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The Oakland Police Department tweeted that some agitators among the roughly 700 peaceful demonstrators vandalized a police station by breaking windows, spray painting walls and shooting fireworks. Police officials said multiple small fires were set throughout the city, including one at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse.

Police said several arrests were made.

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PHOTO: Hundreds of protesters gather downtown, July 25, 2020, in Oakland, Calif.
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Washington

In Seattle, officials said that 59 police officers were hurt on Saturday in clashes with protesters and that 47 arrests were made.

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said at a late-night news conference Saturday that protests were mostly peaceful until nightfall when some agitators began throwing rocks and explosives at police. Best said one officer was hospitalized with a leg injury caused by an explosive.

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PHOTO: A person is arrested by Seattle Police at Cal Anderson Park, July 25, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest near the Seattle Police East Precinct headquarters.
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Earlier in the day, a dozen people set fire to portable trailers during a protest at the construction site of the new King County Juvenile Detention Facility, police said. Officials also said that windows of cars and some businesses were broken near downtown Seattle as groups of protesters marched through the area.

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PHOTO: Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, July 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.
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Police said they were also investigating an explosion that damaged the facade of the police department's East Precinct.

Additional interior photo of the suspected explosive damage to the the East Precinct's wall: pic.twitter.com/2qHnkiiWDZ

— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) July 26, 2020

\"There, several people emerged from the group and began spray painting and attempting to disable security cameras and a fenced perimeter around the precinct. At least one person breached the precinct’s fence line. Moments later, a device exploded leaving an 8-inch hole in the side of the precinct,\" police said in a statement.

By 10 p.m. Saturday, police had made 45 arrests, officials said.

Virginia

Meanwhile, the police department in Richmond, Virginia, declared an unlawful assembly on Saturday night after more violence erupted there.

A demonstration billed as \"Richmond Stands with Portland\" started out with a peaceful march but became unruly as marchers made their way to Richmond Police Headquarters, officials said.

Prior to reaching police headquarters, police said some in a group of mostly peaceful protesters set fires, broke windows and spray-painted graffiti on buildings. Some damage was done to buildings at Virginia Commonwealth University, police said.

#VSP on post to protect @RichmondPolice HQ from protesters. Protesters tore down police tape & have pushed forward w/lasers & firecrackers. https://t.co/EOZbJ94GnC

— VA State Police (@VSPPIO) July 26, 2020

Just after 11 p.m. Saturday, police tweeted “please disperse or face arrest” while addressing protesters outside police headquarters. Police posted on Twitter images of rocks, batteries and other projectiles they said were hurled at officers posted outside the headquarters that \"prompted an Unlawful Assembly being declared.\"

A city dump truck parked near police headquarters was also set on fire, according to police.

The Virginia State Police said its troopers were helping to protect the police department headquarters when several people who were among the protesters tore down police tape and moved forward pointing lasers and shooting firecrackers.

Police said tear gas was used to disperse the crowd outside the headquarters.

Four men were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly, police said. A 29-year-old man Richmond man was also arrested and charged with rioting with a firearm, while a 28-year-old man from Hopewell, Virginia, was arrested on suspicion of assault on a law enforcement officer and rioting, according to police.

ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway and Alexandra Faul contributed to this report.

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