Seattle Protests

• U.S. federal agents to pull out of Seattle amid protests, mayor says

  U.S. tactical forces arrived in Washington state's largest city last week and were on standby to protect federal facilities after attacks on a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon.

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  Jul 28, 2020
  
• Police declare protests in Seattle riot, arrest demonstrators

  Authorities said rocks, bottles, fireworks and mortars were thrown at officers as they attempted to clear the area using flash bangs and pepper spray over the course of several hours stretching into Saturday night.

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  Jul 26, 2020
  
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• Man who hit 2 Seattle protesters with car charged with vehicular homicide, assault

  The King County Prosecuting Attorney's office charged Dawit Kelete, 27, with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving.

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  Jul 8, 2020
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• Protester hit by car on closed highway in Seattle dies

  Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died in the evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said.

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  Jul 5, 2020
• 2 people hit by car during protest on closed highway in Seattle

  Two people were struck by a car whose driver sped through a protest-related closure on a freeway, authorities said early Saturday.

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  Jul 4, 2020
• Seattle mayor meets with demonstrators in effort to remove protest zone

  The collective of protesters, activists, educators and volunteers in the CHOP was formed after clashes with police who tear-gassed people protesting the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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  Jun 26, 2020
• Controversial Seattle protest zone to be removed after recent shootings, mayor vows

  Mayor Jenny Durkan said at a news conference that recent violence in the CHOP was distracting from changes sought by thousands of peaceful protesters seeking to address racial inequity and police brutality.

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  Jun 22, 2020
• 1 killed, 1 injured in early morning shooting in Seattle protest zone: police

  One person was killed and another was in critical condition in a pre-dawn shooting in Seattle's protest zone, authorities said Saturday.

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  Jun 20, 2020
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• Q and A: What’s next for Seattle protesters’ ‘autonomous zone’?

  Seattle’s “autonomous zone” stretches for several blocks in the densely packed Capitol Hill neighbourhood just east of downtown.

  Jun 13, 2020