SEATTLE (AP) - Large May Day marches in support of immigrants and workers are planned for Seattle and Portland.
Rallies are scheduled throughout the day Sunday in both cities. In Seattle a large march from the city’s Central District to downtown is scheduled for the afternoon and city officials have approved a permit for that event. Later in the evening an anti-capitalist march is slated to begin in a downtown park. Authorities have not issued a permit for that gathering.
Seattle police say they will provide traffic control for all events.
In Portland, hundreds of people attended Sunday’s rally. No march accompanied the city’s rally.
Seattle traditionally sees large, disruptive May Day gatherings. Last year police arrested 16 people during demonstrations and in 2014 10 people were arrested. In 2013, police arrested 18 people from a crowd that pelted them with rocks and bottles. Storefronts in downtown Seattle have also been smashed in previous protests.
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