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“Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” in Seattle.\u00a0 (AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren)<\/p><\/div>\n
By Solange Reyner
\nNEWSMAX<\/p>\n
The Trump administration plans to send federal officers to Seattle to protect federal property ahead of planned protests this weekend, reports\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n The agents are similar to those seen in Portland, where the Trump administration’s efforts have attracted widespread criticism after federal agents used tear gas on Mayor Ted Wheeler and other people Wednesday night during a protest against heavy-handed police tactics and racial injustice.<\/p>\n Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee denied the Times’ report\u00a0during a press conference<\/a>\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n Trump has had a contentious relationship with Seattle’s leaders amid the police protests, and in early July threatened to take over the protest zone on Capitol Hill once known as CHOP.<\/p>\n “Take back your city NOW,” Trump tweeted in June. “If you don’t do it, I will.”<\/p>\n Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Monday, along with five other mayors throughout the U.S.,\u00a0in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security<\/a>\u00a0and Attorney General William Barr argued the deployment of federal officers “violates fundamental constitutional practices and tenants of federalism.”<\/p>\n