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Washington’s Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected a recall effort against Seattle Mayor Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan over her handling of widespread summer protests. The recall effort, led by six Seattle residents, blames the mayor for the Seattle Police Department’s indiscriminate use of tear gas during weeks of protests against racial injustice and police brutality sparked by the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

SEATTLE — As the city tries to wind down the so-called Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone, the city and Mayor Jenny Durkan were hit this week with a second lawsuit that seeks to hold her and other municipal leaders accountable for the situation that has unfolded inside the neighborhood. The nine-page lawsuit was filed Thursday by plaintiffs Jacob Bozeman, an attorney, and Austin Bozeman and names Durkan, Gov. Jay Inslee, the city of Seattle and Washington state as defendants who "did allow, aid, abet, and actively facilitate, the exclusive physical occupation, takeover and control of an approximate six city block...