Live updates: Tacoma implements curfew; video shows looting; business owners react
UPDATE: 5:47 p.m.
The city of Tacoma announced a 9:30 p.m. curfew for Tuesday night as protests continue across the city against the killing of George Floyd and other people of color at the hands of police.
The curfew will be in place through 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Tacoma City Council implemented the curfew at its meeting Tuesday evening.
More here from Allison Needles.
UPDATE: 2:32 p.m.
Shop keepers, restaurant owners and workers reacted Tuesday as they swept up glass and assessed vandalism from the night before.
Clothing store UrbanXchange owners Nick and Brooke Casanova said vandalism is not the biggest issue affecting businesses on Pacific Avenue, many of which are owned by people of color.
“Our black community has been enduring so much pain for so long,” Nick Casanova said. “Brooke and I are more concerned about bringing justice to the black community than worried about windows on Pac Ave.”
More here from reporter Craig Sailor.
UPDATE: 1:58 p.m.
Video shows vandals breaking into Bellevue Rare Coins
At least 10 people broke into Bellevue Rare Coins at 23rd Street and Pacific around 11:30 p.m. Video shows the vandals smashing windows and gaining access to the business which sells coins, jewelry and other valuables.
Several businesses had windows smashed and items stolen by groups of black-clad vandals along Pacific Avenue after an otherwise peaceful protest and march against police brutality moved through the area.
Surveillance video shows 10 people exiting the building, a few carrying stolen personal items.
More here from reporter Craig Sailor.
UPDATE: 9:05 a.m.
Arrests after group breaks windows, steals merchandise
An hours-long peaceful protest in Tacoma ended early Tuesday with a small group who smashed storefronts and looted two businesses.
The protest lasted about 12 hours, starting with more than 1,000 people in Wright Park and first marching to Old Town before returning downtown.
“There was a small subset that broke windows in four businesses,” police spokeswoman Wendy Haddow said. “It was so fast. Our officers could hear breaking glass but didn’t know where it was coming from.”
Four businesses in the 1700 block of Pacific Avenue downtown had windows broken out. Another two in the 1900 block had people break in and steal merchandise.
Police arrested two men on suspicion of second-degree burglary and are looking for others responsible.
More here from reporter Stacia Glenn.
UPDATE: Monday, 10:15 p.m.
Hundreds protest against police brutality in march from Wright Park to Tacoma’s North End
A student-organized protest against police brutality filled Wright Park with hundreds of people Monday afternoon. Later, the group marched to Old Town Tacoma.
Along the way, members of the group laid down in a street while chanting the name of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis a week ago after a white police office knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
The event is a response to Floyd’s death, which led to other protests across the country, which in turn were followed by riots and looting, including in Seattle on Saturday.
The group, accompanied by civilian vehicles, eventually split into two groups with about 100 people each.
More here from reporter Craig Sailor.
UPDATE: Monday, 9:14 p.m.
Police, dumpster wall protect Tacoma Mall
The Tacoma Mall looked liked like it was ready for a siege Monday night.
Walls of green dumpsters blocked several key entrances. Others were guarded by police vehicles, their lights flashing against drivers who were forced to make impromptu U-turns.
The response, by Tacoma police with help from the Washington State Patrol and Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, was a precautionary move, police said.
More here from reporter Craig Sailor.
This story was originally published June 2, 2020 at 11:12 AM with the headline "Live updates: Tacoma implements curfew; video shows looting; business owners react."
