As AP reports,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Mayor Jenny Durkan said at a news conference that the violence was distracting from changes sought by thousands of peaceful protesters seeking to address racial inequity and police brutality. She said the city is working with the community to bring the \u201cCapitol Hill Occupied Protest\u201d zone to an end.<\/p>\n \u201cThe cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has\u00a0led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents,<\/strong>\u201d Durkan said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe impacts have increased and the safety has decreased.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n As JustTheNews.com’s John Solomon notes<\/a>,\u00a0the announcement was a remarkable turnabout<\/strong>\u00a0for a Democratic mayor who received significant criticism for allowing rioters and protesters to take control of the\u00a0neighborhood two weeks ago and then\u00a0suggesting on CNN that\u00a0the CHOP might become the epicenter of a long\u00a0“summer of love.”<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAfter days of peaceful demonstrations,\u00a0two nights of shootings have clearly escalated the situation on Capitol Hill,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Durkan\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been meeting with residents and small business owners to address their safety and disorder concerns, including the ability of first responders to access emergencies in the area…<\/p>\n As many community groups are also urging, (the) Mayor believes individuals can and should peacefully demonstrate, but the message cannot be lost in the violence.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Andre Taylor, who founded of the anti-police-shooting organization Not This Time! after his brother was killed by Seattle police in 2016, said Monday that he had warned protest organizers that the city would need to retake the area because of the violence.<\/p>\n \u201cThat CHOP area is attracting this kind of activity and it\u2019s unsafe,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Taylor said in a Facebook video.<\/p>\n \u201cI told them, \u2018All those people that were supporting you guys, they\u2019re going to start walking away from you, especially all those white people that were following you…<\/p>\n They don\u2019t want to be associated with any part of that violence.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Trump, who had tweeted that the area was being run by “anarchists” has previously criticized Durkan and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, both Democrats, for not taking control of the area sooner.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Seattle-e1592871176108-700x420.jpg?itok=TReCSwBE\")
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