Mayor Jenny Durkan promised to disperse the Capitol Hill Organized Protest and reinstall police inside East Precinct “in the near future” at a press conference Monday. Seattle Police Department (SPD) Chief Carmen Best blamed the Seattle City Council’s “hasty legislation” banning chemical weapons for SPD’s failure to reach shooting victims early Saturday morning. That claim … Continue reading Mayor Durkan Pledges to Close the CHOP and Reopen East Precinct, Chastising ‘Agitators’