Protesters then moved to the downtown core, where they chanted, broke windows, and blocked streets. Throughout the day, police employed a range of crowd- control techniques including tear gas bombs, thrusts with nightsticks, rubber bullets, and stun grenades. Some arrests were made. By sundown, Mayor Paul Schell had declared a state of civil emergency and issued a 7 pm downtown curfew. As The Stranger goes to press, the harried police are pushing the remaining protesters away from downtown and up Capitol Hill, towards makeshift protest headquarters on Denny Way and Olive Way.
Choppers buzz overhead and tear gas clouds linger.