But as the violence spread and police responded with force, public opinion in some quarters shifted to fears that the police had lost control. Her anger spread to the downtown business establishment, which, to her, symbolizes the city's pro-convention boosterism. And they did this to themselves. The finger-pointing is not over. Older people blame younger people for thoughtless vandalism.
Young people say they felt brutalized.
Protesters of all stripes claim they were treated unconstitutionally by jailers. Merchants blame police for leaving them unprotected. The county sheriff criticizes the city. The city blasts the feds for not covering some expenses, and the feds counter that the city should have prepared better. People throughout Seattle are blaming city leaders and the WTO host committee, led largely by Pat Davis, president of the Washington Council on International Trade, and Ray Waldmann, a Boeing executive.