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Seattle police forcibly clear 'lawless' protest zone

by Associated Press
| July 1, 2020 5:03 PM

SEATTLE (AP) — Wearing helmets and wielding batons and rifles, Seattle police turned out in force at dawn Wednesday in the city’s “occupied” protest zone after the mayor ordered it cleared following two recent fatal shootings.

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