Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) area was taken over by protesters after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.<br />Cops were kept out of the area.<br />The mayor of Seattle, Jenny Durkan, said the area would bring another "summer of love."<br />Instead, there were noise complaints, rampant drug use....<br />.....lootings, rapes, assaults, property damage, public sex....<br />....public bathroom violations, shootings, and a string of brutal murders.....<br />The CHOP area led to a lawsuit against the mayor by the residents of the area.<br />Under pressure and losing her political capital Mayor Durkan issued an executive order dismantling the CHOP.<br />The New York Times reports Seattle police and city sanitation have cleared the area.<br />Almost 50 people have been arrested during the clean up.
