SEATTLE A King County Superior Court judge has approved a petition for an election to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
The Seattle Times reports the ruling Friday on charges filed by a group of five people last month comes after weeks of local protests against racism and police brutality - sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
In her ruling Friday, Judge Mary E. Roberts dismissed six of the seven charges put forward as insufficient, but allowed one - which accuses Durkan of allowing tear gas and other crowd control weapons to be used during the coronavirus pandemic - to proceed more narrowly than alleged.
The judge did not rule on whether the allegation was true. This courts role in this case is limited, she wrote.
The mayor could appeal the ruling, but Formas did not say if she would...........NIKK edited..part of the article.
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