Thousands of people converged on Seattle for a busy weekend of events amid what the Seattle police union described as a department overworked and understaffed.

Mike Solan, the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), said the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is stretched too thin and patrols were down by half of its "minimum safe staffing levels" on Saturday.

In a blotter post, police confirmed that initial attempts to disband a crowd off Broadway and Pike Street on Capitol Hill early Sunday morning were met with resistance, but officers stayed in the area.

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