A May Day march in Olympia remained peaceful Wednesday. Protesters had planned what they called a “shut down the banks” party.
There were about 60 marchers. Some of them wore bandanas to disguise their identifies, although most went without. They marched through the streets of downtown Olympia and tied up some traffic. They passed by some of the corporate bank branches in downtown Olympia -- Chase, Bank of America, and U.S. Bank. But there was no vandalism or property damage.
There was, however, a lot of police presence. There were even police in riot gear taking up the rear of the march.
After about 20 minutes, the marchers returned to Sylvester Park in downtown Olympia, right across from the old capitol building.
Another May Day march is planned in Olympia this evening.
