Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan (D.) will not seek reelection next year, she announced Monday. Durkan said she made the decision to focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic instead of campaigning. 
The Seattle City Council on Monday approved a massive budget cut to the city's police department, which Mayor Jenny Durkan (D.) indicated she would sign next week. 
Violence and vandalism in Portland, Seattle, and elsewhere continued to fester this past week, but left-wing activists also attempted to disrupt political and legal processes in the name of social justice. A record number of officers left the Seattle Police Department in September, according to department data released Thursday. 
This week saw violence break out in another Wisconsin city after a district attorney declined to charge a police officer for the killing of a black teenager, and stores and homes were attacked. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D.) proposed a 2021 budget that includes cutting $22 million from the city's police department. 
Seattle hired a former pimp who was once convicted for prostitution-related charges to serve as the city’s "street czar" while at the same time moving forward with legislation to fire 100 police officers.
The Justice Department on Monday called out local governments in New York City, Portland, and Seattle for failing to curb criminal activity and "permitting anarchy, violence, and destruction" during a wave of anti-police demonstrations this summer.
Hundreds of Seattle business owners are calling on Mayor Jenny Durkan (D.) and Seattle City Council to pledge to protect businesses and the local community, citing problems with vandalism and theft that some say the city has ignored.
Black activists and faith leaders in Seattle criticized Black Lives Matter protesters for violence in their city and voiced their support for police chief Carmen Best.
