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June 15, 2020

Seattle City Council Considers Bills Banning Chokeholds and Tear Gas
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In Seattle, socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is calling for a
section of downtown known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone to remain
permanently in community control. Protesters took over several city
blocks last week after the Seattle Police Department abandoned its
Capitol Hill precinct and stopped trying to violently disperse marches.

The Seattle City Council is set to debate two bills on police
accountability: One would ban chokeholds; the other would ban the
purchase of tear gas and other so-called less lethal crowd control
weapons.


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