CHOP ends with a whimper

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Guess all the gun guys decided it wasn't worth dying over...

Only on Fox News, CNN and USA totally silent about it.

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Businesses and local residents on Wednesday expressed relief after Seattle police cleared out an “occupied” protest area known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, while protesters vowed they will continue to put pressure on city leaders to meet their demands.

Police cleared the area early Wednesday, making more than a dozen arrests after Mayor Jenny Durkan declared the gathering an unlawful assembly following a string of shootings, two of which turned deadly.

The clearing seemed to conclude a cataclysmic saga that began when protests occupied several blocks around a park for weeks after police abandoned a precinct station following standoffs and clashes that were part of the nationwide unrest over the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Many business owners said they were relieved CHOP had been cleared but felt city leaders were too slow to respond.

Bill Donner, who is president of the printing firm Rightmark Label, had to deal with CHOP right outside his front door. He told KOMO News he was glad police cleared the area but felt city leaders were too slow to respond.

“It was a good time (for police) to come in. A few weeks too late, but a good time to come in,” Donner said. “The mayor hasn’t looked out for anybody’s safety that we are aware of, in weeks.”

Faizel Khan, who owns Cafe Argento, was one of about a dozen business owners who sued the city for not taking action sooner.

“We looked for answers from mayor and city council and we got nothing,” Khan said.
 
Faizel Khan, who owns Cafe Argento, was one of about a dozen business owners who sued the city for not taking action sooner.

“We looked for answers from mayor and city council and we got nothing,” Khan said.

let me help you out here, Faizel......

“We looked for answers from a leftist mayor and a socialist city council and we got nothing,” Khan said.
 
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