Black Lives Matter stages demonstration in U.S. northwestern city of Seattle

Hundreds of people associated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement took to the street in Seattle to disrupt Black Friday holiday shopping.

Seattle Police Department posted two messages in the afternoon on the Twitter social network about the progress of the event in the downtown area and advised shoppers and drivers to "use caution."

The protesters initially gathered at Westlake Center, a four-story shopping center hosting dozens of stores and services and a twenty-five story office tower in downtown Seattle, a major city in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

Organizers were quoted by media reports that the protest march, which has been peaceful as of 4:00 p.m. local time, was scheduled to last until 8:00 p.m. Endit