List of civil disturbances in Seattle, Washington
| Event | Image | Year | Participants | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent State Reaction | Example | 1970 | 5,000 | A large group of University of Washington students, joined by others, blockaded a portion of Interstate 5 in protest of the recent Kent State shooting.[1] |
| 1999 Seattle WTO protests |  |
1999 | 40,000 | A series of protests and demonstrations during the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 quickly escalated, with the event's opening ceremony ultimately being canceled, a citywide state of emergency declared, and a Washington National Guard mobilization ordered. Mayor Paul Schell imposed a curfew and a 50 block "no protest zone". The event was dramatized in the film Battle in Seattle. |
| Seattle Mardi Gras riot | 2001 | 5,000 | One person was killed, approximately 70 injured, and several others sexually assaulted, after Mardi Gras partying in the city's Pioneer Square neighborhood spiraled out of control with fisticuffs and looting breaking out among revelers. Riot police began clearing the neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. with the operation substantially complete two hours later. | |
| 2012 May Day protests | Example | 2012 | 300 | An early, city-permitted immigration reform protest was followed by a smaller protest march that organized without a parade permit involving approximately 300 persons. Of that contingent, a smaller group of 75 so-called "anarchists" began "attacking banks, stores and a few upscale cars" with additional reports of uncontrolled fires being started. Mayor Mike McGinn invoked emergency powers to authorize police to confiscate weapons in the downtown area.[2] |
| 2013 May Day protests | Example | 2013 | Example | Protests in downtown Seattle "turned violent" after police were pelted with "whatever was at hand". Seventeen people were arrested and a number injured.[3] |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
- ^ ""Kent State Reaction" May 1970". Pop History Dig. Mindstorm Interactive. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ Murphy, Kim (May 1, 2012). "May Day in Seattle: Black-clad protesters smash bank, shop windows". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ Watts, Amanda (May 2, 2013). "17 arrested as Seattle May Day protests turn violent". CNN. Retrieved December 27, 2016.