Protesters took to the streets of Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Washington D.

Seattle’s downtown business community is celebrating as the moderate candidates it backed take commanding leads in the races for mayor, city attorney and a key council race over liberals who had called to defund the police.

How many people have to be sprayed in the street every night or experience getting hit with flash bombs or rubber bullets? Council Member Teresa Mosqueda said during a council briefing. Police used flash bangs and tear gas to break up a crowd after authorities said people threw rocks and fireworks at officers. Police ordered people to disperse and announced on Twitter that CS gas has been authorized," referring to tear gas. The authorization to use it came after Durkan and Best on Friday announced a 30-day moratorium on tear gas and a review of use of force after complaints from protesters and elected officials. Durkan and Best have apologized over the use of tear gas and pepper spray on nonviolent protesters but have said police must deal with a small criminal element within the demonstrations.