
President Trump is demanding that Seattle officials “take back” what has become an autonomous country or cop-free protest zone in the center of the city.
He also warned that he would take action if they did not shut the demonstration down.
Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before. Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
Demonstrators have occupied the roughly six-block Capital Hill area dubbed the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” or CHAZ.
Inside the CHAZ, people congregate as free snacks are handed out at a “No-Cop Co-op” and films on racial justice are screened at night.
Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
Trump on Twitter slammed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan for allowing the area to be handed over to protesters he described as “domestic terrorists.”

The zone popped up after days of violent clashes between cops and the protesters actually pushed the Seattle Police Department out of their East Precinct building in the area. The cops got threats and feared for their lives so they fled.
Mayor Durkan, who has faced mounting calls from protesters to resign, ordered police to leave the building Monday, explaining the directive on Twitter as a way to “proactively de-escalate interactions between protestors and law enforcement outside the East Precinct.”
On the police station now hangs a banner reading, “THIS SPACE IS NOW PROPERTY OF THE SEATTLE PEOPLE” because the zone has no singular leader.
The protesters have a list of demands: dismantle the police force and end of the use of armed force, including guns, batons and riot shields.
“We demand that the City Council and the Mayor, whoever that may be, implement these policy changes for the cultural and historic advancement of the City of Seattle, and to ease the struggles of its people,” reads the letter.