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Seattle May Day: Mostly peaceful, 5 arrests from day of protests

KUOW | By Liz Jones,
Tom Banse, Kate Walters
Published May 2, 2017 at 9:21 AM AKDT
Supporters and rally protestors share the stage during a pro-Trump rally at Westlake Plaza in downtown Seattle on Monday, May 1, 2017.
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Supporters and rally protestors share the stage during a pro-Trump rally at Westlake Plaza in downtown Seattle on Monday, May 1, 2017.
KUOW Photo/Mike Kane
Immigrant rights march heads into downtown Seattle.
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Immigrant rights march heads into downtown Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
Small business along route of immigrant rights march.
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Small business along route of immigrant rights march.
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
Big day for Hugo Jr, 9. It's his birthday and he got to skip school. "Immigrants don't steal jobs," he said. "They do jobs nobody wants."
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Big day for Hugo Jr, 9. It's his birthday and he got to skip school. "Immigrants don't steal jobs," he said. "They do jobs nobody wants."
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
Man in blue cap on sidelines waving to marchers, giving kids high-fives and murmuring to himself, "this is good, this is good."
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Man in blue cap on sidelines waving to marchers, giving kids high-fives and murmuring to himself, "this is good, this is good."
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
Seattle Police out in advance of immigrant rights march.
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Seattle Police out in advance of immigrant rights march.
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
CeAtl Tonalli dancers out in front of worker marcher.
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CeAtl Tonalli dancers out in front of worker marcher.
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones

Supporters of immigrants and workers rights rallied through Seattle on Monday as part of the annual May Day demonstration.

Most of the rallies were peaceful, but as of Monday night Seattle Police said they arrested 5 people.

Listen to a wrap-up from the days rallies and protests:

Copyright 2017 KUOW. All rights reserved. This may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Gil Aegerter, Derek Wang and AP contributed to this report.
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Liz Jones
Year started with KUOW: 2006
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Tom Banse
Tom Banse covers national news, business, science, public policy, Olympic sports and human interest stories from across the Northwest. He reports from well known and out–of–the–way places in the region where important, amusing, touching, or outrageous events are unfolding. Tom's stories can be found online and heard on-air during "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" on NPR stations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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Kate Walters
Year started with KUOW: 2015
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