More marches in Seattle day after Ferguson decision

Nov 25, 2014, 10:17 AM | Updated: 5:10 pm

Roosevelt High School students take to the streets Tuesday morning following a grand jury decision in Ferguson. (KIRO Radio/Tim Haeck)

(KIRO Radio/Tim Haeck)

Protesters march in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict a white Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed a black 18-year-old. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters march in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters march past Macy's in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters march past a Starbucks in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

A protester holds a sign that reads "We Stand With Ferguson," during a march in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

A protester yells into a megaphone as he marches in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters put their hands up as they chant at a rally at the Federal Building in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters hold a sign as they pause for a moment of silence during a march to the Federal Building in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters claps hands as they pause for a moment of silence during a march to the Federal Building in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

A protester carries a sign with hashtags while walking in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, to demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters gather at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle Tuesday afternoon.

Carey Anderson, pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle, speaks at a rally in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, as protesters demonstrate against a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. The peaceful march was a mix of students who walked out of schools and a coalition of clergy members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle rapper Macklemore is spotted in a march weaving through downtown Seattle.

Students leave school Tuesday to protest a grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson.

Seattle students march Tuesday afternoon.

Students march through downtown Seattle Tuesday in protest of a grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson.

Students march through Seattle Tuesday afternoon following a Ferguson grand jury's decision.

BY STEPHANIE KLEIN

MyNorthwest.com

About 1,000 Garfield High School students left campus Tuesday afternoon to join a march that converged on downtown Seattle Tuesday in a second day of demonstrations following the decision of a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo. not to indict a police officer who shot a teen.

A large group that included Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and police chief Kathleen O’Toole marched from Mount Calvary Baptist Church to the Federal Courthouse .

The demonstrations follow Monday’s grand jury decision in Ferguson not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in a shooting that left 18-year-old Michael Brown dead.

Organizers with the Seattle King County NAACP and United Black Clergy said Tuesday’s protest was “a teaching moment around national legislation on policing and use of excessive force” because “change won’t happen until we make it happen.”

Students at West Seattle High School also walked off campus and converged at the Hiawatha Playfield in West Seattle.

About 500 students from Roosevelt High School left class shortly before 11 a.m. to march to the University of Washington in protest. They subsequently returned to campus.

The Seattle School District said the student walkouts are unauthorized absences unless parents have approved their participation.

Tuesday’s protests follow a mostly peaceful demonstration in downtown Seattle Monday night.

The Seattle Police Department reports five people were arrested. A 51-year-old man was arrested for reckless endangerment; a 22-year-old woman was arrested for failure to disperse; two men, a 34 and 28-year-old were arrested for obstruction. Officers also arrested another man armed with a handgun on a weapons violation.

Police also said they are investigating several incidents of property damage after vandals spray painted buildings at 6th Avenue and Pike Street and 9th Avenue and Madison Street. Vandals also reportedly shattered a bank’s window at Madison and Boylston Avenue.

At one point, some protesters walked out onto the northbound lanes of I-5 near Madison. The state patrol briefly shut down the highway around 10 p.m. until police were able to round up the group.

Another rally is planned for Saturday, Nov. 29, 3 – 8pm at the African Center for Education & Innovation.

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