About Sunday night … some Seattle Seahawks' fans were less than well behaved.
More than just the predictable rambunctiousness of climbing up lamp posts, the Pioneer Square pergola and other acts people aren’t supposed to, celebrations over the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win Sunday night ended in several arrests for assaults, DUIs and weapons violations, Seattle police said.
No major problems were reported, said Seattle police spokesperson Eric Muñoz. But there was still a lowlight reel for the night.
An intoxicated man was leaning on a police vehicle and refused to get away from the car after being asked multiple times by an officer going on an emphasis patrol” in Capitol Hill, Muñoz said. When the officers tried to move him physically, he threatened to kill the police before being arrested.
About 10 minutes later around 8:40 p.m. and a block over, police arrested a man who allegedly punched and tried to choke a security guard at Neumos music venue. Workers grabbed the man to remove him from the venue and dogpiled on him before police arrived. Neumos closed about 10 minutes later.
Outside, fans were getting rowdy. As the crowd chanted “Sea,” “Hawks!” and an expletive about Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, fans tore stop signs out of the ground and used them as limbo sticks and recreated “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.” No related arrests were made, police said.
Police arrested three people outside of the Cowgirls bar in Pioneer Square after they allegedly got in a fight with security and staff, one of whom suffered a broken hand, police said.
After midnight, a man and a woman who were at a Super Bowl party allegedly fought in the middle of the street on Capitol Hill, police said. The woman said she had found her boyfriend with another girl. When she accused him of cheating, he allegedly punched and struck her with his knee. He was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Two people were arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession, Muñoz said.
An officer responded to a report of a man in the crowd outside Lumen Field who had a Glock with a "switch" that made it capable of firing like an automatic weapon. He was allegedly carrying the gun in a “furtive manner, police said.
Another man was arrested after allegedly waving a knife at a security guard on Capitol Hill.
Seattle police made six arrests on suspicion of DUI after the game ended, responding to some drivers who allegedly crashed into other vehicles or a cement divider and others who were driving in the wrong direction.
Washington State Patrol “removed” 20 people from the road who were allegedly driving intoxicated, said spokesperson Rick Johnson. No major injuries were reported.
Seahawks fans are sure to get rowdy when the team parades down Fourth Avenue on Wednesday morning. Police asked fans to “please stay off the pergola.”
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