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Seattle Police Will Return To Precinct In Protest Zone, Mayor Says

"It's time for people to go home," Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says, after a weekend in which three people were shot in the zone known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says police will return to their East Precinct building, after a weekend in which three people were shot in the occupied zone known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP. One of the victims died.

"In the near future, SPD will be peacefully returning to the East Precinct," Durkan said

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