by: KIRO 7 News Staff Updated: Aug 13, 2017 - 4:58 PM <\/p>\n
SEATTLE - The latest on the \"Freedom Rally\" put on by 'The Patriot Prayer', a conservative group, and the \"Solidarity Against Hate\" counter-protest in Seattle. All times local. <\/p>\n
Click here to see photos of today's rally and counter-protest. <\/p>\n
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Seattle Police have made an arrest at 5th and Pine. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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An update from the Seattle Police Department: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Demonstrators are marching back to Denny Park, according to the Seattle Police Department. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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The Seattle Police Department has issued a Dispersal Order at 2nd and Pine. Police also have confiscated weapons, and have made arrests. The number of arrests is unknown at this point. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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The \"Solidarity against hate grouphas marched from Denny Park to Westlake Park where the conservative \"Freedom Rally\" group is located. <\/p>\n
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One of two groups that planned to march in downtown Seattle Sunday has said the group will not march, but gather in light of the violence that erupted at a Charlottesville, Va., rally Saturday. <\/p>\n
The Patriot Prayer, a conservative, pro-Trump group, will gather at 2 p.m. at Westlake Park. <\/p>\n
Opponents, which include members of the Veterans for Peace, Socialist Party, Washington Federation of State Workers and other groups, had planned to march after the Patriot Prayer group originally announced it would march in Seattle on August 13. They will gather at Denny Park at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n
The Patriot Prayer group had touted the event as a Freedom Rally; opponents of their messaging say the group is homophobic, racist and bigoted. <\/p>\n
On its Facebook page, the Patriot Prayer groups posted: <\/p>\n
Seattle is running our state with a pedophile as a mayor. The West Coast has slowly been infected with communist ideologies throughout our entire culture. It is a belief that the individual is weak and that we are all victims. This is the lie of the century. No matter who you are, we are all amazing people with the ability to do anything that we put our minds to. These liberal strongholds run off of hatred and negativity. Patriot Prayer will bring in a positive message to Seattle that the people are starving for. With light we will change the hearts and minds of those who are surrounded by darkness. Live music and motivational speakers to promote freedom, free speech, and the power of the human soul. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The group has been criticized for inciting violence at recent gatherings in Portland and Vancouver, B.C.The Columbian newspaper recently did a profile on the group's lead, Joey Gibson. <\/p>\n
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