Antifa soccer match shut down by Seattle Police, over a dozen attendees were arrested

Seattle, Washington - Police in Seattle on December 20 broke up a football match of individuals dressed in the “black bloc” style favoured by supporters of the Antifa protest movement. After asking them to leave the park – which has been closed since late June following Black Lives Matter protests – police used mace and pushed people to the ground, arresting seven.

At around 3:30pm on Sunday, December 20, a group of people gathered in Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park to play what one social media user described as “a chill, social distanced game of soccer”. An hour later, up to 30 police officers had arrived at the scene, and one person was brought to the hospital in an ambulance.