July 25, 2020 Seattle police chief: New limits on anti-protest gear will mean 'adjusted' law enforcement Seattle's police officers will now respond to protests and rioting through “adjusted deployment” methods because of a new city law that bans them from using some crowd-control tools, the city's police chief said Friday.
July 24, 2020 Seattle media must provide unpublished protest videos and photos to police, judge rules Five Seattle news organizations were ordered by a judge Thursday to turn over unpublished photos and videos from a violent May 30 protest to the police department.
July 24, 2020 Seattle sees federal officers arrive ahead of planned weekend protests A federal government plane landed in Seattle on Thursday, carrying federal agents who will reportedly be on standby ahead of planned weekend protests in the city, authorities said.
July 23, 2020 Police: Crowd smashes windows, sets fires in Seattle Authorities say a group of about 150 people broke windows, stole from businesses and and started a pair of fires in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood Wednesday night
July 23, 2020 Seattle, other King County schools in Washington state plan to go online-only in the fall As educators across the country are deciding on how their students will learn this fall, several schools in Washington state’s King County are planning to teach remote-only classes.
July 23, 2020 Seattle City Council’s limits on police anti-protest gear can proceed, judge says: report A Seattle City Council plan to take away tear gas, blast balls and other anti-protest gear from the city’s police may proceed, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
July 22, 2020 Washington's King County pushes to take away power of sheriff's office Voters in Washington's King County will decide whether to scale back the role of the sheriff's office and could choose to make the sheriff an appointed position rather than elected when they go to the ballot box in November.
July 21, 2020 Seattle police release bodycam footage of protesters throwing projectiles at them Seattle police released body camera footage Tuesday revealing how protesters threw projectiles in front of the West Precinct over the weekend, injuring 12 officers.
July 20, 2020 Group of Seattle bat-wielding rioters targeting businesses, police appeared 'very organized' Seattle police said Sunday that a group of rioters who triggered property damage to government buildings and private businesses during a demonstration earlier in the day appeared to be “very organized.”
July 20, 2020 Mayors of Portland, Chicago, Atlanta, other big cities demand 'federal forces' withdraw Several big-city mayors that have seen upticks in violent crime and escalating clashes between police and protesters are demanding federal agents be withdrawn from their cities -- and any plans for more federal deployments be halted.