March 5th Downtown Protest Arrests

Ofc. Benjamin Maplethorpe


Friday, March 9, 2018 at 10:01 a.m.


March 5th at 12:50 pm, Spokane Police responded to a downtown office building for the report of protesters trespassing and causing a disturbance. Officers met with protest leaders who agreed to leave if three of their number would be arrested. Officers peaceably arrested three of the protesters who were then released after being given citations for trespassing.

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