Fourteen days after Seattle Police abandoned their East Precinct, then Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office began to develop “covert” plans to expel protesters from the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, better known by the acronym “CHOP.” The protest zone had taken over a couple city blocks, painted a Black Lives Matter mural on Pine Street, and started … Continue reading Texts Reveal Durkan’s Office Used Covert Efforts to Disperse Protesters