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Police move in as Seattle mayor issues emergency order to disperse protesters from CHOP area
SEATTLE - Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an emergency order directing protesters to leave the area of the CHOP, Capitol Hill Organized Protest, and Cal Anderson Park area.Officers in riot gear moved in to the area at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday and issued a dispersal order over the loudspeaker.By 5:30 a.m., more than a dozen people were arrested, police said on Twitter."Due to ongoing violence and public safety issues in the East Precinct/Cal Anderson Park area.