Police Made Five Arrests and Deployed Pepper Spray at the UW Patriot Prayer Rally
Police made five arrests and deployed pepper spray during a far right rally at the University of Washington on Saturday.
Patriot Prayer, a conservative group founded by a Vancouver man named Joey Gibson, held the rally, having been invited by the UW College Republicans. Roughly two dozen people attended the Patriot Prayer rally, including members of the far right groups Proud Boys and Cascade Legion.
Far more people attended a counter-demonstration that started at the UW student union and later moved to Red Square, where the Patriot Prayer rally took place. The two groups were separated by a fenced-off buffer zone and a line of police officers wielding batons.
For most of the time, the demonstration remained peaceful. The two groups repeatedly chanted at one another across the buffer zone. “Racists, fascists, go away,” went one chant from the counter-demonstrators. “No ban! No wall! Sanctuary for all!” went another.
Read more: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/02/10/25802852/police-made-five-arrests-and-deployed-pepper-spray-at-the-uw-patriot-prayer-rally
