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Media gathered at Seattle's Westlake Park on Wednesday morning, May 1, 2013. A protester at Seattle's Westlake Park on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Seattle police Capt. Fowler addresses the media at Westlake Park on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. A large crowd gathers at Seattle's Judkins Park for the 13th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights..ahead of a march through downtown to the federal building on May Day 2013. A large crowd gathers at Seattle's Judkins Park for the 13th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights...ahead of a march through downtown to the federal building on May Day 2013. A large crowd gathers at Seattle's Judkins Park for the 13th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights...ahead of a march through downtown to the federal building on May Day 2013. A large crowd gathers at Seattle's Judkins Park for the 13th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights...ahead of a march through downtown to the federal building on May Day 2013. Seattle police prepared for marchers headed their way from Judkins Park in the Central District on May Day 2013. People prepare for a crowd marching from Judkins Park to the federal building in downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. March gets underway from Judkins Park to the federal building in downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. March gets underway from Judkins Park to the federal building in downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. March gets underway from Judkins Park to the federal building in downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. Marchers weave their way through downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. Marchers weave their way through downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. Marchers weave their way through downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. The Raging Grandmas wait for marchers demonstrating in Seattle's downtown streets on May Day 2013. Police wait for marchers approaching the federal building in downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. May Day Marchers in front of the Federal Building (File Photo) Seattle's Mayor Mike McGinn meets demonstrators in the 13th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights in downtown on May Day 2013. Protesters march through downtown Seattle to get to the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Protesters march through downtown Seattle to get to the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Protesters march through downtown Seattle to get to the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Protesters march through downtown Seattle to get to the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Protesters march through downtown Seattle to get to the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Protesters march through downtown Seattle to get to the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Super heroes in downtown Seattle outside the Federal Building on May Day 2013. Police and protesters begin to clash in downtown Seattle on May Day 2013. Seattle police arrest a protester downtown on May Day 2013. Police line a street downtown while protesters file past on May Day 2013. Seattle police move protesters from downtown toward Capitol Hill on May Day 2013. A car sits in downtown Seattle after protesters went on a rampage on May Day 2013. Jimi Hendrix looks on as protesters disperse on Seattle's Capitol Hill, May Day 2013. Protesters react as a police flash-bang grenade goes off during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Protesters, some with painted faces, react as a police flash-bang grenade goes off during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Protesters react as a police flash-bang grenade goes off during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A woman points out a broken window to a Seattle Police officer along the route of a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) KIRO-TV reporter David Ham, left, and a news photographer at right are covered in spray string put on them by protesters as they file a report during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A Seattle Police officer is tripped up by a string held by protesters as he runs at them with his baton during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A man uses a mobile phone to photograph a man taking a photograph of a smoke device dropped in front of a row of Seattle Police officers during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. Photos and video from the protest were widely shared on social media. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Protesters are detained by police during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A protester walks away after placing a smoke device on the ground in front of police officers during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police lies on the ground next to police batons, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Potesters react after police set up a flash-bang grenade and tear-gas bombs during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police lies on the ground next to police batons, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle Police officers ride on an armored vehicle as they move into position during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A protester who was arrested during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police is carried away by police Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A protester who was arrested during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police lies on the ground next to police batons, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A protester holds a sign that reads "this is the land of the free," while standing in a cloud of smoke and tear gas during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Police face off against demonstrators during a May Day protest in Seattle Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Police used "flash bangs" and pepper spray against some protesters who pelted them with rocks and bottles late Wednesday, as violence erupted during May Day in Seattle. Several dozen protesters, many using bandanas to cover their faces, began clashing with police in downtown Seattle hours after a peaceful immigrant-rights march ended. (AP Photo/Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com) A Seattle Police officer carries a baton as he tries to arrest a protester during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A protester waves a smoke device during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A Seattle Police officer swings his baton at protesters during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Members of the Rain City Super Heros keep watch as protesters take part in a May Day rally for immigration rights, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Protesters, police clash in Seattle May Day confrontation