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King County’s highest elected official said Friday the seemingly heavy-handed response by undercover county sheriff’s deputies against bicyclists demonstrating through downtown Seattle eight days ago left him baffled and wondering, “Why’d you do that?”

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Sims added that several months ago, he and his wife were in his car when the Critical Mass rally zoomed past, blocking street access.

“I turned off my car. I talked to my wife,” he said. “We waited, let it roll by. It was cool.”

“I mean, hey, demonstrations are a part of Seattle,” Sims said. “They really are. These things happen here. They might annoy you, but you learn to deal with it.”

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