Seattle, enraging local officials and igniting anger among protesters. The Trump administration has also sent federal police to Chicago, Kansas City and Albuquerque, New Mexico, over the objections of those mayors.

Source: Standard Digital July 26, 2020 12:00 UTC