Seattle May Day protest turns violent

Associated Press

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Seattle police used pepper spray Sunday evening to disperse black-clad anti-capitalist protesters authorities say threw rocks, flares, bricks and Molotov cocktails at officers during a rowdy May Day gathering.

At least four people were arrested. Authorities said two officers were hurt – one treated at the scene for a head laceration. Details about the other officer’s injury weren’t immediately available.

Hundreds of May Day marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs – and at least one Donald Trump pinata – took to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday calling for immigrant and worker rights and decrying what they see as hateful presidential campaign rhetoric.

It was one of several events in cities nationwide to call for better wages for workers, an end to deportations and support for an Obama administration plan to give work permits to immigrants in the country illegally whose children are American citizens.

“We want them to hear our voices, to know that we are here and that we want a better life, with jobs,” said Norberto Guiterrez, an immigrant from Mexico.