By Hallie Golden in Seattle and agencies
Mayor issued executive order for protesters to vacate Capitol Hill Occupied Protest as demonstrators responded with chants
Seattle police turned out in force on Wednesday at the city’s “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators’ encampments and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks.
The move came after Seattle’s mayor, Jenny Durkan, issued an emergency executive order for protesters to vacate the area and declaring the gathering an “unlawful assembly”.
Source: Seattle: at least 23 arrested as officers clear police-free protest zone
Category: Seattle, US policing, Protest, Washington state, US news
