EST A protester burns a dollar bill in front of the King County Jail in downtown Seattle, Thursday. After four days of sessions with representatives from 135 countries, the conference is scheduled to conclude Friday. The widespread rioting that occurred in downtown Seattle on Tuesday and Wednesday have subsided and stores near the conference are re-opening for business.
Police still maintain a security zone around the conference until it finishes.
These are video stills taken by the People's Video Network, showing protestors getting tear gassed and throwing the canisters back at the police. A police officer in riot gear jabs his stick into the crowd while trying to move protesters in downtown Seattle, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999. Police cracked down on all protesters near the city center where the World Trade Organization is holding meetings. A Seattle police officer pushes back anti-World Trade Organization demonstrators in downtown Seattle Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999. City officials declared a no-protest zone Wednesday for nearly all of the city's downtown core allowing police to break up pockets of demonstrators and arrest them.