Beginning at 5 AM (Pacific) Seattle Police enter the CHOP “Autonomous Zone” in Capitol Hill to move out the encamped protesters, remove barriers in the street and re-occupy the East Percent building.
Mayor Durkan issued a Proclamation of Civil Emergency early this morning, directing Police to dismantle the protest area.
Personally, I think this was a horrible concept, which did nothing to address the George Floyd/BLM effort. It effectively became a utopian belief that the “police free” community could be built and administered. Four shootings later, the result was inevitable.