Seattle

At approximately 4:30 p.m. local time, the Seattle Police Department declared Saturday afternoon protests a riot, due to a fire at a construction site and smashed windows at local businesses.

The directive for officers not to use tear gas which is set to go into effect on Saturday, July 25, but the DOJ says it violates a 2012 federal agreement with Seattle police.

"DHS now says they have a limited number of agents in the area on standby to protect federal buildings," Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wrote.

"We don't work in concert with government," said Seattle Times executive editor Michele Matassa Flores.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said the city is "prepared to pursue every legal recourse" if federal agents intervene in this weekend's protests.

The name, logo and colors of the NHL's 32nd franchise are expected to be announced on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET.

Seattle police said protesters broke windows, vandalized buildings and looted businesses before throwing rocks and bottles at officers outside a police station.

"Mayor Durkan has shown no ability or desire to rein in the SPD [Seattle Police Department] or protect peaceful protesters," read the resolution from the 36th District Democrats.

A man who is suspected of shooting two Bothell police officers, killing one and wounded another during a traffic stop Monday night has been arrested and is expected to be taken to the King County Jail sometime Tuesday, according to investigators.

Alaska Airlines Flight 422 was forced to return to Seattle-Tacoma Airport shortly after a male passenger was filmed saying he would "kill everybody" on the plane.

The Seattle Police Department said many of their newly hired, non-white officers would be the first let go should the city continue with drastic, politically motivated talks of budget cuts.

Dawit Kelete drove his car the wrong way down a freeway exit ramp and slammed into two protesters, killing one and severely injuring the other.

Mike Brown was placed on administrative leave after the King County Sheriff's Office was alerted to posts he made on social media after two protesters were struck by a car on Interstate 5.

Diaz Love, 32, was seriously injured when the driver of a white Jaguar barreled into a crowd of protesters on a closed freeway.

Dawit Kelete, 27, a Black man, plowed his white Jaguar into a crowd of protesters on Interstate 5. Summer Taylor, 24, has died while Diaz Love, 32, sustained serious injuries.

Summer Taylor, 24, died after being struck by a vehicle that plowed into a crowd of protesters on Interstate 5.

Diaz Love, 32, was hit by a car that was driven into a crowd of people protesting on the closed Interstate 5. Summer Taylor, another protester who was also hit, has died.

Diaz Love, 32, is in a serious condition after being struck by the vehicle that drove through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5.

Taylor and 32-year-old Diaz Love, of Portland, Oregon, had been struck by the vehicle that drove through a panicked crowd of protesters on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning.

Washington State police say the driver has been arrested after the incident was shared on social media.

"At a time when we are debating Confederate statues, I don't know what the difference is between the Confederacy and CHOP, other than slavery," Ari Fleischer said.

Horace Lorenzo Anderson Sr. pleaded for answers about the death of his 19-year-old son, who was killed in a shooting in the protest zone on June 20..

Mayor Jenny Durkan signed an executive order stating those who do not vacate Cal Anderson Park will be arrested.

The latest shooting in the zone claimed the life of a 16-year-old and sent a 14-year-old to the hospital in critical condition.

"Our movement rejects insinuations & falsehoods perpetuated by corporate & conservative media that this violence is outcome of CHOP," Kshama Sawant tweeted.

This is the fourth shooting in the Seattle area where people have been protesting for more than three weeks.

The class action lawsuit against Seattle claimed the city "actively endorsed and supported" the CHOP occupiers.

A Twitter post earlier Wednesday stating that the Capitol HIll Occupied Protest in Seattle had shut down that claimed to be from an official account has been proven to be a fake.

"We're no longer allowed to use things like tear gas and pepper spray. The only thing that we can use is our sidearms or our batons."

House Republicans introduced a bill to cut federal funding to any city or state which allows "autonomous zones," with the co-sponsors ridiculing Seattle's "lawless" no-police area.