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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks Monday, July 13, 2020, during a news conference at City Hall in Seattle. Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best were critical of a plan backed by several city council members that seeks to cut the police department's budget by 50 percent. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jenny Durkan, Seattle mayor, appeals recall decision to Washington state Supreme Court

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Seattle mayor appeals recall decision to state Supreme Court

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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks Monday, July 13, 2020, during a news conference at City Hall in Seattle. Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best were critical of a plan backed by several city council members that seeks to cut the police department's budget by 50 percent. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jenny Durkan, Seattle mayor, loses bid to stop recall petition

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Judge reaffirms allowing Seattle mayor recall petition

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Seattle mayor says US agents have demobilized, left city

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Seattle police officers wear gas masks and carry weapons as smoke rises and they clash with protesters, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Seattle during a protest in support of Black Lives Matter and against police brutality and racial injustice. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jenny Durkan, Seattle mayor: Donald Trump aiming for ‘dry run of martial law’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Seattle mayor asks judge to reconsider recall decision

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A man talks with police lining a street occupied hours earlier by protesters Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Seattle, where streets had been blocked off in an area demonstrators had occupied for weeks. Seattle police showed up in force earlier in the day at the &quot;occupied&quot; protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. The &quot;Capitol Hill Occupied Protest&quot; zone was set up near downtown following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Seattle mayor, City Council at odds over 50% police cut

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks Monday, July 13, 2020, during a news conference at City Hall in Seattle. Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best were critical of a plan backed by several city council members that seeks to cut the police department's budget by 50 percent. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jenny Durkan, Seattle mayor, rips City Council plan to defund police

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, center, pauses while speaking, as Chief of Police Carmen Best, left, listens during a news conference Monday, June 22, 2020, in Seattle. Durkan said the city is working with the community to bring the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone to an end. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

Jenny Durkan, Seattle mayor, recall election petition approved by judge

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Visitors walk near a sign that reads "Welcome to CHOP," Sunday, June 14, 2020, inside what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in Seattle. Protesters calling for police reform and other demands have taken over several blocks near downtown Seattle after officers withdrew from a police station in the area following violent confrontations. The CHOP name is a change from CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) that was used earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Seattle abandoned CHOP’s residents, businesses for political reasons, amended lawsuit alleges

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Judge: Petition to recall Seattle mayor can move forward

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Seattle police enter the East Precinct in Seattle on Wednesday, July 1 2020 after clearing out the CHOP zone. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)

Seattle police reclaim autonomous zone after wave of violence, two deaths

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Artwork stands on a wall Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Seattle, representing the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis, in an area where several streets are blocked off in what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan met with demonstrators Friday after some lay in the street or sat on barricades to thwart the city's effort to dismantle the protest zone that has drawn scorn from President Donald Trump and a lawsuit from nearby businesses. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Jenny Durkan, decrying socialist lawlessness, now reaps what she sows

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Protesters lie down and sit in the street after workers and heavy equipment from the Seattle Department of Transportation arrived at the the CHOP (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest) zone in Seattle, Friday, June 26, 2020, with the intention of removing barricades that had been set up in the area. Several blocks in the area have been occupied by protesters since Seattle Police pulled back from their East Precinct building following violent clashes with demonstrators earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle mayor meets with protesters over dismantling zone

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, center, pauses while speaking, as Chief of Police Carmen Best, left, listens during a news conference Monday, June 22, 2020, in Seattle. Durkan said the city is working with the community to bring the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone to an end. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

Seattle Democrat Mayor Jenny Durkan just can’t stop coddling anarchists

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this May 31, 2020, file photo, protesters surrounding police officers making an arrest are pepper-sprayed in downtown Seattle during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. A federal judge late Friday, June 12, 2020, ordered Seattle to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up peaceful protests, granting a victory to groups who say authorities over-reacted to George Floyd demonstrations in the city. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

Judge orders Seattle to stop using tear gas during protests

By Lisa Baumann - Associated Press

A man leaves a red paint handprint on a barricade near a closed Seattle police precinct Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Seattle, following protests over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a black man died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Under pressure from city councilors, protesters and dozens of other elected leaders who have demanded that officers dial back their tactics, the police department on Monday removed barricades near its East Precinct building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, where protesters and riot squads had faced off nightly. Protesters were allowed to march and demonstrate in front of the building, and the night remained peaceful. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Trump fumes as protesters stake out festive zone in Seattle

By TED WARREN and ALI SWENSON - Associated Press

A man drives into the crowd at 11th and Pike, injuring at least one person, before exiting the car and brandishing an apparent firearm, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Seattle, during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The man reaching into the car to stop it was injured. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Seattle council members protest after tear gas used on crowd

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

A man drives into the crowd at 11th and Pike, injuring at least one person, before exiting the car and brandishing an apparent firearm, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Seattle, during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The man reaching into the car to stop it was injured. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Seattle protesters threatened by gunman who drove car at them

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