‘We’re here to f— people up’: New video shows officer’s remarks before protest clash, arrests in Seattle

Newly obtained body camera footage reveals a Seattle officer’s remarks before 23 counterprotesters were arrested at a religious rally in May 2025.

SEATTLE — Before descending on a crowd of counterprotesters at a religious rally last year at Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park, a Seattle police officer said “we’re here to f— people up,” according to new police body camera video obtained by KING 5.

“We’re going in this time with guns blazing and all our pieces in place,” said one Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer around 2:17 p.m. on May 24, 2025. “We are past talking to people, we’re here to f— people up now. We’re

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