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.
Mayor Jenny Durkan has issued an executive order to vacate the area. Seattle police will be in the area this morning enforcing the Mayor’s order."Advertisement"Since demonstrations at the East Precinct area began on June 8th, two teenagers have been killed and three people have been.