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Update, 2:40 p.m. Demonstrators have dispersed from City Hall. The Seattle Police Department says the entire demonstration was peaceful and there were no arrests. Update, 1:53 p.m. It’s Sunday, so officials aren’t at City Hall today. But Black Lives Matter…

Seattle Times reporter Jack Broom is at and around CenturyLink Field, checking on Seahawk fan spirit as the day unfolds. Check back for updates and follow along on Twitter at @jbroomseattle. 3:50 p.m. Saints' TD quiets crowd, but Mona Stephens of Port Orchard is still confident of victory. pic.twitter.com/aljtaR2Mg3 — Jack Broom …

A Kent man has been charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly sucker-punched a Minnesota Vikings fan during a game last November at CenturyLink Field. William D. Van Meveren, 34,  was arrested after the Nov. 4  incident, but was released pending further investigation. He was charged last week, according to charging documents filed by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The…

The Seattle Police Department has posted a harrowing account here of how an officer was knocked unconscious while trying to eject a fan from the Seahawks game Saturday. The officer was responding to a fight in Section 130 and called for backup.  On the way out, the “suspect rammed the officer into a cement wall along…