The mayor of Seattle has said it would be unconstitutional and illegal for US President Donald Trump to send military forces into the city to clear protesters occupying an area, as he has actually recommended.
Bottom line:
- Activists developed a makeshift encampment behind barriers in the Capitol Hill district
- The area has actually been occupied given that cops abandoned their East Precinct station
- Protesters used barricades to area off the area, calling it the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”
However Mayor Jenny Durkan, speaking at an afternoon press conference, has not stated how or when authorities would get rid of the roughly 500 demonstrators who have established a makeshift encampment behind barricades in t