#scanner there is an "escalating crowd" in cal an, cops currently not responding there

#scanner protestors in ID becoming mobile, southbound on 5th ave from hing hay park

#scanner the protestors are now southbound on 5 from King

17 bike cops heading south on 5th #scanner

Cop cars visibly following on 5th #ground

#trafficcam protestors have reached or nearly reached spog hq

#ground Bike cops hiding across parking lots in darkness taking pics of marchers near SPOG, at Holgate and 4th

#ground spog marchers are being tailed by cops not directly behind but on side streets, according to organizers

#twitter 10:11PM - Cops are asking the crowd to disperse, well ask is a relatively nice way of putting it. The actual language includes the language we demand, and they are threatening the use of crowd control munitions."

https://twitter.com/SEAProtestNet/status/1295226848645791744

#livestream Something was just deployed, Tango isn’t sure what it was but he things it was a pepper bomb

#scanner "can I get somebody at the precinct to get a bunch of blast balls or something and get down here?"

#scanner more units being deployed at spog office, approaching form south

#scanner "at this time, we're going to require all officers citywide to switch to tac9 and respond to guild office"

🚨All eyes on the International District, some sort of smoke munition was released and SPD is instigating the group, more units being deployed from South and SPOG office🚨

#scanner "access is from the south, do not approach from the north"

(for the cop reinforcements)

#scanner "any available officers to respond"

#scanner one male for transport to county (jail?)

#scanner the crowd is being moved northbound on fourth, approach from the south

#scanner "meet me at north precinct and then we'll respond downtown with some munitions"

#scanner advise metro to avoid 4th

#livestream it's been declared an unlawful assembly - no more legal protections for media and medics and such