Seattle May Day protests marred by Molotov cocktails, violence

Protesters hold banners and flags as people gathered at Montreal's Phillips Square on May 1, 2016 in solidarity with the International Workers' Day and as part of an anti-capitalist protest. (Photo: CP/Newzulu). Several hundred demonstrators, many

On Monday, all three network morning shows covered the violent May Day rioting that broke out across Seattle on Sunday. However, the NBC, ABC, and CBS broadcasts made sure to tout how “the march began as a peaceful demonstration for the rights of 

Fuck their laziness, their unwillingness to put in the organizing work between May Days to do something that ordinary working people in Seattle could get behind, something that isn't stale and predictable. Fuck not utilizing the potent black bloc

Five police officers were injured in the May Day mayhem, including one who was hit with a Molotov cocktail, another who was bitten, and a third who sustained a cut on the head from a rock thrown by protesters. Authorities said nine people were arrested

Protesters hold banners and flags as people gathered at Montreal's Phillips Square on May 1, 2016 in solidarity with the International Workers' Day and as part of an anti-capitalist protest. (Photo: CP/Newzulu). Several hundred demonstrators, many