6:13 PM: Eli Sanders says it looks like the main protest is over, although he notes that a few stragglers are sticking around in small groups in front of Westlake Mall. Brendan Kiley is heading downtown to watch what, if anything, the remaining protesters do next. We'll be updating our Twitter feed, @strangerslog, with any developing news for the rest of the evening.

5:37 PM: Eli's reporting "murmurs about 'Black Bloc' in the crowd." He says police are "now blocking Westlake entrances and windows."

5:25 PM:

5:17 PM:

5:15 PM: Eli Sanders says:

The tree lighting went on with protesters chanting from the Westlake balcony, "Black lives matter" and the announcer saying, "I'm sorry that this has happened." Some in the large crowd of tree-watchers booed the protesters. As families left Westlake Plaza after the tree lighting, a group of protesters on the Westlake Mall balcony chanted, "Anarchy! Anarchy!" Seattle police are now trying to move them off the balcony.

5:07 PM: Mayor Ed Murray just released a statement on the Black Friday protests that reads, in its entirety:

While I understand the hurt and frustration that our city has experienced in the past days, this is a city that respects the rule of law. I support the First Amendment rights of protestors, but violence against property or police officers will not be tolerated in our city.

5:03 PM: Brendan Kiley was heading downtown to cover the protests down there, but he learned the police line is still in effect. Reportedly, there are protesters in Westlake Park and in Westlake Mall at this time.

4:59 PM: According to SPD's Twitter feed, a total of five people have been arrested so far.

4:56 PM: This is probably what everyone wanted to get downtown by 5 for: The PI's Joshua Trujillo reports that activists are protesting the lighting of the Christmas tree at Westlake Center.

Hundreds of #ferguson protesters now disrupting Seattle tree lighting. Some shooting fireworks. #MikeBrown pic.twitter.com/fZiaZTlTaD
— Joshua Trujillo (@joshtrujillo) November 29, 2014

4:18 PM: Eli reports there's a "loud argument about tactics as men dressed in black, with bandanas on, start to roll out a dumpster for use in confronting police." He says "a woman of color yells at them to stop. They do, but she and her friends leave the protest saying they don't want to be blamed for this, which will reflect badly on everyone."

4:16 PM: Eli says the game of cat and mouse between police and protesters continues at Boren. He says the protesters want to get back down to Westlake by 5 pm, but he hasn't heard why that's the deadline.

4:10 PM: Meanwhile, back up at Broadway and Pike:

4:06 PM: "Before the current standoff," Eli writes, "protesters ran en masse from Pike to Pine on Boren to try to get back downtown that way." They "were blocked," he says.

4:03 PM: "Some sort of explosive smoke device being used now at Boren and Pine," Eli Sanders writes.

3:53 PM: Here are protesters shutting down the Comet.

3:52 PM: This is the scene at Boren and Pike right now:

3:47 PM: Eli reports there's a standoff at Boren and Pike. Protesters are preparing for tear gas. Eli writes, "Police don't look like they're gonna let them back downtown."

3:41 PM: Someone tried to drive a car through the barricade at Pine and Broadway:

3:32 PM: Now Brendan Kiley is reporting that protesters are demonstrating at Capitol Hill businesses like the Comet, Lost Lake, and Caffe Vita. One protester said these businesses are being targeted because their owners have asked for increased police presence in the neighborhood and have specifically complained about black youth.

"When you have more police on the streets," the demonstrator said, "you have more confrontations."

3:20 PM: Brendan Kiley says there was a brief face-off between protesters and police at Broadway and Pine before the police retreated to their corner. Now, he says, the crowd is moving back down Pine toward downtown.

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2:47 PM: Here's what SPD is saying about the single reported arrest from the protest:

The man we arrested kicked and damaged an officer's bicycle. We will book him into King County Jail for property destruction. #brokespokes
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) November 28, 2014

2:35 PM:

2:28 PM: With regard to that previous SPD tweet, Eli reports that the doors at Pacific Place are not locked at the moment. He just walked out with no problem.

2:26 PM:

2:19 PM: SPD says on Twitter:

Some protesters have evidently chained some of the @pacific_place doors shut. We are working to get them open now. #boltcutters
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) November 28, 2014

2:17 PM:

2:12 PM: Eli writes, "Kelly O reports seeing one arrest. And at Pacific Place, mall security had been trying to lock doors shut before protesters could get in. They didn't succeed."

2:09 PM:

2:08 PM: Here's the scene in front of Nordstrom:

2:05 PM:

2:03 PM: Kelly O has more photos from the protest inside Westlake:

1:59 PM:

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1:37 PM:

1:33 PM: Kelly O says the scene at Westlake Park right now is a sea of umbrellas.

Meanwhile, there are cops everywhere:

1:27 PM:

Kelly O says downtown is getting "blasted with rain" right now. Eli says "Protesters are marching up Fourth Ave," even as "holiday shoppers are snapping photos" of them.

1:23 PM:

1: 22 PM: Eli Sanders and Kelly O are at Westlake Park for the #BlackLivesMatterFriday protest. We'll be updating this post with their reports as they come, with the posts running in reverse chronological order.