Editing 1999 Seattle WTO protests (section)

=== December 2–3 ===

Protests continued the following days. Thousands demonstrated outside the Seattle Police Department protesting their tactics and arrests of peaceful protestors. President Clinton arrived and attended the conference. On December 3 the conference ended as delegations were unable to reach agreements, partly in response to the protests.<ref>{{Citation|title=Four Days in Seattle The 1999 WTO Riots plus news stories one week later| date=May 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFamvR9CpYw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/pFamvR9CpYw| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|publisher=KIRO7|language=en|access-date=2019-12-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/battle_for_free_trade/544769.stm|title=BBC News {{!}} BATTLE FOR FREE TRADE {{!}} Seattle trade talks timeline|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-12-07|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207050333/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/11/99/battle_for_free_trade/544769.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
Confrontations with the police continued, albeit at a lower intensity. The primary goal of disrupting the trade talks achieved, some sought the horizons of possibility; it was determined quickly that the necessary ambition to achieve the broader goals of various anarchist factions was not sufficient.<ref>{{Citation|title=Breaking the Spell|url=https://crimethinc.com/videos/breaking-the-spell|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111045653/https://crimethinc.com/videos/breaking-the-spell|url-status=live}}</ref>