Police clear out Seattle’s protest zone following mayor’s order
Seattle’s mayor ordered police to clear out an area that’s been occupied by protesters.

A man talks with police lining a Seattle street occupied by protesters, hours before the area was cleared. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Police and city workers fill a street occupied hours earlier by an encampment of protesters in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

A protester stands with her hand up in front of a road blocked by Seattle police in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone early July 1. (Aron Ranen / Associated Press)

Protesters hold hands in front of a line of police officers blocking a street in Seattle, in an area demonstrators had occupied for weeks. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)
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A protester walks past the Seattle police blocking a street in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone. (Aron Ranen / Associated Press)

Seattle police stand on a road in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone. (Aron Ranen / Associated Press)

Protesters hold hands in front of a line of police officers blocking a street in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

A police officer smiles during a light moment with protesters standing nearby in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)
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Jeff Howard holds a sign at the end of a street occupied hours earlier by protesters in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)