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Seattle mayor says authorities will shut down the cop-free autonomous zone after outbursts of violence and 3 shootings

A signs reads "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" in area that has been referred to by protesters by that name as well as "Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, on June 14, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.Seattle's mayor, Jenny Durkan, said that police are to re-establish a presence in the city's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.

"The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the night-time atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents," said Durkan. Seattle's mayor announced that authorities will take back control of an area near the city's Capitol after a spate of violence over the weekend.

Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday: "The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the night-time atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents."She said she would work with protesters to reintroduce a police presence in the area of the city, around four blocks, that has been dubbed by protesters the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ.

People stand at a makeshift memorial to one of the victims of a June 20 shooting in Seattle's so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ.

 

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Oh, so it was self-destruct

About time and good call MayorJenny. BlackLivesMatter should not mean replacing the RuleOfLaw with the RuleOfChaos.

let Durkan handle this alone. Help was sent to prevent violence but she rejected it. 'She favored working with the protesters to address their concerns.'

This is why we can’t have nice things

This is what our country would look like under far-left control.

How do this mayor aloud to had this happen ...

Imagine owning property in that hell hole and getting the bill for your quarterly property taxes

What 'authorities'? Thought the city was getting rid of the cops...

Seattle has a mayor?

(THE SMELL+TASTE OF BLOOD THAT COMES FROM THE WICKED TURNS ME ON,......+)

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