they only had 400 officers on the streets initially, and there were, i think, at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more. by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. if you refuse to move northbound on 6th avenue, you will be subject to arrest. mark leave is set up at the corner of 6th avenue and union street. i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation. and i saw this one guy who pulled out a big, you know, kind of red bottle. and it looked like a small fire extinguisher, basically. and this police officer approached with pepper spray to a line of seated protesters. and he simply walked up and started just spraying across the line. as he was walking, he was very casual.
who are you protecting? back off. they only had 400 officers on the streets initially, and there were i think at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more. by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. if you refuse to move northbound on sixth avenue, you will be subject to arrest. mark leave is set up at the corner of sixth avenue and union street. i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation. and i saw this one guy who pulled out a big, you know, kind of red bottle. and it looked leek a small fire extinguisher, basically. and this police officer approached with pepper spray a line of seated protesters. and he simply walked up and started just spraying across the line. as he was walking, he was very casual.
we live in downtown st. louis. and so i think llt of folks watching weather/sóc were concerned a storm would mimic our good friday tornado. it s only miles north of busch stadium. just to be safe most of what we saw were heavy winds, and pea-sized hail. you never want to take a chance when you have people downtown. you said they call that had game off scheduling it for another night. the worse part of it took place north of st. louis. there were some spotty some movement, you know, south of st. louis city but otherwise, we didn t get near what oklahoma did and our prayers are with everybody down in oklahoma city. they got it again and deserved
eye, you know, and just to open up and document what i see. there was really no internet going on. the people weren t really using video. nothing like we have today where you could actually be streaming footage directly online. the conference begins on tuesday november 30th. who s in charge of seattle today? we are. by 5:00 a.m. protesters surround the conference center and blockade hotel entrances. police, mobilized in full riot gear, take up positions around the demonstrators. right now we re blockading the entrance where most of the delegates are trying to get in. so we re literally trying to shut down the meeting. there was a little bit of a party-like atmosphere at that point. but you could see that the police were very, very nervous. who are you protecting? back off. they only had 400 officers on the streets initially, and there were i think at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more.
the streets initially, and there were i think at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more. by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. if you refuse to move northbound on 6th avenue, you will be subject to arrest. mark leave is set up at the corner of 6th avenue and union street. i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation. and i saw this one guy who pulled out a big, you know, kind of red bottle. and it looked leek a small fire extinguisher, basically. and this police officer approached with pepper spray a line of seated protesters. and he simply walked up and started just spraying across the line. as he was walking, he was very casual. you know, like it was just sort of like he was out there spraying for weeds or something like that. walked across the line, saw somebody with a gas mask, took,