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Crowd smashes windows, sets fires on Seattle’s Capitol Hill

Published 9:22 am Thursday, July 23, 2020

Crowd smashes windows, sets fires on Seattle’s Capitol Hill
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Crowd smashes windows, sets fires on Seattle’s Capitol Hill
Broken windows are shown at a Starbucks store on July 19 in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Protesters broke windows at the store earlier in the afternoon. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Authorities say a group of about 150 people broke windows, stole from businesses and and started a pair of fires in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Wednesday night.

The Seattle Times reports the group gathered at Cal Anderson Park around 9 p.m. and roamed through the neighborhood. Some shattered windows of a business and started a fire inside, which city firefighters extinguished.

The group then smashed windows and broke into another business, according to police. Authorities say they took merchandise from the vintage store, put it in the street and lit it on fire.

Two banks were also damaged.

Police made no arrests.

The violence comes nights after windows were broken and Seattle police officers injured during a downtown protest Sunday.

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