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Seattle police clearing out area known as CHOP after mayor declares unlawful assembly
Seattle police have begun clearing out the protest area known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, making more than a dozen arrests after Mayor Jenny Durkan declared the gathering an unlawful assembly.
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Seattle cop KNEELS on CHOP protester's neck after officers dive at angry demonstrators while clearing the protest zone - hours after another policeman is seen pressing his knee against another detained man
- Two separate videos show Seattle police officers kneeling on protesters' necks
- One video shows police clearing intersection of Pine, Broadway on Thursday
- Cops on bicycles swiftly arrested demonstrators squatting in the street
- One officer tackled a protester to the ground and pressed knee into his neck
- Separate clip from before dawn on Thursday shows officers arresting protester
- Three cops are seen trying to detain a protester wearing a bicycle helmet
- One of the officers is then seen pressing his knee into the protester's neck
- Demonstrators nearby are heard yelling at the cops to remove knee from neck
- At least 25 people were arrested, according to the Seattle Police Department
- SPD claims that protesters from the area hurled bottles, rocks, and fireworks
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